http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscapeWLAThu, 24 May 2012 11:41:01 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/OJ5EE/h/24_May_2012_World_Landscape.htm ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape Architecture 24 MAY 2012 - WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE NEWSLETTER Gandhi Park | Reus Spain | Green Effect Landscape Architects and Josep Selga Landscape Studio The basis of the project stars from the idea to formalize the dynamics of the torrents. The torrents are streams with intermittent flows typical of Mediterranean climates. This means that in times of heavy rain the water drag down all kinds of materials, while in times of drought, there are small grooves that draw an intertwined trace in the earth. Latz + Partner win St Peter’s Square design competition The winners of the St Peter’s Square international design competition have been announced by Manchester City Council. A design team led by German landscape architect Latz + Partner have been selected to make their vision a reality. Eco-Wisdom Business Park | Dalian China | Loci Studio Dalian Eco-Wisdom Business Park is a new commercial development in Dalian, in the Liao Ning Province of the People’s Republic of China. The park includes a 5000-staff call centre, research and development offices, an employee dormitory and a series of luxury executive villas. FPT City | Danang Vietnam | SOM Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was awarded the Master Plan commission for FPT City in Danang, Vietnam.  SOM’s preliminary plan for a sustainable new high-tech community at the edge of the city has been applauded by local authorities, including the Head of Planning and the Peoples Committee of the City of Danang.  SOM is now working closely with these authorities to finalise the project’s design and ensure its delivery.  This is SOM’s second recent project ‘win’ in the country and follows the firm’s recent success of Green Tech City in Hanoi. Hamilton Residence | Miami USA | Arquitectonica GEO A residential landscape that integrates the owner’s heritage, French with their place of residence: Florida. An exposed and unused lawn is converted into a poetic display of hardy native plants and trees which require little maintenance and no water during the dry season. The driveway integrates elements of French formality de-constructed classic shapes of Versailles parterres floating in a bed of Florida seashells. Thu, 24 May 2012 11:41:01 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/K1jEE/h/WLA_Weekly_Newsletter_24_May.htm ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape Architecture 24 MAY 2012 - WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE NEWSLETTER Gandhi Park | Reus Spain | Green Effect Landscape Architects and Josep Selga Landscape Studio The basis of the project stars from the idea to formalize the dynamics of the torrents. The torrents are streams with intermittent flows typical of Mediterranean climates. This means that in times of heavy rain the water drag down all kinds of materials, while in times of drought, there are small grooves that draw an intertwined trace in the earth. Latz + Partner win St Peter’s Square design competition The winners of the St Peter’s Square international design competition have been announced by Manchester City Council. A design team led by German landscape architect Latz + Partner have been selected to make their vision a reality. Eco-Wisdom Business Park | Dalian China | Loci Studio Dalian Eco-Wisdom Business Park is a new commercial development in Dalian, in the Liao Ning Province of the People’s Republic of China. The park includes a 5000-staff call centre, research and development offices, an employee dormitory and a series of luxury executive villas. FPT City | Danang Vietnam | SOM Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was awarded the Master Plan commission for FPT City in Danang, Vietnam.  SOM’s preliminary plan for a sustainable new high-tech community at the edge of the city has been applauded by local authorities, including the Head of Planning and the Peoples Committee of the City of Danang.  SOM is now working closely with these authorities to finalise the project’s design and ensure its delivery.  