A lush public park grows on the roof of a luxury Wuhan mall
When Los Angeles-based design studio 5+design was tapped to create a high-end mall in Wuhan, China, the firm was...
Tacoma’s Dune Peninsula: from slag heap to beloved park
On a gorgeous fall day, people jog and walk dogs along Tacoma’s waterfront in the new Dune Peninsula at Point...
San Francisco breaks ground on new “Tunnel Tops” national park
Today, San Francisco has broken ground on “Tunnel Tops,” a new 14-acre national parkland that will span two...
Central Park to undergo $150M LEED Gold-targeted redesign
To cap the Central Park Conservancy’s 40-year renewal of Central Park, the nonprofit has unveiled designs to...
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...
NYC’s new “eco-park” and urban beach is designed to help clean the waterfront
New York City has just welcomed yet another gem to its growing number of waterfront parks — Pier 35, the long-awaited...
Solar-powered glass cafe overlooks a “green lung” in Jerusalem
Sacher Park, the largest public park in the center of Jerusalem, Israel, has recently gained a new cafe that embraces...
This contaminated, post-industrial site will become a massive park in Florida
New images have been unveiled of international design firm Sasaki’s proposal for transforming a 180-acre, post-industrial...
MAD brings a surreal sports campus that mimics a green, martian landscape to China
Architect Ma Yansong and his Beijing-based firm MAD Architects’ surreal designs often look as though they come...
Solar-powered POP-UP Park takes over underused Budapest square
Hungarian design studio Hello Wood has teamed up with the Municipality of Budapest City yet again to revive a forgotten...
This canopy walkway elevates Shenzhen library-goers into the treetops
A new pagoda-like library in China’s megacity of Shenzhen sweeps visitors above the tree canopy with an elevated...
This floating park in Rotterdam is made from recycled plastic waste
More than 1,000 square feet of plastic ultimately destined to pollute the ocean is getting a second lease on life...
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,...
Whimsical park built of recycled materials pops up in Shanghai
Shanghai’s hip Anfu Road recently sprouted a whimsical urban intervention that shows how one man’s trash create...
Sprawling nets turn a Chinese forest into a climbing wonderland
You don’t need to know how to climb a tree to enjoy this marvelous climbing maze suspended in a Guangdong forest....
Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for a “Horizontal Skyscraper” in Moscow
Building on an urban waterfront often means compromised views for existing structures, but that’s not the case...
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...
Canada’s newest funicular makes one of North America’s largest urban parklands more accessible
Edmonton wants you to see it from a new point of view—literally. The Canadian city recently launched a $24 million...
MVRDV wins bid for green-roofed Zhangjiang Future Park in Shanghai
MVRDV just unveiled competition-winning designs for Zhangjiang Future Park, a 100,000-square-meter park and cultural...
Subterranean Oxygen Park is a breath of fresh air in the Qatari desert
A “green lung” in Qatar’s desert landscape is helping people stay healthy and active by reconnecting them...
It took more than 25 years to build this incredible walkable world map
You'd need around 11 years to walk around the globe - if you can walk on water. But a world map in Denmark makes...
Plastic waste pop-up pavilion rethinks recycling in the Netherlands
Plastic waste takes on new life in the PET Pavilion, a temporary structure that popped up in a public park in Enschede,...
10 landscape design projects that turned neglected spaces into incredible parks
Landscape architects frequently work to transform areas that contain industrial and toxic waste, infrastructure...
Dallas is building one of America’s biggest urban nature parks
Dallas, Texas is about to become one of the greenest cities in America - by building one of the country's largest...
Candy-colored pop-up park creates a relaxing oasis in busy Stockholm
Humlegårdsgatan was once seen as a noisy and dirty means to get from point A to point B, but that was before the...
Los Angeles approves $28 million FAB Park designed by OMA and IDEO
Los Angeles may soon receive a much-needed green boost. City officials have chosen the design team for a planned...
MTA agrees to study resurrection of Rockaway train line
It looks like public transport might win out over green space this time. According to NY1, the MTA has agreed to...
Giant gasholder is reborn as a stunning circular park in London
Located in the heart of King’s Cross, Gasholder Park sits inside the restored frame of Gasholder No. 8, a Grade...
The San Francisco Giants grow kale and tomatoes in their baseball stadium
The idea of growing a garden in the Giants stadium in an underused space arose from a series of conversations amongst...