An experiment with the ‘one-minute city’ gives priority to pedestrians and cyclists
Purpose Although privileged to have access to the countryside, the role of public spaces in fostering rural communities is often overlooked. The Covid pandemic changed many people’s relationship with their local environment, offering time and space to explore their local footpaths and public spaces. In some places, it allowed neighbours who had never met, to […]
Town Branch Commons is a transformative vision for a multi-modal transportation and linear park system tracing the path of the historic Town Branch Creek through Lexington—a ribbon of native Bluegrass landscape weaving through downtown. Rather than introducing a single daylit stream channel into the city, the design uses the local limestone (karst) geology as inspiration
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Image 20 of 36 from gallery of Xi’an City Sports Park Landscape Improvement Project / China Northwest Architecture Design And Research Institute. Photograph by Jin Zhang
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A survey of parks in 25 major cities find that they're used mostly by young children and teenage boys. Walking loops and other options that would appeal to women are in short supply.
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Welcome to Das Park Hotel in Linz, Austria. This unique hotel has transformed standard concrete sewer pipes into hotel rooms, simply by giving them a back
Through regenerative design, the natural processes of plant adaptation and succession were introduced, transforming a 54-acre garbage dump into a low-maintenance urban park in the northern coastal city of Tianjin, China. The 21 “bubbles” (wet and dry cavities) manage urban stormwater from offsite, improve the saline-alkali soil through natural processes, and allow rich patches of native vegetation to establish seasonally creating a unique, “messy” aesthetic experience.
The floodwaters knocked several large boulders out of the arches that support the bridge and tore out all but the wood and iron framework of a section of retaining wall on the creek’s north bank in Mill Hill Park
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A green edge along the docks Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA) is busy building a new hospital on the plot between Kempenstraat and Noorderlaan. ZNA Cadix will be a fully-fledged hospital flanked by two new residential towers. Together with the arrival of the north line with its bicycle connection, this zone will be a busy area […]
This park bench had seen better days but upcycling these old wood benches are the way to go. They don't make outdoor furniture like this anymore!
Image 4 of 50 from gallery of Mega Foodwalk / FOS. Photograph by Rungkit Charoenwat
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Completed in 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. Images by Jordi Surroca + Stupendastic Films. The heart of the Park is formalized as a largely equipped promenade converted into a balcony-viewpoint of the city of Masnou. The park connects the...
Hypertube is PKMN Architects & Taller de Casqueria's public art collaboration as part of an initiative in Madrid to improve the urban landscape in lower income neighborhoods. (Want more? See NOTCOT.o
As our cities evolve, and what people want from their public spaces changes, should Modernist parks, plazas, and streets be saved? For lovers of Modernism, the answer is always yes. But, in reality…
If you've ever had to install a new driveway on a piece of land, you know how expensive this project can be. In this post, I'll share with you the cheapest way to pave a driveway.
233 Bar Harbor Road, Trenton, Maine USA • That's Ben & Adam up on the third level, headed for the three swinging platforms requiring two leaps over the void. I call this series, brothers on wire (in homage to Philippe Petit, and his award-winning documentary Man on Wire). ∞ See what happens for them, as their very lives suddenly depend on their cooperation. ••• We had a wild and fun day at the Wild Acadia Fun Park. Featuring Aerial Adventure Park & Zip Lines • Water Slides • Go-Kart Track • 18-Hole Mini Golf Course • Arcade & Snack Bar • Water Wars® • 32-Foot Climbing Wall • Sling-Shot Trampoline. We were lucky in that it was foggy, drizzly, raining off and on and the park was almost empty, seemingly all ours!
In honor of the debut of Volvo’s first pure-electric vehicle, the new XC40 Recharge, Volvo Cars Canada, and the Interior Design Show Toronto have chosen a winner for their New Garage Design Challenge. Canadian designers were told to rethink the function and design of the garage to then be judged based on criteria gathered by
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When the city of Gdansk, Poland removed parking from its historic Targ Weglowy Square, the absence of cars presented a new urban planning and design opportunity that could simultaneously test public interaction within the square. From August 26 to September 4, the city’s main square was recreated into a temporary space formed of “urban grass rooms.” By observing how city […]
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Glenstone is a contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, that brings together art, architecture, and landscape. This multi-year project has transformed former residential properties into a contemplative, integrated experience of unique architecture, rolling topography, native meadows, and site-specific sculpture. Glenstone exists within a formerly agricultural rural landscape in the undulating topography of the Potomac River Valley.
Image 2 of 21 from gallery of The Moon-Viewing Bridge / HWCA Huai-Wen Chang Architect. Photograph by Shephotoerd
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Enjoy the Sweetest Ride on the Lakewood Gulch with New Directional Signage
