https://landezine.com Landscape Architecture Platform Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:53:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://landezine.com/zabeel-park-by-cracknell/ https://landezine.com/zabeel-park-by-cracknell/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:37:50 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=111080 ‘We love this park because it represents the essence of Dubai: you will see all the different cultures mingling together in harmony.’ Diana M, Dubai, UAE on Trip Advisor This vast public park in the gardenesque Zabeel District is Dubai’s largest and is popular with diverse groups of families, couples, and young people. Shaded by […]]]> https://landezine.com/zabeel-park-by-cracknell/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/lake-whitney-water-treatment-facility-by-mvva/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:17:37 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=108174 Complementing architect Steven Holl’s striking steel water treatment facility, MVVA turned the 14 surrounding acres into a park and nature preserve on a limited budget of $5 per square foot. The finished landscape raises the bar for municipal infrastructure design. Located on the outskirts of New Haven, Connecticut, the facility draws water for the City […]]]> https://landezine.com/residence-on-horseshoe-lake-by-mvva/ https://landezine.com/residence-on-horseshoe-lake-by-mvva/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:17:05 +0000 https://landezine.com/?p=108128 Set on a ridge in Maine, the Nomentana Residence was designed to frame and transform views of a pond and the dramatic hill behind it. The juxtaposition of house and landscape is the result of a close collaboration between Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects and MVVA. Starting from a formal courtyard-like space at the front […]]]> https://landezine.com/residence-on-horseshoe-lake-by-mvva/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/town-hall-square-by-janet-rosenberg-studio/ https://landezine.com/town-hall-square-by-janet-rosenberg-studio/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 09:06:28 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=77230 Town Hall Square is an inner-city, 0.6-acre park located adjacent to the historic Yorkville Library in Toronto’s upscale Yorkville neighbourhood.  The design came about after the developer of the adjacent 18 Yorkville condominium donated the land to the City for a public park, which was intended to serve both the condominium community and nearby office […]]]> https://landezine.com/town-hall-square-by-janet-rosenberg-studio/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-court-square-press-by-landworks-studio/ https://landezine.com/the-court-square-press-by-landworks-studio/#respond Wed, 10 May 2017 06:32:35 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=37177 Landworks Studio: The Court Square Press building was built in 1900 as a printing press on the edge of Boston’s Fort Point Channel district, an area historically used for manufacturing and shipping. The site itself was created during a series of early twentieth century fill operations in which the channel was transformed into rail yards. […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-court-square-press-by-landworks-studio/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/welland-canal-park-civic-square-by-janet-rosenberg-studio/ https://landezine.com/welland-canal-park-civic-square-by-janet-rosenberg-studio/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:41:31 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26941 Janet Rosenberg & Studio: As part of the City of Welland’s downtown revitalization plan, Janet Rosenberg & Studio was commissioned to design a new civic square and park that would strengthen connections to the adjacent canal and reorganize the public space to encourage more pedestrian activity in the city core.]]> https://landezine.com/welland-canal-park-civic-square-by-janet-rosenberg-studio/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/plaza-of-the-human-rights-by-valentien-valentien/ https://landezine.com/plaza-of-the-human-rights-by-valentien-valentien/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:55:11 +0000 http://www.landezine.com/?p=26382 Behind the Riem arcade shopping mall the Plaza of the Human Rights, which is twice the size of the Marienplatz, the well-known centre of old Munich, works as a counterpart to the Willy-Brandt-Platz and the commercial zone. The aim was to create an intimate enclave for the public, a “city stage for all residents “. ]]> https://landezine.com/plaza-of-the-human-rights-by-valentien-valentien/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/fort-saint-jean-by-in-situ/ https://landezine.com/fort-saint-jean-by-in-situ/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:39:23 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=15464 In Situ Architectes Paysagistes: In Lyon, Fort St Jean hangs above a rocky outcrop on the left bank of the Saône river. The project, which accommodates the new school of public treasury, asserts the site’s great quality with very simple principles : “Landscape