This is SOM’s second recent project ‘win’ in the country and follows the firm’s recent success of Green Tech City in Hanoi. Hamilton Residence | Miami USA | Arquitectonica GEO A residential landscape that integrates the owner’s heritage, French with their place of residence: Florida. An exposed and unused lawn is converted into a poetic display of hardy native plants and trees which require little maintenance and no water during the dry season. The driveway integrates elements of French formality de-constructed classic shapes of Versailles parterres floating in a bed of Florida seashells. Thu, 24 May 2012 11:33:49 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/Gr7VE/h/17_May_2012_World.htm ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape Architecture 17 MAY 2012 - WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE NEWSLETTER Jerusalem Railway Park | Tichnun-Nof Landscape Architects The city of Jerusalem has a wealth of sites and spectacular places packed with history and interest. However, at the same time the city has a history full of conflict, functional problems, context and intricate ethnic relationships.The route of the Turkish train’s railway lines in the city of Jerusalem’s boundaries is one of the places where these complexities are most apparent. Plan West: West Baton Rouge Parish Comprehensive Plan | Tipton Associates West Baton Rouge Parish has a total land area of 122,000 acres with a population of only 22,000 residents but has exceptional assets: a rich agricultural heritage and abundant natural resources within close proximity to a major metropolitan region. Plan West, the West Baton Rouge Parish Comprehensive Master Plan was created to preserve the unique qualities of the Parish while providing a framework to guide future growth for the next twenty years. Shennong Valley Resort | Baoting County China | Broadway Malyan Broadway Malyan will provide design services for a global headquarter, research and development, hospitality and visitor centre in China. Located in Baoting County, north of Sanya on Hainan Island, the ‘Shennong Valley Resort’ will sit in a stunning 35 acre site between the famous ‘Qixianling Seven Angels’ mountain ridge and the valley’s terraced rice fields. 2014 Asian Games Stadium | Incheon South Korea | Populous Populous’ design for the main stadium of the 2014 Asian Games is the integration of architecture and landscape. After the games the stadium will be linked to the surrounding parklands in legacy mode as temporary lightweight eastern stand is removed. Student Project | LINE | Angel Cerezo Angel Cerezo’s graduation project at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona). The project titled LINE looks to recover and design one historical street in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Thu, 17 May 2012 11:09:58 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/OYJNU/h/10_May_2012_WLA_Update_.htm ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape Architecture 10 MAY 2012 - WORLD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE NEWSLETTER Stijlgroep selected for Surburbia 2.0 competitionPlan Tide by Stijlgroep landscape and urban design is one of several projects selected by the jurors of the Suburbia 2.0 competition, an international competition for built and unbuilt residential landscapes. Jellicoe Harbour and Silo Park | Auckland New Zealand | Taylor Cullity Lethlean and Wraight + Associates Working waterfronts are constantly in flux; crusty, utilitarian, muscular and dissolving, with temporal qualities that engage all of our senses. SWA gives a 'light touch' to the 2018 Winter Olympics SWA is the international planner and landscape architect for the design-build team, led by Taeyoung, that created the facilities at the heart of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. OMA wins first round of the Moscow City Agglomeration Development Concept Competition A consortium of experts led by OMA scored the highest of the 10 teams that completed the first stage of the competition to develop the concept of the Moscow Agglomeration. Newport Green | Newport USA | Mathews Nielsen Landscape ArchitectsNewport Green, a park comprising a 4.25-acre waterfront site at the north end of Newport, New Jersey, is now open to the public. Thu, 10 May 2012 11:20:19 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/Eg6Dk/h/WLA_Weekly_Update_5_May.htm ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape Architecture World Landscape Architecture Weekly Update | 5 May 2012 National Mall Design Competition winners announced Stoss Landscape Urbanism win 2012 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award Peachtree Street | Atlanta USA | Perkins+Will Re-purposing Sydney's monorail Hackesches Quartier | Berlin Germany | TOPOTEK1 Fri, 04 May 2012 13:17:54 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/DrKj./h/26_April_UPDATE_World.htm 26 APRIL 2012 West 8 + IROJE Wins Yongsan Park Competition ©West 8 urban design and landscape architecture The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Korea recently announced that West 8 + IROJE has won International Competition for Master Plan of Yongsan Park, Korea. Continue reading West 8 + IROJE Wins Yongsan Park Competition Celebrate Spring with 25% off WLA Magazine We recently published the #04 edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine through HP Magcloud. To celebrate spring our distributor HP Magcloud is offering a 25% discount on all print magazines and we are passing on the savings to our readers. Thanks to everyone who has purchased copies of as WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine this allows us to bring you great projects in our magazine and our webzine. Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore USA | OLIN OLIN has created the site design for The Johns Hopkins Hospital's new patient care building in Baltimore, Maryland. The gardens, including the Entry Court Gardens, the Western Courtyard Gardens, the Phipps Courtyard and the Little Prince Garden, along with the soaring lobbies, a handpicked art collection and cheerful-light filled patient rooms are designed to provide a welcome and caring environment to advance the healing process. The $1.1billion building was dedicated on April 12, 2012. Continue reading Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore USA | OLIN Submit Your Project to World Landscape Architecture We are looking for conceptual and built landscape and urban design projects to publish on Simply email your images and text to submit@worldlandscapearchitect.com Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch Innovation Square - University of Florida | Gainesville Florida | Perkins+Will Second Avenue | Rendering By Chris Floyd Innovation Square is an urban redevelopment project that will transform twelve underutilized blocks in Midtown Gainesville into a mixed-use urban research neighborhood that advances the national and global profile of the city's largest employer--the University of Florida with its medical center, Shands Hospital at UF --and the growing local biotech industry. The Visioning process for the District has set in place lasting partnerships between public and private stakeholders to ensure successful implementation. Continue reading Innovation Square - University of Florida | Gainesville Florida | Perkins+Will Urbanized: A Conversation [VIDEO] Urbanized, feature-length documentary by Gary Hustwit was recently shown at University of Pennsylvania. Afterwards, a panel conversation took place between Gary Hustwit, James Corner and Ricky Burdett chaired by Marilyn Jordan Taylor (Dean of PennDesign). The 40 minute conversation was caught on film and published by PennDesign for our viewing pleasure. Celebrating Frederick Law Olmsted's birthday with Landscape Architecture Awareness Campaign Landscape Architects across the USA are holding public events to raise the awareness of Landscape Architecture and celebrate Fredrick Law Olmsted's birthday. If your in the USA you can find out about the nearest event to you on the events map. For more information about the awareness campaign go to the ASLA PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN webpage This Week in Landscape - 22 April 2012 Our weekly round up of landscape news from around the web is published every Sunday for your reading pleasure. The new revolutionaries: Landscape architects reinvent urban parks | Rebecca Messner | Grist The present generation of landscape architects is doing truly groundbreaking work, building parks like the High Line in places nobody expects them. The Invention and Reinvention of the City: An Interview with Rem Koolhaas - World Policy Blog "....creative flexibility allows us to design buildings that are more versatile, which can be successful in new economies and in new contexts." Sustainability saves landscape architecture | Brad Kane | Hartford Business "The whole idea of sustainability is out there," Tavella said. "Now it is cool to be green again." Park among the trees: Pittsburgh should require parking lots to plant trees -- lots of trees | Thomas Hylton | Post Gazette Nearly all the new trees have been planted in parks and along streets, the traditional location for shade trees in densely populated cities. But there's another vitally important urban habitat for trees: parking lots. Brooklyn Bridge Park Gets $40 Million Gift to Build Field House | Lisa W. Foderaro | NY Times The field house is to be giant -- 115,000 square feet near Pier 5, with a 200-meter inclined cycling track with up to 2,500 seats and a 22,000-square-foot infield that can accommodate other sports, including basketball, tennis, volleyball and gymnastics. From LAND Reader (sister site to World Landscape Architecture) Critics come out against Brooklyn Bridge Park City Pulls Plug on Waste-to-Energy Site at Fresh Kills Send us your links during the week to contribute@worldlandscapearchitect.com For more news during the week become a World Landscape Architecture fan on Facebook, Join our LinkedIN group, Follow us on Twitter @wlandscapearch or Weibo and then Circle us on Google+ Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape ArchitectureThu, 26 Apr 2012 10:49:40 