Madrid Rio Landscape Design, Spain

Madrid Rio Landscape Design

Design: West 8 / MRIO Arquitectos. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce that the 12th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design has been awarded to Madrid Río, a new linear park designed by a team led by Ginés Garrido of Burgos & Garrido, including Porras & La Casta, Rubio & Álvarez-Sala, and West 8.

Central Helsinki Citizens Park: Töölönlahti

Central Helsinki Citizens Park

Danish architects COBE and Finnish Lundén Architecture in collaboration with N2 have designed an ambitious proposal for the transformation of the heart of Finland’s capital, Helsinki, to a recreational and cultural citizens park.

Springfield Park in London, Green Space

Springfield Park

Design: C.F. Møller Landscape. The 13 ha land is released as part of the transformation and expansion of the historic Springfield Hospital, which includes a masterplan for new residential uses and new public parkland on part of the former hospital grounds.

Wulong National Geological Park Glass Platform

Wulong National Geological Park Glass Platform

A glass platform at the top of a cliff, the largest of its kind in Asia, nears completion in Chongqing City, southwest China. The hanging platform stands 280m above Karst Valley giving a breathtaking panoramic view.

Hills at Vallco, Cupertino Shopping Mall

Silicon Valley green roof by Rafael Vinoly

Design: Rafael Viñoly, architect with OLIN Landscape Architects. Proposal to convert an ageing shopping centre in California’s Silicon Valley into a vast development featuring the world’s largest roof garden. The building would be located on a 50-acre (20 hectare) site, with a 30-acre community park and nature preserve.

Paradise Birmingham Development

Paradise Birmingham One & Two Chamberlain Sq

Design: Eric Parry Architects

Planning Permission granted for first two buildings and public realm, part of Birmingham’s transformational Paradise scheme. This landmark city centre development brings over 350,000 sqft of speculative office development to the market.

Birmingham Centenary Square People’s Choice

Birmingham Centenary Square People’s Choice

Designs for Centenary Square by Birmingham-based architecture and design firm Broadway Malyan have won the ‘People’s Choice’ accolade in the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) selection process.

Rosewood Beach in Highland Park, Illinois

Rosewood Beach in Highland Park, Illinois

Highland Park’s Rosewood Beach will be reborn this summer as an educational and recreational oasis after an extensive shoreline restoration project and beach infrastructure plan led by Chicago-based Woodhouse Tinucci Architects.

Sishane Park Istanbul Landscape

Sishane Park

Design: SANAL arc. This park is a bold shift regarding the public spaces in the center of Istanbul. The site used to be a park with a fire station that was connected to the water front before the road with a heavy traffic was built in the 70s.

Park Bridge St Helier Waterfront, Jersey

St Helier Waterfront, Park Bridge Jersey, Channel Islands Architecture, Architect Park Bridge St Helier Waterfront Landscape Architecture on the Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands – design by Socrates Associates 25 Oct 2014 St Helier Waterfront Park Bridge Park Bridge Development for St Helier Waterfront Design: Socrates Associates, Architects Location: central St Helier, Isle of Jersey, … Read more

Walpole Park in Ealing, West London

Walpole Park in Ealing: public garden in west London design by Jestico + Whiles – Soane landscape, historic English architecture renewal, architect, images