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French housing project “I Park” has a double-skinned green facade

Located in Montpellier, a historic city near the south of France on the Mediterranean Sea, “I Park” is a housing...

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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...

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Floating islands bring a new type of public park to Copenhagen

Australian architect Marshall Blecher and Danish design studio Fokstrot have unveiled plans for a new type of public...

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Competition-winning Bamboo Stadium is a sustainable solution to Lagos’ former landfill

In Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world’s fastest growing cities, a visionary design has been proposed to rethink...

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London's first 'High Line' park could transform an abandoned railway in Camden Town

New York's iconic High Line is inspiring other cities to repurpose and green-up disused elevated railway lines....

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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 +...

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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...

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Australia’s best outdoor playground is located in Melbourne

Forget the amusement park—the next time you go to Australia with the little ones, bring them instead to Nature...

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Diamond Hill Crematorium honors the circle of life with a restorative park-like space

The crematorium is located in Hong Kong, next to the columbarium designed by the same firm. Located in Diamond...

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Copenhagen's Enghaveparken public park is designed to be flooded

Following the devastating cloudburst in 2011, which caused huge damages throughout the capital of Denmark in just...

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Penda's Bauhaus Museum proposal features a transforming floor level

The simple geometry of the building references the aesthetics of theBauhaus era, but it is the rotating elements...

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Mexico City's busiest avenue returning to residents as a stunning elevated public park

The architects recently unveiled plans to transform Avenida Chapultepec into an attractive public space named Cultural...

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Zaha Hadid's first project in Mexico is a honeycomb housing complex

The complex, located to the southwest of Monterrey in the Huajuco Canyon, comprises 981 residential units ranging...

Bjark Ingels Group proposal for Oslo

MVRDV, Snohetta, and BIG reveal their visions for a new business quarter in Oslo, Norway

BIG's proposal was a bright urban park that bridged the new structures with the site's existing historical buildings....

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Eight-Lane Super-Highway, Urban Planning, Apartment Complex, Public Park, City Council, Relocation, Compensation

China Builds an Apartment Complex in the Middle of an Eight-Lane Superhighway

Urban planning seems to have taken a turn for the worse in the Chinese city of Xi'an after a brand new set of...

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