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/K1H3./h/20_April_Update_WLA_.htm 20 APRIL 2012 Rhein Romantik | Koblenz Germany | TOPOTEK 1 Like a pool of water reflecting the sky, placed at the castle of Ehrenbreitstein, creates a flux of images incorporating the walls and building. Creating a heightened experience of its surroundings, it involves the beholder in a game of perception, intriguing to find the «right» view of the motif. Ever since French landscape painters like Claude Lorrain and Niclas Poussin defined their ideal of the landscape in the mid 17th century, gardeners and architects had the task of creating the Real World inspired by these framed images - something that today almost appears as an inverted reality. Continue reading Rhein Romantik | Koblenz Germany | TOPOTEK 1 Celebrate Spring with 25% off WLA Magazine We recently published the #04 edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine through HP Magcloud. To celebrate spring our distributor HP Magcloud is offering a 25% discount on all print magazines and we are passing on the savings to our readers. Now you can order a copy of any print edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine for 25% off the cover price (not including postage and handling). This offer is valid until May 13 for print editions only. Thanks to everyone who has purchased copies of as WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine this allows us to bring you great projects in our magazine and our webzine. Redevelopment of Lansdowne Park Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (PSF) design was recommended for Lansdowne Park after a winning the design competition held back in 2010 beating out Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, SWA, West 8 and Williams, Asselin, Ackaoui and Associates. Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg have continued on with the design process over the last two years have been working as part of the team of other design professionals and City of Ottawa to integrate the new park design with other elements of the project. The 'new Lansdowne' project includes - a large new park(Lansdowne Park), a re-designed stadium and Civic Centre, and a village of boutique shops and stores, services and residences - into a single plan. Continue reading Redevelopment of Lansdowne Park Submit Your Project to World Landscape Architecture We are looking for conceptual and built landscape and urban design projects to publish on Simply email your images and text to submit@worldlandscapearchitect.com Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch Jacaranda Park | Sydney Australia | JMD Design JMD Design were commissioned by Stockland to design document and provide construction quality advice for a feature park within a new subdivision project at Glenmore Ridge, Penrith. The eastern edge of the new park had been designed and built some ten years ago, hence the name Jacaranda Park. It was decided that the new park should break with the gardenesque image of the eastern half and create a new strong identity to the new suburb dropping away to the west. Continue reading Jacaranda Park | Sydney Australia | JMD Design Down to 4: Waller Creek Design Competition short list Back in February we reported that the shortlist for the Waller Creek Design Competition had been shortened to nine teams. Now after Stage 2 (interviews) the shortlist has been whittled down to 4 teams lead by CMG and Public Architecture Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. and Thomas Phifer and Partners Turenscape + Lake | Flato Architects Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, and Rogers Marvel Architects Congratulations to all shortlisted teams and we will keep you informed as the competition now progresses into Stage 3 - Design Concepts. This Week in Landscape | 15 April 2012 Our weekly round up of landscape news from around the web is published every Sunday for your reading pleasure. Why Designers Need To Stop Feeling Sorry For Africa | Skibsted Ideation | Fast Co Design Taking a patronizing approach to investing in Africa undermines the continent's people and entrepreneurial promise, argues Jens Martin Skibsted and Rasmus Bech Hansen. How green is a parking lot? New efforts to test infrastructure | David J. Unger | Sacremento Bee A growing number of civil engineers, landscape architects and urban planners are making a case for not just repairing but also for greening the structural underbelly we rely on to drink our water, cross our rivers and park our cars. NY state parks system getting $89M funding boost | Wall Street Journal $89 million in New York Works capital projects for the state-run system of 178 parks and 35 historic sites. Six new spots for architecture lovers | Katia Hetter | CNN Various spots around the world including the