Castelo de Abrantes Design Competition

Castelo de Abrantes design competition Portugal

The Portuguese city of Abrantes and the national Association of Architects launch the International design competition “Castelo de Abrantes”. The architecture competition aims to qualify and enrich the Abrantes Castle surroundings.

Parco Centrale Prato, Tuscany

Parco Centrale Prato

Design: OBR Paolo Brescia / Tommaso Principi / Michel Desvigne Paysagiste. First prize in the international competition to design the new Central Park in Prato, Italy. The jury, chaired by Bernard Tschumi, selected the winner among 10 finalists, that all expressed new ideas on the contemporary city and on its relationship with the landscape.

A Path in the Forest, Tallinn, Estonia

A Path in the Forest of Kadriorg

Design: Tetsuo Kondo Architects

Delightful swept route through the trees in Estonia: “In the elegant woods of Kadriorg, we added a path. A path which relies on the forest as it flutters through the woods with over 300 years of age.”

New Holland Island West 8 Landscape

New Holland Island West 8 Landscape

New Holland Development chose to organize a full-fledged city park rather than a building. To implement this idea, they employed West 8, under the direction of Design Director Edzo Bindels.

Buckhead Park Over GA400, Atlanta

Buckhead Park Over GA400

Designed by ROGERS PARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, Buckhead Park Over GA400 is a new genre of urban infrastructure in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Ocno Archipelago in Mantova, Lombardy

Ocno Archipelago

Design: Joseph Grima/Space Caviar. Arcipelago di Ocno, a new aquatic installation on the Italian Capital of Culture 2016 waterfront by this Genoa-based architectural studio. The outline evokes the lotus.

Constitution Garden Kuwait City Park, Landscape

Constitution Garden in Kuwait City

Design: SdARCH Trivelli&Associati. The government agency Al Amiri Diwan have built a park in Kuwait City to celebrate the Constitution of Kuwait’s 50th anniversary. “The Constitution” is a monument celebrating the path to democracy of the state.

Zaha Hadid Pavilion at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire

Zaha Hadid Pavilion at Chatsworth House

Lilas Pavilion displayed in grounds of Chatsworth House, one of Britain’s grandest stately homes. The pavilion was an unexpected addition by the Serpentine Gallery back in 2007 when the late architect offered to help out.

Cranfield University Landscape Strategy: Campus

Cranfield University Landscape Strategy

Landscape architects OOBE, who operate from offices in London and Newcastle upon Tyne, has won a three-year commission from Cranfield University in Bedfordshire and have incorporated Dr Nigel Dunnett onto its project team.

Veranda in Shanghai, Jinshan Modern Agricultural Park

Veranda in Shanghai

Design: tf Architecture Office + ppas architects. In line with an ambitious plan, the Jinshan Modern Agricultural Park, on the southwestern outskirts of Shanghai, is being transformed into a suburban park with a mix of functions

MAX IV Laboratory Landscape in Lund by Snøhetta

The MAX IV Laboratory Landscape Design

MAX IV is a national laboratory operated jointly by the Swedish Research Council and Lund University. The synchrotron facility is created by FOJAB architects, and Snøhetta architects has designed the 19 hectares landscape park.