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- Former railway yard to receive a green transformation in St. Petersburg Tue, 4 Aug 20, 1:30amDutch architectural firms KCAP and Orange Architects have teamed up with A.Len Architectural Bureau to redesign St. Petersburg’s former Tovarno-Vitebskaya railway yard into a new mixed-use district with extensive greenery....
- Architects to transform two old railway yards into eco parks in Milan Wed, 15 May 19, 5:30amOMA and Milan-based Laboratorio Permanente have won a competition to transform two abandoned railway yards in Milan into eco parks that will act as “ecological filters” for the car-centric city...
- Brooklyn's new Domino Park features relics from the old sugar factory Sat, 9 Jun 18, 8:00amProlific landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations has managed to transform many desolate areas with its amazing park designs, but perhaps its crowning achievement will be Brooklyn's Domino Park...
- Olson Kundig-designed lush public park hides on the ninth floor of a department store Sat, 22 Aug 15, 4:00amPassing by a twelve story department store in Uijeongbu, South Korea, one wouldn't imagine that atop the ninth floor sits a surprising 20,000-square-foot park! Architecture firm Olson Kundig Architects designed this rooftop...
- MVRDV, Snohetta, and BIG reveal their visions for a new business quarter in Oslo, Norway Fri, 17 Apr 15, 3:35amBIG's proposal was a bright urban park that bridged the new structures with the site's existing historical buildings. The new addition would be comprised of three towers, the tallest of which would stand at just over...
- Tel Aviv’s notorious ‘Garbage Mountain’ transforms into world’s largest recycling park Tue, 3 Feb 15, 3:58am2. Hiriya Park, Tel-Aviv, Isreal Hiriya's horrifying mountain of garbage hit its limit in 1998 after reaching 25 million TONS of waste. After that the facility was finally shut down and an international competition was held...
- New SoMa Skatepark Coming to San Francisco’s Mission District Wed, 3 Aug 11, 5:00amSan Francisco is about to boost its street sports cred with a long-awaited skatepark. After two years of petitioning and planning, the Department of Public Works is ready to break ground on the $3 million SoMa Skate Plaza. The...
- 6 Awesome Parks Made From Rehabilitated Urban Structures Wed, 20 Jul 11, 3:25amRead the rest of 6 Awesome Parks Made From Rehabilitated Urban Structures Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, green design, green parks, green spaces, Landscape Architecture, Nature, outdoors,...
- January Pop-Up Park at OpenHouse Gallery in New York’s Nolita Tue, 18 Jan 11, 9:09amIf you need a reprieve from the snow mounds and salt trucks, you're in luck! OpenHouse Gallery on Mulberry Street in Nolita has converted its 4,500 square foot space into an indoor pop-up park, aptly titled Park Here.
- ARTfarm Project Turns Gritty New York Streets Into a Green Haven Fri, 17 Sep 10, 5:37amArchitecture For Humanity New York Studio (AFHny) took back a bit of the streets this year with the installation of their socially innovative and beautifully designed ARTFarm project. Located in the Bronx, New York, at...
- Gigantic Flower-Shaped Green Stadium Blossoming in China Wed, 28 Apr 10, 2:45amConstruction is currently in progress on what will be the largest sports park in China, featuring “picturesque and sustainable public spaces” as well an Olympic-size stadium inspired by the local flora found on...