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....
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 +...
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...
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...
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...
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...
High Line-style park could replace homeless encampment in the Bronx
A proposed park for the Bronx could take over a run-down area along a stretch of abandoned railroad tracks soon...
Penda’s Bauhaus Museum proposal features a transforming floor level
The simple geometry of the building references the aesthetics of the Bauhaus era, but it is the rotating elements...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Park 567 Opens as Part of Chicago’s Elevated Bloomingdale Trail & The 606
Park 567 opened to the public on September 13th and is the second above ground park to be completed as part of...
Spring Street Park: Downtown LA Parking Lot Transformed into a Green Public Park
In July, Mayor Villaraigosa and Council member Huizar opened Spring Street Park in Downtown Los Angeles. This is...
MVRDV Unveils Plans for an Underground Shopping Mall Topped With a Lush Park in Barcelona
Maquinnext is a proposal for a dramatic mixed-use shopping and residential development in Barcelona. At the core...
SOM Reimagines Penn Station & Madison Square Garden as Super-Futuristic, Park-Topped Transportation Hub
Penn Station is the busiest train station in the entire US, but it's cramped, out of date and frankly, quite unattractive....
NBBJ Unveils Striking Biosphere Greenhouses for Amazon’s Seattle HQ
Amazon's new Seattle campus will revamp three blocks in the Denny Triangle area in between South Lake Union and...
MVRDV & Space Group Propose Plan for Green & Sustainable Growth in Norway
Danish firm, MVRDV and the Norwegian firm of Space Group joined as a team to envision a future growth pattern for...
LA River Restoration Moves Forward With Opening of the Glendale Narrows Riverwalk
The LA River begins in the San Fernando Valley and moves east and then south through LA county. Flooding in the...
Logroño’s Stunning New High Speed Rail Station is Topped With a Public Park
Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos' new high speed train station is part of a larger project to create a transportation...
Underground Mushroom Tunnel Wins London’s High Line-Inspired Green Design Competition
The competition was hosted by The Landscape Institute, the Mayor of London and the Garden Museum, and judged by...
London’s Queen Elizabeth Roof Garden Brings Fresh Veggies, Flowers and a Place to Sit in the Sun
Perched atop the lively Southbank Centre, the nearly 4,000 square foot garden was transformed from the previously...
12-Acre Grand Park Set to Open This Weekend in Downtown Los Angeles
After two years of construction a 12 acre strip of downtown Los Angeles has been transformed into a multi-functional...
Let There Be Light: Low Line Exhibit Now Open at Mark Miller Gallery in the Lower East Side
A few years ago, when Ramsey of Raad Studio learned about a huge, unused space below Delancey Street, he began...
Foster + Partners Unveil Plans for New Ourense High-Speed Rail Station in Spain
Foster + Partners won the international design competition along with the help of engineers, G.O.C. and Cabanelas...
Green Stream Linear Park: Vibrant New Public Space in São Paulo Could Help Alleviate Flash Flooding
New rain patterns are the cause of the disastrous flash floods of recent years and previous infrastructure is unable...
Saint-Étienne Residents Transform Wasteland Into Public Square and Garden
Collectif Etc won the commission through the Public Urban Planning Agency of Saint-Etienne to design and manage...
ChonGae Sunken Stone Garden Opens Up an Underground River in Seoul
For 40 years, the Cheonggyecheon stream was covered with pavement and used as a road. Only those who saw the waterbody...
Paint a Pumpkin on the High Line with Fulton Youth of the Future!
With paints provided, kids had the opportunity to decorate their pumpkin on site or take it home to carve later....
Friends of 20th Street Park Push for New Green Space in Chelsea
Friends of 20th Street Park began as a small group of local citizens concerned about the future of the 10,000 square...