buildings” slip into the fortifications repeating the vocabulary of terraces, walls and […]]]> https://landezine.com/fort-saint-jean-by-in-situ/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/keene-state-science-center-courtyard-by-dirtworks/ https://landezine.com/keene-state-science-center-courtyard-by-dirtworks/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:14:48 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=15386 Dirtworks PC: The advancement of the natural sciences is at the forefront of Keene State College’s academic agenda. The redesign of the natural sciences building enclosed an 8,500 sq. ft. courtyard and provided an opportunity to promote education through the landscape. The design team worked to capture the essential character of the New Hampshire landscape […]]]> https://landezine.com/keene-state-science-center-courtyard-by-dirtworks/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/vienna-detzlhofer-landschaftsarchitektur/ https://landezine.com/vienna-detzlhofer-landschaftsarchitektur/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:36:37 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=13119 DnD Landschaftsplanung: In designing this sixteen-kilometer-long stretch of the highway, the project team of Anna Detzlhofer / Max Rieder, winner of the peer review, took on the goal of “enriching” the unstructured street “with prospective landscape.” The central idea for the landscape design and accompanying ecological planning was to counteract the divisive effect of the […]]]> https://landezine.com/vienna-detzlhofer-landschaftsarchitektur/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-brick-pit-ring-by-durbach-block-architects/ https://landezine.com/the-brick-pit-ring-by-durbach-block-architects/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:05:25 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=12809 Durbach Block Architects: The brick pit is the last tangible evidence of a vast working industry at Homebush Bay. It is archetypal and primitive, raw, stripped and modified. The brick pit is first a place of extraordinary human endeavor, arrested. It is a portrait of land disturbance through use. Equally it is a place of adaptation, as […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-brick-pit-ring-by-durbach-block-architects/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/floorworks-agence-ter-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/floorworks-agence-ter-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:45:33 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=12708 Agence Ter: «Floor Works», a garden open to the public which surrounds a company headquarters in Geneva, is the exterior equivalent of the «Wall Works», a collection of works by contemporary artists including James Turrell, Cindy Sherman and Sol LeWitt which adorn the building. Floor Works is what is produced by working the ground, that is […]]]> https://landezine.com/floorworks-agence-ter-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/2-piers-by-gora-art-landscape/ https://landezine.com/2-piers-by-gora-art-landscape/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:45:08 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=12659 GORA art & landscape:Near Örnsköldsvik at the lay-by Näs, situated on a slope leading to the lake Drömmesjön in Sidensjö. The two piers are meant to intensify the experience of the beautiful landscape. Like a spirit level. The form for the piers is playing with the missing water and the adventure of walking out in […]]]> https://landezine.com/2-piers-by-gora-art-landscape/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/roombeek-the-brook-by-buro-sant-en-co-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/roombeek-the-brook-by-buro-sant-en-co-landscape-architecture/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:17:16 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=8630 Buro Sant en Co: Roombeek is a commercial street and also the urban core of the district. The small stream, which gives its name to the street and has in the past flowed underground, has been restored and brought up to the surface again. Now the water is part of the urban environment and has […]]]> https://landezine.com/roombeek-the-brook-by-buro-sant-en-co-landscape-architecture/feed/ 5 https://landezine.com/stronghold-grebbeberg-by-michael-van-gessel-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/stronghold-grebbeberg-by-michael-van-gessel-landscape-architecture/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:29:29 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=7331 Michael van Gessel: This stronghold overlooking the Lower Rhine dates from the Merovingian Period (481–751), when this Frankish dynasty ruled France. In the 17th century, on a clearing in the woods, a King’s Table was erected, surrounded by twelve linden trees, commemorating a visit by the Winter King of Bohemia. The Second World War left […]]]> https://landezine.com/stronghold-grebbeberg-by-michael-van-gessel-landscape-architecture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/stones-throw-playground-by-archicolture/ https://landezine.com/stones-throw-playground-by-archicolture/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:00:26 