High Line A new approach to infrastructure | Denise Deveau | Calgary Herald Canadian cities need to replace their aging infrastructure to accommodate new weather patterns, shifting demographics and social trends The Shell Game | Martin C. Pedersen | Metropolis Magazine New York University announced yesterday that it was scaling back its controversial plans for expansion Send us your links during the week to contribute@worldlandscapearchitect.com For more news during the week become a World Landscape Architecture fan on Facebook, Join our LinkedIN group, Follow us on Twitter @wlandscapearch or Weibo and then Circle us on Google+ Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape ArchitectureFri, 20 Apr 2012 10:31:23 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/5.W8E/h/12_APRIL_WLA_UPDATE_City.htm 12 APRIL 2012 City Park | Bradford UK | Gillespies City Park in Bradford, designed by Gillespies landscape architects and urban designers on behalf of Bradford Council and supported by a multi-disciplinary design team, was officially launched on March 24th 2012. The landmark public space contains the largest city-centre water feature anywhere in the UK, a 4,000sq m mirror pool, and the UK's tallest urban fountain which reaches a spectacular 100ft. Continue reading City Park | Bradford UK | Gillespies Celebrate Spring with 25% off WLA Magazine We recently published the #04 edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine through HP Magcloud. To celebrate spring our distributor HP Magcloud is offering a 25% discount on all print magazines and we are passing on the savings to our readers. Now you can order a copy of any print edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine for 25% off the cover price (not including postage and handling). This offer is valid until May 13 for print editions only. Thanks to everyone who has purchased copies of as WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine this allows us to bring you great projects in our magazine and our webzine. EXHIBITION: Brussels 2040 Three visions for a metropolis The valley of the Molenbeek: an intensification of the city around a new, highly accessible park structure. A new window to the city. © 51N4E, l'AUC, Bureau Bas Smets Three international teams (51N4E, Studio 012, KCAP) have developed visions for how Brussels will look in 2040. The visions are now being shown in the Brussels 2040: Three Visions for a Metropolis exhibition at the Centre for fine Arts in Brussels. The three teams have produced videos, photos, models, urban master plans to present their visions which hope to provide answers for What will Brussels be like in 2040 if its demographic growth continues? How will people get around the city if the motor car is no longer a sustainable means of transport? How can we reduce the social divide and avoid a dual city? How can we offer everyone an opportunity to live and work in the city with dignity? How can we coordinate the development of Brussels with its hinterland? Continue reading EXHIBITION: Brussels 2040 Three visions for a metropolis Submit Your Project to World Landscape Architecture We are looking for conceptual and built landscape and urban design projects to publish on Simply email your images and text to submit@worldlandscapearchitect.com Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch ASPECT Studios with Choi Ropiha selected for Sydney's Ultimo Pedestrian Network ASPECT Studios with Choi Ropiha Fighera have been chosen by Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority to design and deliver Sydney's Ultimo Pedestrian Network (UPN). The linear elevated public space will be a highly anticipated and activated city space with many of Sydney's key cultural and educational institutions located along its edges. The UPN project will provide improved pedestrian and cyclist access and circulation from the Railway Square bus and train interchange into the south-west corner of Darling Harbour. University of Colorado/Harvard University joint team wins the 2012 ULI Student Urban Design Competition Central Park | Bayou Commons (University of Colorado/Harvard University) A joint team of students representing the University of Colorado and Harvard University has won the 2012 Urban Land Institute (ULI)/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition with "Bayou Commons", a long-term redevelopment plan for a new downtown Houston district that includes public open space, integrates into the existing fabric of the surrounding neighborhoods, and brings residential units into the city's core. Continue reading University of Colorado/Harvard University joint team wins the 2012 ULI Student Urban Design Competition Final National Mall Designs go on display Sylvan Theater | OLIN + Weiss/Manfredi The Trust for the National Mall will exhibit the final