LAVA and Aspect Studios to add Central Park to Ho Chi Minh City
Elevated walkways and sunken gardens with sculptural energy-harvesting "trees" will define LAVA and Aspect Studios' Central Park masterplan in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More
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NOMA sculpture garden extension features outdoor theatre and submerged walkway
Landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand has cut a pathway through water as part of its extension to the sculpture garden at the New Orleans Museum of Modern Art. More
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SHoP and Ken Smith convert Manhattan's Pier 35 into an eco park
US firms SHoP Architects and Ken Smith Workshop have turned a sliver of land along the East River into an ecological park featuring gardens, a faceted metal screen and a rocky beach that serves as habitat for mussels. More
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Fatkin, Patrick McEvoy and PARTI create city parklets in central London
A decommissioned black cab and curb-side art gallery are among the mini parks designed by the London-based architects and designers as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture. More
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Paris plans to go green by planting "urban forest" around architectural landmarks
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has unveiled plans to plant trees and gardens alongside four of its historic sites to improve the air quality and address climate change. More
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Henning Larsen unveils plans to revive Esbjerg Bypark
Henning Larsen has revealed plans to revive a neglected park in the city of Esbjerg, Denmark, by extending an existing amphitheatre to create a giant staircase between the city and its port. More
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Louis Kahn's Four Freedoms State Park coloured with rainbow flag for Pride Month 2019
Graphic designer Fallon Kesicier has installed New York's "largest Pride flag" on the steps of the Louis Kahn-designed Four Freedoms State Park to celebrate Pride Month. More
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Mutuus Studio converts industrial artefact into Acid Ball installation in Washington park
A large, steel sphere sourced from a shuttered paper mill has been repurposed by Seattle firm Mutuus Studio as an installation in a waterfront park in the Pacific Northwest. More
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro creating new five-kilometre-long park in London's Greenwich,
The first section of a five-kilometre-long, looping park is set to open in London's Greenwich this summer, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architecture studio behind the High Line. More
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BIG unveils park-covered highway for Brooklyn's waterfront
Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to overhaul a portion of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the BQE, with a public park that covers a subterranean roadway. More
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West-Line Studio creates bamboo-clad gateway to Chinese national park
A zigzag elevated walkway and a pavilion wrapped in bamboo by West-Line Studio in the province of Guizhou, China, has been revealed in new photos. More
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The Bentway park opens under Toronto's Gardiner Expressway
Toronto firms Public Work and Greenberg Consultants have completed a new park underneath the city's Gardiner Expressway, to provide "a vital artery for pedestrians and cyclists". More
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Studio Gang unveils redesign of Memphis waterfront Tom Lee Park
US architecture firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to overhaul a park on Memphis' Mississippi River, which include building a plant-covered viewing tower, bulbous stoney structures, and a gridded canopy for basketball. More
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Battery Park brings skateboarders to V&A Waterfront in Cape Town
An old coastal fortification in Cape Town has been transformed into an urban park, skatepark and garden by South African studio DHK. More
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Former industrial site in Queens transformed into Hunter's Point South Park
A salt marsh and a cantilevered viewing platform are among the features in an extensive new park that stretches along the East River in Long Island City, Queens. More
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Marlon Blackwell and Field Operations revitalise massive Shelby Farms Park in Memphis
American firms Marlon Blackwell Architects and James Corner Field Operations have renovated a vast park in Tennessee that once served as a farm where prisoners worked. More
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Design, Bitches envisions assortment of pavilions for new park concept
Design, Bitches co-founders Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph explain their idea to create a park that brings different activities together in unusual ways in our latest P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More
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Pelli Clarke Pelli's Salesforce Transit Center opens in San Francisco
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' vast transit hub in downtown San Francisco will eventually connect 11 regional, state and national public transport modes, and is topped with a public park. More
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Lake Flato and Matsys build pavilions with "petals" for San Antonio's Confluence Park
American firms Lake Flato and Matsys, along with landscape architect Rialto Studio, have designed a riverfront park in southern Texas, with sculptural pavilions that provide shade on sunny days and help collect rainwater during storms. More
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Six-acre park opens at Williamsburg's Domino Sugar Factory site
US studio James Corner Field Operations has created a public park on the waterfront site around the former Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, featuring a sunbathing spot, an industrial-style playground and a taco stand. More
