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February, 2012

• 23 February WLA Update - SOM, Peter Walker Partners, Competitions & more Sent Thursday, February 23, 2012 23 FEBRUARY 2012 SOM wins Beijing Bohai Innovation City Master Plan Competition A new model of compact, environmentally enhanced urban design by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) for the rapid development of satellite cities along Chinese high speed rail corridors has won an international design competition with its Beijing Bohai Innovation City master plan.The winning design scheme builds upon landscape architecture firm […]
• 16 February Update - World Landscape Architecture Sent Thursday, February 16, 2012 16 FEBRUARY 2012 Sasaki Wins Water Works Parkitecture Competition The Parkitecture competition, held by Des Moines Water Works working in partnership with Iowa State University Department of Landscape Architecture, is aptly named for its emphasis on the fundamental role landscape architecture and design play in re-envisioning Water Works Park. The international design competition entailed the creation of a conceptual plan for Water […]
• 9 February Update - World Landscape Architecture Sent Thursday, February 9, 2012 9 FEBRUARY 2012 Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals Fifth Avenue plaza design by OLIN Fifth Avenue Steps looking South © OLIN The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled OLIN's designs for the four-block-long outdoor plaza that runs in front of its landmark Fifth Avenue façade, from 80th to 84th Streets in Manhattan. The plan also calls for the creation of new fountains--to replace the deteriorating ones that have been in use since they were built […]
• 3 February Update - World Landscape Architecture Sent Friday, February 3, 2012 studio a+i wins AIDS Memorial Park Design Competition 3 FEBRUARY 2012 Organizers of New York City's proposed AIDS Memorial Park today announced the winners of their design competition. First place was awarded to Brooklyn, NY's studio a+i: Mateo Paiva, Lily Lim, John Thurtle, Insook Kim, and Esteban Erlich, with a rendering by Guillaume Paturel, for their design "Infinite Forest." The design was selected from 475 entries submitted between […]