design concepts of the National Mall Design Competition from Monday, April 9 through Sunday, April 15. The concepts will be displayed for public viewing and comment at the Smithsonian Castle and the National Museum of American History. The concepts, created by the country's top designers, re-envision three prominent National Mall locations: Constitution Gardens, Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument Grounds and Union Square. Continue reading Final National Mall Designs go on display Celebrate Spring with 25% off WLA Magazine We recently published the #04 edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine through HP Magcloud. To celebrate spring our distributor HP Magcloud is offering a 25% discount on all print magazines and we are passing on the savings to our readers. Now you can order a copy of any print edition of WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine for 25% off the cover price (not including postage and handling). This offer is valid until May 13 for print editions only. Thanks to everyone who has purchased copies of as WLA Landscape Architecture Quarterly Magazine this allows us to bring you great projects in our magazine and our webzine. Playgrounds, Pools to Go Smoke Free in New York State Parks The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced on Monday that it will create smoke-free areas in outdoor settings within state parks and historic sites where large numbers of people congregate, including around playgrounds and pools. SOURCE: New York State Parks This Week in Landscape | 8 April 2012 Our weekly round up of landscape news from around the web is published every Sunday for your reading pleasure. Five Paradigm Shifts to Enhance a City | Various Contributors | The Tyee Various panels paradigm from 'Shift' - UBC School of Landscape and Architecture's fall lecture series Does Poor Urban Planning Contribute to Crime in Gurgaon? | Raka Choudhury | India Realtime-WSJ In Gurgaon, despite the excitement and energy of economic boom-time, the quality of life of urban residents is constantly challenged by poor planning. Lily Jencks on Landscape Design | Susanna Sirefman| Wall Street Journal The rising young star of landscape design on low-fuss plants, Chinese gardens and her mother's extraordinary legacy A path to gardens' renewal | TBO.COM More talk of repairing Kiley Gardens in Tampa Bay (designed by Dan Kiley) Controversy brewing over Counterbalance Park | Queen Anne View Finished park (designed by Murase Associates) about to be ruined by committee - what all landscape architects dread Send us your best links during the week to contribute@worldlandscapearchitect.com For more news during the week become a World Landscape Architecture fan on Facebook, Join our LinkedIN group, Follow us on Twitter @wlandscapearch or Weibo and then Circle us on Google+ Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape ArchitectureThu, 12 Apr 2012 11:54:31 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/KZXiA/h/29_March_WLA_Update_.htm 29 MARCH 2012 Kallang River Bishan Park | Singapore | Atelier Dreiseitl We reported on Singapore's plan for Bishan Park back in late 2009 ('Kallang River to reappear in Bishan Park') and the plan has now come to fruition with Singapore's Prime Minister recently opening the park to the public. The design was undertaken by Atelier Dreiseitl Continue reading Kallang River Bishan Park | Singapore | Atelier Dreiseitl The #04 edition of WLA Quarterly Landscape Architecture Magazine is OUT NOW and includes projects from OLIN, Sasaki Associates, ACT, BDP, HASSELL, LOLA, Deltavormgroep and Piet Oudolf, Design Workshop and Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architecture with Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. The projects range from small scale designs to strategic master plan for a New Seven Wonders of the World. Download a 10 page sample or BUY a digital copy for $3.99USD e_co_llectiva | Athens Greece | Athanasios Polyzoidis and Katerina Petsiou In the project "e_co_llectiva" the public space of the streets and the vacant lots in the internal parts of the four building blocks is unified so as to create a single urban garden-park which promotes the concept of collective activity. This intervention is given the title 'e_co_llectiva' after ecology (eco), collectivity (collectiva) and new technologies (e). Continue reading e_co_llectiva | Athens Greece | Athanasios Polyzoidis and Katerina Petsiou Submit Your Project to World Landscape Architecture We are looking for conceptual and built landscape and urban design projects to publish on Simply email your images and text to submit@worldlandscapearchitect.com Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch Calatrava designed Peace Bridge opens in Calgary Peace Bridge - Flickr User Bike Calgary