Planting Area

Jicaro Island Ecolodge / Architect Matthew Falkiner

Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,Cozy,Editor's Picks,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Lodge & Tented Camp,Lodge & Tented Camp Interior,MATERIALS USED,Modern Tropical Style,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Relax,Resort,Resort Space,Romantic,SUSTAINABILITY,WoodenMay 13, 2013No comments

Jicaro Island Ecolodge By Architect Matthew Falkiner - 01

Nine private casitas comprise Nicaragua´s most upscale nature resort, located on a private island in Lake Nicaragua. A short boat ride from the colonial town of Granada, the lodge offers spectacular views of the Mombacho Volcano across the lake…

Australian Garden / T.C.L – Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Paul Thompson

Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Editor's Picks,Green Project,Landscape Award,Landscape Element,Park,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Public Space,TravelMay 10, 2013No comments

Australian Garden By T.C.L - Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Paul Thompson - 01

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…

Horizontal Skyscraper – Vanke Center / Steven Holl Architects

Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,COLOR,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Green Roof,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Landform / Contour / Lawn,LEED,MASS & SHAPE,Mixed Use,NATURAL VENTILATION,Office Space,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,SCALE & SIZE,SOLUTION,Steel,SUSTAINABILITYMarch 6, 2013No comments

Horizontal Skyscraper - Vanke Center By Steven Holl Architects - 03 Hufton & Crow

The Horizontal Skyscraper, designed by Steven Holl Architects and completed in 2009, is a mixed-use building that includes offices for the Vanke Co., a conference center, restaurant, an auditorium, a hotel, apartments and a large public park. By raising the 1,296,459 sf building on eight cores — as far as 50 meters apart and positioning the building right under the 35-meter high limit of the area…

The Highline Section 2 / James Corner Field Operations & Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Posted by DesignalmicPosted 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 Highline Section 2 By James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio & Renfro - 01

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…

Normand Park Trees Play and Gardening / Kinnear Landscape Architects

Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Editor's Picks,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Award,Park,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting Area,Playground,Sports Field,TravelFebruary 6, 2013No comments

Normand Park Trees Play and Gardening By Kinnear Landscape Architects - 01

Designers, Kinnear Landscape Architects, specified Wildflower Turf as a way to enhance this recreational park in Fulham, West London. The park, composed of a mix of play areas and green spaces was designed to increase biodiversity within the urban landscape…

NEO Bankside Landscape / Gillespies

Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Editor's Picks,Green Roof,Housing Space,Landscape Award,Pavement / pattern,Plant Materials Used,Planting AreaJanuary 29, 2013No comments

NEO Bankside Landscape By Gillespies - 01

NEO Bankside’s tranquil, tree-lined gardens blend private green spaces, seasonal fruit trees, bee hives and a well-stocked herb garden with linear groves of aspen and birch to form a public realm linking Bankside to Tate Modern during the daytime. The landscape design, designed by Gillespies, helps to define public routes through the development…

Punggol Promenade / LOOK Architects

Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Activity / Multipurpose Area,Circulation,Featured,Footbridge,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,Landform / Contour / Lawn,Landscape Award,Park,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,Public Space,Shelter / Pavilion / Kiosk,Travel,WaterfrontSeptember 17, 2012No comments

Punggol Promenade By LOOK Architects - 01

Singaporean studio LOOK Architects has created a landscaped park and promenade overlooking a beach in north-east Singapore, where 400 Chinese civilians were murdered during World War II. Named Punggol Point, the national heritage site has been commemorated with a small park at one end of the three-mile timber pathway, featuring lily ponds, playgrounds and a viewing platform over the beach…