McGregor Coxall were awarded the lead consultant role for the public domain design of the Green Square Town Centre in South Sydney. The work follows on from the international competition the firm won for the masterplan of the urban centre in 2001. This sustainable metro village project is located over the Green Square station on [...]
The Huntington Urban Farm designed by New Zealand architect Tim Stephens, is a case study for an urban farming precinct to be located within existing communities, it aims to become a hub for social activity and interaction that are sorely missing in many existing communities. The Huntington Urban Farm is to pave the way for [...]
The Sydney-based landscape design studio Mcgregor Coxall as the lead designers designed the Ballast Point Park sited on the Birchgrove Peninsula in the inner reaches of Sydney harbour, Australia. + Project description courtesy of Mcgregor Coxall Ballast Point Park This 2.8ha park is located on a contaminated former industrial lubricant production site on the Birchgrove [...]
Italy-based studio Iosa Ghini Associati recently has completed the Biotech installation. The idea is based on an installation representing the symbolic link between nature and technology, the integration between artificial and natural areas. Iosa Ghini Associati + Project descripton courtesy of Iosa Ghini Associati The idea is based on an installation representing the symbolic link [...]
Australian landscape design firm ASPECT Studios has completed the landscape design for the new Melbourne Convention Centre & the adjacent South Wharf mixed use Precinct. The project connects Southbank to the Docklands, with a series of public promenades civic and retail buildings. ASPECT Studios designed to integrate the public realm with the large scale buildings [...]
The landscape architects at Martha Schwartz Partners (MSP) designed the square to be the main attraction of the newly renovated Dublin riverfront; with the completion this month of architect Daniel Libeskind’s Grand Canal Theater on the its southern perimeter, the plaza is now just that, a great connector and main meet-up spot that establishes the [...]
Portuguese architectural studio Spaceworkers has designed a Footpath and Cycling Bridge proposal for the competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of Culture 2012. The challenge was to create a Footpath and cycling bridge in a place where once existed the first bridge in this city. The dynamics of [...]
Dutch architectural firm Studio Noach and architect Anne Holtrop developed a floating spa wellness center based on recycled waste, in combination with a high tech sustainable climate system and an ecological and botanical coating of plants and flowers, which was invented by Frenchman Patrick Blanc. ‘Floating Gardens/SpaWellness Amsterdam‘ is a world first, and from February 20th [...]
Cino Zucchi Architetti, in collaboration with landscape architect Gueltrini e Stignani have designed the Neighbourhood Park in San Donà di Piave, Venice, Italy. + Project description courtesy of Cino Zucchi Flowering paths A snow-white neighbourhood park in San Donà di Piave San Donà de Piave is a typical medium-sized town in the Veneto region, where [...]
Söhne & Partner Architekten’s lightsails project was designed as guiding symbols for the exhibition around the Millstaetter lake, Austria. + Project description courtesy of Söhne & Partner Architekten guiding symbol Lightsails as guiding symbols for the exhibition around the Millstaetter lake, Austria. The lighthouse is used as a metaphor to guide the visitors around the [...]
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has completed the Dune 4.2 installation in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is an e-landscape project designed to interact with the behavior of its visitors, exploring a futuristic and dynamic relationship between people, urban space, and its nature. + Design description courtesy of Daan Roosegaarde Dune 4.2 is our new, permanent interactive landscape [...]
‘The Meeting Place’ by ASPECT Studios is a playful architectural installation in Little Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW Australia. The idea of the installation is to encourage the social interaction, while heightening the movement of people through the urban room. People have to negotiate their way through the laneway by communication and contact with other people [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
