A charming timber train station highlights nature and play in China
In the outskirts of Jiaxing, China, a nature reserve has been transformed into a multipurpose recreational zone...
ON-A wants to “renature” Barcelona by greening the Camp Nou stadium
In a bid to bring greater green space to Barcelona, local architecture firm ON-A has proposed converting the city’s...
How Everland is changing the eco-retreat scene
Imagine a place full of cutting-edge art, gorgeous community spaces, comfortable accommodations for everyone in...
Solar-powered House of Music mimics the shape of an orchestra
Bologna-based Mario Cucinella Architects has crafted the House of Music, a solar-powered community landmark in...
Babylon Bridge features hanging gardens over the Seine
Paris-based design studio Rescubika has unveiled a fantastical proposal for the Babylon Bridge, a pedestrian-only...
LEED Gold-targeted library and community park has otherworldly appeal
Toronto-based architecture firm RDHA has completed the Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park, a new inclusive...
Studio Precht designs a fingerprint-like park for social distancing
Studio Precht has turned the rules of social distancing into a design guideline for Parc de la Distance, an innovative...
Tour 5 national parks from home
As people social distance and shelter in place, they may feel the walls closing in on them. Fortunately, the National...
Abandoned amusement park to gain new life as a nature park in Suzhou
In Suzhou, China, an abandoned amusement park is being transformed into a 74-hectare nature park that will include...
Climate-adaptive park in Copenhagen wins Arne of the Year Award
One of Copenhagen’s newest green parks, the Sankt Kjelds Square and Bryggervangen, has just received Copenhagen’s...
MVRDV to transform Seoul’s concrete-dominated waterfront into a vibrant, green oasis
Seoul has announced yet another inspiring eco-oriented urban project — a waterfront revitalization scheme designed...
Fuksas designs a “zero-impact” public square in the heart of Sofia
Italian design firm Studio Fuksas has recently revealed designs for the new Sveta Nedelya Square, a “zero-impact”...
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...