The striking red Peace Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava opened to the public with a community celebration on Saturday 24 March. The bridge design was unveiled in 2009 to varied opinions and created controvesy for its color, design and cost. Now that has faded into the background as the bridge has become a reality and opened to the public with many celebrating by crossing the bridge for the first time. Continue reading Calatrava designed Peace Bridge opens in Calgary Kathryn Gustafson awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize Gustafson Porter winning design for Valencia Parque Central Kathryn Gustafson has been awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize for her contribution to architecture. Kathryn Gustafson, a landscape architect and the founding partner in two offices, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, in Seattle, and Gustafson Porter, in London. Her award-winning landscapes can be found throughout North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Both offices have won numerous competitions and have a wide variety of scale of work from furniture through to master planning. Continue reading Kathryn Gustafson awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize Australian cities need to be more social: Report The 'Social Cities' report recently published by the Grattan Institute shows that whilst Australian cities have paid great attention to making cities more sustainable and productive they have neglected the 'social' aspect of cities and the need to create places for social interaction. Single households are on the rise in Australia creating more lonely and isolated Australians, the report outlines the need for design solutions to provide more places for social connection within communities. Social connections and interaction is beneficial to overall mental well-being. Continue reading Australian cities need to be more social: Report SLANT AWARDS SPRING 2012 Competition SLANT AWARDS SPRING 2012 Competition and this competition is open to all, with the challenge being to design a concept plan for a city sector which is undergoing urban renewal. As in our previous competitions we want participants to have as free a hand as possible when designing this project; therefore we are keeping the brief and the entry requirements to a minimum. The city in question is not a real city, it has been designed solely for this competition, and its location is not being specified. Continue reading SLANT AWARDS SPRING 2012 Competition This Week in Landscape | 25 March 2012 Our weekly round up of landscape news from around the web is published every Sunday for your reading pleasure. Jungleland - The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to 'Urban Growth' | Nathaniel Rich | New York Times Magazine The power of nature is shown by the 'jungle' that is recolonising parts of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans that have been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Finding the urban forest in your neck of the woods | Laurie Casey | Chicago Tribune Boasting millions of trees, other plants, and wildlife, the urban forest contributes valuable benefits. It produces fresh oxygen, reduces urban heat island effects, and stores carbon. Studies show being around or seeing trees even improves our mood and helps us heal from surgery faster. Cloned trees fuel urban pollen count | Randy Shore | Vancouver Sun Planting male clones effectively doubles the amount of pollen released, horticulturalist says. He changed Bangalore's landscape | Deccan Herald Gustav Krumbiegel established the Horticultural School in the erstwhile Mysore state, a first for India. America's Coolest Driveways | Tanya Mohn | Forbes "Good driveway design is all about the arrival experience," says Charles A. Birnbaum, founder and president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation For more news during the week become a World Landscape Architecture fan on Facebook, Join our LinkedIN group, Follow us on Twitter @wlandscapearch or Weibo and then Circle us on Google+ Find a good link during the week? send it to contribute@worldlandscapearchitect.com Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape ArchitectureThu, 29 Mar 2012 10:44:28 -0400http://archive.aweber.com/worldlandscape/O0X5Q/h/22_MARCH_UPDATE_WLA_04.htm 22 MARCH 2012 WLA #04 PUBLISHED Launching the #04 edition of WLA Quarterly Landscape Architecture Magazine which includes projects from OLIN, Sasaki Associates, ACT, BDP, HASSELL, LOLA, Deltavormgroep and Piet Oudolf, Design Workshop and Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architecture with Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. The projects range from small scale designs to strategic master plan for a New Seven Wonders of the World. WLA #04 