A Chinese highway becomes a vibrant, community-centered ‘livable street’
London-based design studio WallaceLiu has given the residents of the southwestern Chinese city Chongqing a new...
Architects to transform two old railway yards into eco parks in Milan
OMA and Milan-based Laboratorio Permanente have won a competition to transform two abandoned railway yards in Milan...
An urban wetland springs to life among Bogota’s high rises
An open plaza in Bogota’s northeastern business district has been radically transformed from a place of pure...
A modern vacation retreat is embedded into the rolling hills of southern Portugal
Tucked into the rolling meadows of Southern Portugal's Alentejo region, a beautiful 2,691-square-foot vacation...
This groovy ‘Sculpture Home’ in California can be yours for just $1.4 million
If you're in the market for an extraordinary home just steps away from the Pacific Ocean, this unique modernist...
New resilient waterfront park helps protect NYC from storm surges
Waterfront parks have been springing up all over New York City, including in Long Island City, where Hunter’s...
A disused railway will become a sustainable green corridor in Taiwan
Delft-based architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled designs to transform a disused railway and dyke in Taichung,...
Brooklyn’s new Domino Park features relics from the old sugar factory
Prolific landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations has managed to transform many desolate areas...
St. Louis to transform abandoned landscape into a vibrant new greenway
Stoss Landscape Urbanism has won a design competition for the Chouteau Greenway, with a proposal that will soon...
C.F. Møller’s Storkeengen tackles climate challenges in a Danish town
The modern age’s best landscape architecture projects aren’t one-trick ponies. C.F. Møller Landscape takes...
World’s largest botanical garden to bloom in the desert of Oman
Perhaps the dry desert landscape of Oman may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of lush forests,...
A rainforest-like green heart grows within Singapore’s Marina One
Singapore’s new title “City in a Garden” is evident in Marina One, a stunning energy-efficient cluster of...
Failed Palm Springs golf course is being repurposed into a sustainable community filled with olive groves
A failed Palm Springs golf course is being reborn as an "eco-modern agrihood" located on 300 beautiful acres of...
A luscious open-air ‘urban forest’ tops this formerly abandoned penthouse
Parisian firm Matteo Cainer Architects just unveiled plans to convert an old abandoned apartment into a beautiful...
Lakeside cabin made out of reclaimed wood is as idyllic as it gets
Seattle-based architects, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer just unveiled a contemporary cabin-style home built on the banks...
Beautiful visitors center curves around a semi-natural ice rink in a Japanese forest
Tokyo-based Klein Dytham architecture completed a beautiful timber-clad visitor center befitting its surroundings...
Herzog & de Meuron unveil monastery-inspired campus for new Berggruen Institute in California
Pritzker Prize-winning architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled plans for the new Berggruen Institute...
Restorative Healing Gardens take over a concrete garage rooftop in L.A.
A healing green landscape has blossomed in the place of a former concrete plaza in Los Angeles. Local firm AHBE...
Curvaceous green landscape near Edinburgh Castle will hide buildings underneath
Scotland’s historic Edinburgh Castle may date back to the 12th century, but the landscape next door is getting...
Tadao Ando embeds open-air prayer hall around massive 15-year-old Buddha statue
Japanese architect Tadao Ando's amazing work usually impresses, but his latest project is particularly breathtaking....
Monolithic stone building springs up at the base of a Norwegian waterfall
Bergen-based architects Fortunen AS worked with Østengen & Bergo to install a compact service building at...
This mind-blowing home’s undulating courtyard lifts up to form sheltered spaces
Beijing-based Arch Studio has revamped a traditional hutong into a beautiful complex wrapped in a winding grey...
Snøhetta unveils spectacular makeover for nation’s second-largest waterfall
The nation’s second largest waterfall by volume will soon reopen to the public for the first time in over 150...
Tile shelter protects ancient inscriptions on China’s Thousand-Buddha Cliff
The Qianfoya Cliff Inscriptions in Guangyuan, Sichuan Province date back about 1700 years - but unfortunately,...
Tropical park with native species will add much-needed green space to Hong Kong
The concrete jungle of Hong Kong will soon become a bit greener. Landscape architecture firm Gustafson Porter +...
Abandoned alleyway in Beijing reinvented as a stunning private courtyard
This is one of the most impressive renovations to ever cross our desk. Beijing-based architects META - Project...
Remembering visionary landscape architect Diana Balmori through her most forward-thinking projects
Born in Gijon, Spain, Balmori emigrated to Argentina as a small child, and eventually moved to the US in 1952 with...
Sneak a peek inside the beautiful new model apartment at Pacific Park’s 550 Vanderbilt
As with their other projects, COOKFOX employed their biophilic design knowledge and experience for 550 Vanderbilt,...
New initiative aims to convert NYC’s worst playgrounds into vibrant green spaces
The Trust for Public Land and New York Road Runners recently announced a new partnership aimed at improving some...
Construction begins on final stage of Brooklyn Bridge Park
The construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park has been an ongoing project for over ten years. What was once a desolate...