RMIT New Academic Street by TCL
The significant redevelopment of RMIT’s main academic buildings and library along Swanston Street addresses key issues of the precinct. A diverse consortium was engaged to Reactivate the Swanston...
View ArticleDune Roof by Buro Harro
Buro Harro envisioned an entirely artificial little piece of landscape with subtle humour and incredible craftsmanship. The landscape of the dutch dunes, with its vegetation, essentially acts as a...
View ArticleJR Yokohama Tower by STGK
“Finding your place at Yokohama station” JR Yokohama Tower is part of a reconstruction project and the landmark structure for the west exit area of Yokohama Station. It is also a lead project of...
View ArticleMarmormolen (The Marble Pier) by 1:1 Landskab
Front row to the water Nordhavn is known for its exceptional waterside location and its smart, semi-industrial urban spaces that attract hipsters of all ages. But one residential area stands out from...
View ArticleEyes on Place by Nanjing Forestry University College of Landscape...
The project is a good example of an appropriate and well balanced intervention, not needing to resort to the glamor of images to convince around its ability to build a bond between users and built...
View ArticleTerrace Tower by DELVA
Green is the new marble. On the eastern side of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district is Terrace Tower: an iconic building designed with the ambition of radically greening the typical stone office district and...
View ArticleThe Enchanting Secrecy and Liberating Uselessness of Roofs
In this essay, Zaš Brezar writes about the role of urban roofs in our collective memory. Illustrating the meaning of roofs through a selection of cultural references from films and music. The article...
View ArticleThe Roof by ASPECT Studios
Representing qualities of the backstreets (Li ‘long) of Shanghai, The Roof carefully weaves its surrounding culture into its distinctive design, creating a model for future city spaces where people and...
View ArticleRoof Garden NINA by agraff arkitektur
Between Lerkendal Stadium and The Norwegian University of Science and Technology campus Gløshaugen, NINA, the Norwegian Institute for Natural Research, has had a new office and laboratory building...
View ArticleCommercial Courtyards and Roof Terrace Prinzessinnenstrasse by hochC
In the heart of the district of Berlin-Kreuzberg, the commercial facilities in Prinzessinnenstraße were redeveloped and supplemented with a new building. In the middle of the popular neighbourhood and...
View ArticlePrahran Square by ASPECT Studios
Prahran Square is one of Australia’s largest urban public realm projects, marking a symbolic transformation for the community. The pre-existing car park was transformed into a diverse public realm of...
View ArticleMacherei District by Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitektur
“Die Macherei” negotiates open space qualities in a new urban density. Diversity, vividness and precise identities are the answer to the high pressure of limited space. High functional constraints,...
View ArticleAtmos by Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitektur
Zurich West has developed rapidly in recent years, and with it the pressure to find new public spaces has increased. The predominantly industrial area is being parceled up into smaller and therefore...
View ArticleSergelhusen by Karavan landskapsarkitekter
Sergelhusen building complex has a unique location in the middle of Stockholm city, right next to the public square Sergels torg (i.e. square). Karavan designed the rooftops and lower external terraces...
View ArticleCarpenters Wharf by Studio Egret West
Carpenters Wharf sits within Fish Island, on the edge of Hackney Wick. It occupies a strategic position between established communities in Tower Hamlets and the exciting new developments of the Olympic...
View ArticleOriental One by Gillespies
Oriental One is a new luxury development in the Baoshan Road district of Shanghai, a neighbourhood renowned for the quality of its public realm and built form. The scheme comprises a combination of...
View ArticleThe Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience by Gillespies
The Macallan has a reputation as one of the most famous whiskey makers in the world. As part of a programme to expand production and attract international visitors the brand sought to commission a new...
View ArticleRepublic Offices Nieuwegein by Burobol
The new owner of the 45,000m2 office complex, spread over seven towers on the Merwede canal, was seeking a designteam to transform the complex into a working environment which meets today’s...
View ArticleRotterdam Rooftop Walk by LOLA
What if the city would have a second on ground level at rooftop height? What if all urban roofs were part of a public Skyforest interconnected by sky bridges? The Rotterdam Rooftop Walk aims to...
View ArticleDepot Boijmans van Beuningen by MTD
In the middle of the Museum Park, MTD landscape architects, in close collaboration with MVRDV, have designed a special public meeting place around and on top of the new Boijmans van Beuningen Depot in...
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