is 60 pages of some of the best projects from around the world and none of the projects appear on the World Landscape Architecture website. Help us continue to publish great projects on our webzine and WLA Quarterly Magazine by purchasing a Digital ($3.99USD) or Print copy($15.00USD) via our friends at HP Magcloud. Submit Your Project to World Landscape Architecture We are looking for conceptual and built landscape and urban design projects to publish on Simply email your images and text to submit@worldlandscapearchitect.com Johnson Pilton Walker wins National Workers' Memorial National Workers' Memorial winning design is by Sydney based architecture firm, Johnson Pilton Walker. A memorial is to be established in the Canberra, Australia to honour, and pay tribute to those working Australians who have lost their lives through work-related accidents, incidents or disease. The winning design was developed by Sydney based architecture firm, Johnson Pilton Walker. Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch Waterbank | Perth Australia | HASSELL Waterbank is located in East Perth, on the edge of the CBD and the Swan River. The six hectare site will be developed over the next seven to ten years, and aims to generate more than 8,000 jobs. The staged development includes the construction of approximately 700 residential dwellings (apartments and townhouses), up to 20,000 square metres of commercial office space and approximately 4,000 square metres of retail space. Potentially, a hotel and a significant public realm, including green spaces, wetlands, riverfront promenades, a town square and the Hay Street pier, will follow. Continue reading Waterbank | Perth Australia | HASSELL Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions Overton Park | Memphis, Tennessee | Image Credit: Flickr User: duluoz-cats Tennessee's urban forests, currently valued at about $80 billion, also provide almost $650 million in benefits such as carbon storage, pollution removal, and energy reduction according to a new U.S. Forest Service report. The authors of Urban Forests of Tennessee, 2009 (published in early 2012) found there are 284 million trees in urban areas in the state, with canopies covering 33.7 percent of 1.6 million acres of urban area. Those urban forests provide an estimated $204 million per year in pollution removal and $66 million per year in energy savings. The study is the first of its kind in Tennessee. Continue reading Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions Bridging Prague: International Design Competition A new international idea competition is announced by reSITE Festival, ARCHIP (Architectural Institute in Prague) and Skanska, to find new ideas for the River Vltava, in Prague, Czech Republic. Skanska Bridging Prague Design Competition is a challenge for interdisciplinary collaboration on new conceptions to connect the river with the historical capital city. Continue reading Bridging Prague: International Design Competition This Week in Landscape | 18 March 2012 This weeks round-up of landscape news from around the web Biologists question viability of St. Petersburg Pier's Underwater Garden plans | Craig Pittman and Waveney Ann Moore | Tampa Bay Times "Los Angeles-based designer of the Lens, Michael Maltzan Architecture, contended in an email to the Times that the Underwater Garden "is based on sound principles of estuary restoration and species diversification that have been applied and proven effective throughout Tampa Bay." The bioswales of New York: A city plan to make more tree-stands and less sewage runoff | Dan Rosenblum | Capital New York Dan gives a brief introduction to bioswales in New York and some background to bioswales. Jakarta to Plan City Through 2025 | Ronna Nirmala | Jakarta Post Jakarta, one of the largest cities in Asia has announced that it is currently developing a plan for the city through to 2025. Urban underground planning in Vietnam neglected | Tuoitrenews.com.vn Master planning in Vietnam is not just limited to the above ground landscape - the underground also needs a masterplan. Tide waits for no man: The amazing beach artist who starts every day with a new canvas | Rachel Richkard Straus Artist Andres Amador creates intricate land art works in the sand that are washed away in hours For more news during the week become a World Landscape Architecture fan on Facebook, Join our LinkedIN group, Follow us on Twitter @wlandscapearch or Weibo and then Circle us on Google+ Find a good link during the week? send it to contribute@worldlandscapearchitect.com Connect with more landscape architects by joining our LinkedIN Group, becoming our Fan on Facebook, Circling us on Google+ or following us on twitter @wlandscapearch ABOUT | ADVERTISE | SUBMIT PROJECT ©2012 World Landscape ArchitectureThu, 22 Mar 2012 12:26:30 -0400