UNA2 covers Italian public square with bright-red loggia
Red aluminium slats form an angular canopy atop a structure designed by Italian architecture office UNA2 to shelter part of a public square in the town of Rosignano Marittimo, Italy. More
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Casanova + Hernandez completes patterned public square based on an Albanian carpet
Dutch studio Casanova + Hernandez has completed a landscaping project in the Albanian village of Shiroka, comprising a waterfront plaza and streetscape that uses granite stones to replicate a traditional carpet pattern. More
"Architects must defend public space" says Elizabeth Diller as she celebrates Moscow park's al-fresco sex appeal
Architect Elizabeth Diller has revealed the "stealthy" way that Diller Scofidio + Renfro creates public spaces – and disclosed how it was accused of corrupting Russian youth after an outbreak of open-air sex in Moscow's Zaryadye Park. More
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Wutopia Lab creates dreamlike minimalist forest in Huzhou
A three-petal motif is repeated as canopies, skylights and screen perforations across this ethereal landscape by Wutopia Lab, located outside a sales office in Huzhou, China. More
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MVRDV to build artificial hill alongside London's Marble Arch
MVRDV has revealed visuals of its Marble Arch Hill viewpoint, which will be built in central London near Oxford Street to attract people back to the shopping street following the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Snøhetta plans petal-shaped canopy for Blanton Museum of Art at University of Texas
Architecture practice Snøhetta plans to build a perforated canopy as part of the Moody Patio alongside the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas. More
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Former Shanghai airport transformed into Xuhui Runway Park
Architecture studio Sasaki has created an expansive linear park on the site of the runway for the former Longhua Airport in the Xuhui riverfront area of Shanghai. More
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Garden to commemorate coronavirus victims to be planted in London's Olympic Park
London's mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans for a public garden in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that will honour victims of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK capital. More
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Barcelona to convert a third of central streets into car-free green spaces
Barcelona's city council has announced its plans to transform one in three streets in its Eixample district into green, car-free public spaces to tackle air pollution. More
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Mosbach Paysagistes creates park for Taichung on site of former airport
Phase Shifts Park in Taichung, Taiwan, has been designed by French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes and combines nature and technology to create a refuge from the heat and pollution of the city. More
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Feilden Fowles to redesign gardens at London's Natural History Museum
Feilden Fowles and J & L Gibbons have unveiled plans to overhaul the gardens at London's Natural History Museum to create a hub for education and biodiversity called the Urban Nature Project. More
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Exhibit Columbus talk focuses on resilience and climate adaptation
Designer Iñaki Alday and landscape architect Kate Orff reflected on how their practices respond to the climate crisis in this live conversation produced by Dezeen for Exhibit Columbus. More
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Dalston Curve Garden is an urban oasis on Hackney's disused railway
This video tour published as part of our collaboration with Open House London explores Dalston Curve Garden, a community green space hidden within one of London's most built-up boroughs. More
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Skateparks are "one of the world's great kinds of public space" says Iain Borden
In the first in a series of daily videos about London buildings and spaces during Open House London, architecture historian and skateboarding fan Iain Borden sheds light on the design of Crystal Palace Skatepark. More
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Biotecture's living walls reconnect urban landscapes with nature
Biotecture is spotlighting its portfolio of green walls that "integrate natural features into urban spaces" during the Dezeen x Planted collaboration for London Design Festival. More
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ESALA presents 10 student architecture and landscape projects
This school show by Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture features 10 student projects, including a hub for upcycling low-value materials and a proposal that reimagines the purpose of Times Square. More
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Precht designs Parc de la Distance for outdoor social distancing
Austria-based studio Precht has designed a maze-like park divided by high hedges that would allow people to be outdoors while maintaining social distance during the coronavirus pandemic. More
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MVRDV transforms old Taiwanese shopping centre into "lush lagoon"Â
The remnants of a shopping centre evoke concrete follies at Tainan Spring, a sunken park and public pool by MVRDV in southern Taiwan. More
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Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities
Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKT II have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities. More
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Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans
A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More
