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05.12.2019

Competitions

Master plan for Derbent Urban District

Winner of the Open International Competition for the development of a master plan for the Derbent Urban District is: a consortium led by Novaya Zemlya.

30.09.2019

Competitions

Landezine International Landscape Awards 2019

by Sigrid Ehrmann

Unexpected and experimental problem-solving was at the centre of this year’s edition of the Landezine International Landscape Awards – short LILA –, according to Landezine editor-in-chief Zas Brezar. The jury awarded six awards and three special mentions, while the Landezine editorial staff selected two further awards, the Honour Award and the Office Award. Ex-aequo winners in […]

10.07.2019

Hammersmith Highline, London: Two first prizes

by Heike Vossen/Nina Gruending

The offices bauchplan and Richard Jackson are convincing in competition with their ideas to upgrade a disused viaduct in London’s Hammersmith district.

26.06.2019

Competitions

Green lung around the Eiffel Tower

The London landscape architecture firm Gustafson Porter + Bowman has won the tender for the redesign of the grounds around the Eiffel Tower.

29.10.2018

Competitions

Performative Landscapes

by Anja Koller

This year’s slogan of the International Landscape Biennial, “Performative Landscapes”, emphasizes the need to create landscapes which face today’s threats, playing ecological, social and political roles at the same time. The event, the 10th in a row, was organized by the Catalan Architects Association and the UPC University and took place in Barcelona from 25th to 29th September.

04.09.2018

Competitions

Urban Shade Competition – Fort Lauderdale

The city of Fort Lauderdale in Florida is looking for inspiring ideas on how to connect a new regional rail/bus station to the governmental center/museum/library hub across two long city blocks through a seamless, safe shade structure. The “Urban Shade” competition is aimed at non-designers and designers, and puts focus on the pedestrian experience, which […]