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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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01-03-2023 - Landscaping
Creating new relationships with context: a pedestrian bridge over the Thames
The Dukes Meadows Footbridge is a new pedestrian bridge in Chiswick, West London. The infrastructure designed by Moxon Architects with structural engineers COWI, located below the Barnes Bridge, a historic railway bridge, establishes a new urban relationship with a section of the Thames Path and improves safety, access and pedestrian flow.
29-12-2022 - Landscaping
External Reference presents Escaleras y Mirador Vela
"Escaleras y Mirador Vela" is a new project by Carmelo Zappulla’s architectural practice External Reference connecting Passeig del Mare Nostrum with Plaça de la Rosa dels Vents on the Barceloneta waterfront. The project presents an architectural façade accessible via a stairway and a raised waterfront promenade 9.30 metres above the ground.
27-12-2022 - Landscaping
Lollipop Street, public space in Shanghai by 100architects
The 100architects international architecture studio has created a colourful intervention for the activation of the public space in a square in front of the Jinyang shopping centre in Shanghai, China. As the name "Lollipop Street" implies, in their language, the playful elements installed draw inspiration from the imaginary “candy world”.
21-12-2022 - Landscaping
The Guard Patrol, enjoying the landscape with Mjölk architekti
Czech studio Mjölk architekti has added four panoramic viewpoints to a strategic spot on Stráž Mountain in the Czech Republic, giving architectural form to the four patrons depicted in the coat of arms of the town of Rokytnice, which was founded by merging four villages: the Fox, the Bear, the Sheep and the Miner.
13-12-2022 - Landscaping
Ecological reclamation in China by Tus Design Group Co., Ltd.
The Tus Design Group Co. Ltd. completed the ecological restoration of the pilot section of Yuandang on the riverside of the ecological integration demonstration zone on the Yangtze delta. The project between Shanghai and Jiangsu stands out for its application of ecological materials and advanced design techniques, all while keeping costs down.
08-12-2022 - Landscaping
A bridge as a boulevard in Belgium, an award-winning project by the ZJA studio
The Theunis bridge in Belgium, on the Albert Canal, connects Merksem to Deurne. Commissioned by De Vlaamse Waterweg, the ZJA architectural studio designed the new infrastructure in collaboration with Arcadis, Sweco and OKRA Landscape Architects. The bridge, conceived as a panoramic boulevard, has been awarded the prestigious Architecture MasterPrize 2022.
