The Tree Tower, designed by the Architekt Josef Stöger from Schönberg, features an impressively airy architectural structure and a unique concept for enclosing the three very old, up to 38 m tall fir and beech trees in the egg-shaped tower. 16 arched glued laminated timber girders (GL28c larch), each over 40 m long, support the 17 t look-out platform…
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The Australian Garden is Australia’s Botanic Garden and is located 30km south of Melbourne at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne. It is a garden that displays Australian flora in creative, interactive and educative ways…
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Marseille’s Vieux Port is one of the grand Mediterranean ports, but over time the World Heritage-listed site has become inaccessible to pedestrians and has been cut off from the life of the city. The masterplan for its regeneration will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events and removing traffic to create a safe, semi-pedestrianised public realm. Its transformation is one of a series of projects to be completed in time for the city’s inauguration as European Capital of Culture in 2013…
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Superkilen is a half a mile long urban space wedging through one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighborhoods in Denmark. A collage of stories and urban situations from around the world: Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek1 and SUPERFLEX’s response to Copenhagen’s most multi-cultural district…
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Posted in Adaptive Reuse,Circulation,City Space,Exotic Idea,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Green Roof,Harmony With The Context,Landscape & Street Furniture,Landscape Award,Landscape Element,Pavement / pattern,Pedestrian / Street,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Public Space,Roof Garden,SCALE & SIZE,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,Urban Design,World's Best Places to VisitFebruary 11, 2013No comments
The second section of the High Line was opened on June 2011, revealing green lawn, unique lounging spots and a less industrial feel to the Section 1. The second section of the High Line runs from West 20th Street to West 30th Street, connecting the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by James Corner Field Operations, project lead, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Piet Oudolf…
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Posted in Circulation,Editor's Picks,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Award,Park,Pavement / pattern,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / KioskDecember 27, 2012No comments
The beautifully designed Scholars’ Green Park in Mississauga is the solution coming from gh3 & Terraplan. Scholars’ Green Park is the symbiosis of a public park and an academic common that provides quiet outdoor amenity space for the students, faculty and the surrounding community…
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The open spaces of the western part of Hafencity are central components of the processes of transformation of the former harbor zone south of the historical Speicherstadt (waterhouse district) bordering on the inner city. This area has changed continuously throughout its history, in keeping with various harbor and industrial uses. The alternating ebb and high tides characterize the typical appearance of the port basin…
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