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Landscaping Green Architecture
Landscaping and urban design because public spaces are becoming more and more important in architecture.
19-07-2023 - Landscaping
U / U Studio designs Řeporyje Skatepark in Prague
A leisure park intended for a variety of different ages and social spheres, redefining the concept of public space: U / U Studio designed Řeporyje Skatepark, transforming what was until then a vacant area in a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Prague.
14-06-2023 - Landscaping
NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) designs the Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base
The NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) studio founded by Doreen Heng Liu designed the restored surface landscape above the water purification plant and the related underground offices of the Shenzhen Lotus Water Culture Base complex, located within a municipal lotus-themed park in Luohu District, Shenzhen, China.
12-04-2023 - Landscaping
Vltavská Underground, transformation of an urban non-place
The architects of U / U studio and re_place worked on revitalisation of a classic non-place in the city: an underpass in a Prague metro station. Vltavská Underground had already become a mecca for street artists, and is now a public space inviting freestyle sports activities.
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04-01-2022 - Landscaping
Light and prisms for an installation by Hakuten Creative in Sarushima
Japanese studio Hakuten Creative created an installation based on the use of prisms for an art event held on Sarushima, an island used by the military until World War II. The project preserves memories of the past through various expressions of art and design to prevent them from being forgotten.
16-12-2021 - Landscaping
Onda Atlántica, a footbridge in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Onda Arquitectura and architect and urban planner Javier Haddad built an infrastructure in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with a light, undulating form responding to the particular features of the site, a true landmark in the city offering new public spaces.
13-12-2021 - Landscaping
An urban community garden and educational centre in Mexico City
Mexican architectural studio VERTEBRAL worked on El Terreno community garden and educational centre in Mexico City during the COVID-19 pandemic. The multipurpose pavilion made of recycled materials and the garden convincingly bring together the themes of education, sustainability and people-centred design.
10-12-2021 - Landscaping
Coded Scape, an urban landscape by 100architects
The team from international architectural practice 100architects in Shanghai has created an urban landscape surrounding Hangzhou Future City Experience Centre, Coded Scape, in which the architects express the idea of binary code in landscape design.
15-11-2021 - Landscaping
Symbiosis with nature, a green neighbourhood in Bangkok
Attention to the environment is the foundation of future urban development. Precisely for this reason within The Forestias, in Bangkok, one of the largest real estate development projects in Thailand, we find an urban forest covering 48,000 square metres of space. Here, the Forest Pavilion shows the future neighbourhood and will subsequently be converted into The Forestias Ecosystem Learning Centre for sharing knowledge of the forest ecosystem.
02-11-2021 - Landscaping
The first Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize
The American Cultural Landscape Foundation, or TCLF, has announced the first winner of the new biennial Oberlander Prize, named after the late landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and bestowed on a recipient who is "exceptionally talented, creative, courageous, and visionary”. The first winner is Julie Bargmann.