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=6837 Archicolture: Landscape is represented in traditional garden art through allegories or as realistic miniatures. We are inverting the process of miniaturisation by isolating a stone from its original environment and expanding its scale to the point that it becomes itself a landscape. Similarly to some experiences in pop art an elementary object is blown to […]]]> https://landezine.com/stones-throw-playground-by-archicolture/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/town-square-in-hall-by-aubock-karasz/ https://landezine.com/town-square-in-hall-by-aubock-karasz/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:36:37 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=6247 Maria Auböck and János Kárász: The task was to create both an adequate context for two outstanding buildings (architects: Welzenbacher, 1932, Henke/Schreieck, 2004) and a conference centre. The design is part of a larger ensemble, which includes a park, located 3m higher north of the square. The square is built upon an underground garage of […]]]> https://landezine.com/town-square-in-hall-by-aubock-karasz/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-sulzer-areal-by-vetschpartner-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/the-sulzer-areal-by-vetschpartner-landscape-architecture/#respond Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:50:27 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=6078 Post-industrial Open-air Culture The outside spaces of the redesigned Sulzerareal tell a story about history. With generous gestures and quiet notes. They create quality of life in a former industrial location by transforming the identity of the place in an almost imperceptible manner. The fragmentary, the fleeting, the illustrative – these are the guiding concepts […]]]> https://landezine.com/the-sulzer-areal-by-vetschpartner-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/cap-roig-by-michele-miquel-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/cap-roig-by-michele-miquel-landscape-architecture/#respond Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:20:24 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=5304 Landscape Architecture: Michèle & Miquel Architectes & Paisatgistes (Michèle Oliac & Miquel Batlle) Location: Cap Roig, Tarragona, Spain Design: 2004 Construction: 2005 Area: 5.3ha Cost: 10€/m²]]> https://landezine.com/cap-roig-by-michele-miquel-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/quay-and-bridges-on-the-river-ijssel-by-okra-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/quay-and-bridges-on-the-river-ijssel-by-okra-landscape-architecture/#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:05:38 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=4853 OKRA: The landscape of the wide, slowly flowing rivers is inextricably linked with the delta. In this flat country, their fall is only slight, and these rivers seem to flow more slowly than they do. Though they look peaceful, appearances can be deceptive. In the Netherlands, our centuries-old fight against the water has largely been […]]]> https://landezine.com/quay-and-bridges-on-the-river-ijssel-by-okra-landscape-architecture/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/library-park-by-ostengen-bergo-as/ https://landezine.com/library-park-by-ostengen-bergo-as/#respond Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:06:35 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=4062 An urban library park. Partly restoration and modern development and extension to an old building. Covering an existing courtyard, as well as redefining the gardens to a public open green urban park. After having won 1st prize together with Longva architects in 2002, Østengen & Bergo realised the project which was completed in 2005. Project […]]]> https://landezine.com/library-park-by-ostengen-bergo-as/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/snefjord-rest-stop/ https://landezine.com/snefjord-rest-stop/#respond Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:44:45 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=3699 Pushak: The rest area is at the exit of the Snow Fjord Waterfall, which is a good place for salmon fishing. Here there was a need for a place where you could laugh at the wind and rain while enjoying the view of the sea. The three seats are rotated in relation to each other, […]]]> https://landezine.com/snefjord-rest-stop/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/ornesvingen/ https://landezine.com/ornesvingen/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:56:21 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=3686 3RW Arkitekter: ‘Ørnesvingen is the most spectacular viewpoint along the Ørne (eagle)-road, a zig-zag road along the steep valley sides of Geiranger-fjord in Møre and Romsdal. Located at one of its many bends the viewpoint gives tourists breathtaking views over the recently acknowledged UNESCO world heritage site, making it one of Norway’s major tourist attractions. […]]]> https://landezine.com/ornesvingen/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/torvdalshalsen/ https://landezine.com/torvdalshalsen/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:48:36 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=3573 Design: 70°N Arkitektur Location: Lofoten Islands, Norway Completed: 2005 Project is a part of a ‘National tourist routes‘ project.]]