New York public realm: Manhattan landscape

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Park Structures in Mapua

Park Structures in Mapua

Design: Irving Smith Architects. The government remediation of New Zealand’s “most contaminated site”, a former chemical fertilizer plant in the small rural town of Mapua, left the site bare, emotionally scarred, unused and fiscally under resourced.

Helensburgh Town Centre Public Realm design

Helensburgh pier Scotland

Design: Austin-Smith:Lord, architects. Helensburgh’s revitalised town centre public realm has been recognised by another national award – a short-listing in the forthcoming Scottish Design Awards which will be announced in May.

Dream Dive Platform on Bobs Lake, Ontario

Dream Dive Platform on Bobs Lake, Ontario

Design: Studio North. Your environment can shape the way you think. Whether you’re a child or an adult, spaces can engage your imagination, broaden your mind and excite your spirit

European Prize for Urban Public Space Finalists

Nørreport Station Copenhagen Building

25 finalists selected from 276 entries, 2 awarded joint First Prize with 4 Special Mentions. The European Prize for Urban Public Space – a biennial architectural competition – recognizes and encourages recovery projects and defense of public space in cities.

The Jetty to the Mont-Saint-Michel

The Jetty

Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

Creating a new access to one of the most remarkable cultural monuments and landscapes in Europe is a rare challenge for the design of a causeway.

Trafalgar Square Crazy Golf Course in London

Trafalgar Square crazy golf course Dame Zaha Hadid

Crazy golf course for London’s Trafalgar Square – crowd-funding campaign. London Design Festival is hoping to raise £120,000 for the Visionary Crazy Golf, dreamt up by artists and designers, including the late architect Zaha Hadid.

Trafalgar Square Architecture – Buildings

Palmyra Arch for Trafalgar Square

The Palmyra arch was replicated in London. Copies of the Temple of Bel entrance in Syria were built in Trafalgar Square in ‘gesture of defiance’. It will next travel to Oxford this summer and then New York’s Times Square this fall.

The Stairs in Rotterdam, Stationsplein

The Stairs in Rotterdam

Design: MVRDV, Architects. Rotterdam is to host a temporary new eye-catcher: a giant staircase with 180 steps leading from Stationsplein to the top of the Groot Handelsgebouw, an iconic building in the city’s history.

Tessellating Canopy System Frankfurt

Tessellating Canopy System

Design: Grimshaw, architects. A successful collaboration between architects and tensile designers reached its final stage last week at Frankfurt’s Light + Building festival and trade fair, where MDT-tex launched the final Tensilation Type EV canopy system.

Advertising Screen in Lambeth, South London

Advertising Screen

A new hybrid advertising space and community garden, designed by Wildstone for client Clear Channel’s premium Storm brand, has transformed a treacherous corner in London into a vibrant community space

Darling Exchange Building Sydney, NSW

Darling Exchange Building Sydney

Landmark civic building Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates, Architects. Sydney’s skyline is set for more cranes and a rooftop bar with the development of the Darling Exchange, in the heart of the $3.4 billion transformation of Darling Harbour.

Salling Tower at Aarhus Harbour sculpture

Salling Tower

Design: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. The tower is shaped like a sharp origami cut, urban sculpture with a significant architectural expression. The white steel tower stands out as a glowing landmark giving identity to the area and act as a point of reference and meeting in this new part of the city.