> https://landezine.com/torvdalshalsen/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/svandalsfosen/ https://landezine.com/svandalsfosen/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:17:03 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=3210 Landscape architecture: Haga Grov and Helge Schelderup (with  Olav Mariero, Rune Grov,  Hilde Haga) Location: Svandalsfosen, Sauda, Norway Budget: cca € 750,000 Completed: 2005 Photos: Landezine Project is a part of a ‘National tourist routes‘ project.]]> https://landezine.com/svandalsfosen/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/frederiksberg-new-urban-spaces/ https://landezine.com/frederiksberg-new-urban-spaces/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:32:39 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=2896 Landscape Architecture: SLA (Stig L. Andersson, Hanne Bruun Møller, Stine Poulsen, Lars Nybye Sørensen) Location: Solbjergvej, Frederiksberg, Denmark Client: Municipality of Frederiksberg Collaborators: Lighting is designed in corporation with consultant engineers Hansen & Henneberg Design phase: 2001-2004 Construction: 2002-2005 Area: 1,8 ha. Cost of construction: 4,7 mill. €]]> https://landezine.com/frederiksberg-new-urban-spaces/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/the-kastrup-sobad-project/ https://landezine.com/the-kastrup-sobad-project/#respond Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:02:12 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=118 Design: White Achitecture /Fredrik Pettersson (head of project), Rasmus Skaarup, Pernille Vermund, Göran Wihl, Henrik Haremst, Johnny Gere Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Completion: 2005 Floor area: 750 m2 Cost: € 940.000 Client: Tårnby Municipality Photos: Ole Haupt, White arkitekter, Landezine 2010]]> https://landezine.com/the-kastrup-sobad-project/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/casa-das-mudas/ https://landezine.com/casa-das-mudas/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:17:19 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=2258 Project: Centro de Artes ‘Casa Das Mudas’ Landscape Architecture: PROAP Year: 2002/2005 Location: Calheta, Madeira, Portugal Area: 6000 m2 Client: Sociedade Desenvolvimento Ponta Oeste, SA Authors: João Ferreira Nunes, Carlos Ribas Colaborators: Nuno Jacinto, Luis Silva Photos: Fernando Guerra, Leonardo Finotti]]> https://landezine.com/casa-das-mudas/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/afrikaanderplein/ https://landezine.com/afrikaanderplein/#respond Thu, 13 May 2010 18:03:57 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=2049 OKRA: Central to the master plan are the public function, accessibility and park usage. The Afrikaanderplein is characterized on the one hand by greenery – the park – and on the other by the diversity of cultures in the neighbourhood that meet here. It is the basis for the functional approach of the park; a […]]]> https://landezine.com/afrikaanderplein/feed/ 0 https://landezine.com/froslovs-garden/ https://landezine.com/froslovs-garden/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 07:59:52 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=2040 BBUK: Comfortably located in the lush Swedish countryside among the rolling wheat and barley fields of the Skåne region, Fröslöv House is a new holiday home constructed over the footprint of old farm buildings by British architect John Pawson. By combining local materials and the traditional architectural forms of pitched roofs of corrugated zinc, white […]]]> https://landezine.com/froslovs-garden/feed/ 1 https://landezine.com/sohlbergplassen-viewpoint/ https://landezine.com/sohlbergplassen-viewpoint/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:54:10 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=866 Landscape Architecture: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Location: Atnasjön, Norway]]> https://landezine.com/sohlbergplassen-viewpoint/feed/ 2 https://landezine.com/buga-05-playground/ https://landezine.com/buga-05-playground/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:34:02 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=607 Playgrounds usually consist of pre-fabricated elements, which are A-Z tested and thousand times certified by various organizations; well that is the easiest (but not cheapest) way of doing it. Prof. Schmidt designed a landscape, without typical playground elements just with combining two materials / colors (tartan and grass) and with modification of terrain. Landscape as […]]]> https://landezine.com/buga-05-playground/feed/ 11 https://landezine.com/orquideorama-colombia/ https://landezine.com/orquideorama-colombia/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:42:15 +0000 http://landezine.com/?p=380 In 2005 Plan B Studio designed Orquideorama, for a renovation of Botanical garden in Medellin / Colombia.  ]]> https://landezine.com/orquideorama-colombia/feed/ 3