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Terraforming the Future: 6 Examples of Architects Literally Reshaping the Earth

Architizer

The two mountains, apart from being artificial landscapes, were also hollowed out, housing a carpark within their cavernous interior and acting as a true project of terraforming. In fact, apart from its spatial benefits, landscape structures also offer thermal insulation and reduce the urban heat island effect.

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BAU designs winding bridge in China as a "hybrid" of landscape and infrastructure

Deezen

The China and Australia-based Brearley Architects + Urbanists (BAU) designed the 586-metre beam bridge for cyclists and pedestrians as a "hybrid structure", blending architecture, infrastructure and landscape with the existing pathways and nature on the site. It is designed as a "hybrid structure" that blends architecture and landscape.

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How Coplon Associates Turned a Tired Campground a Glampground

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The local landscape architect Sam Coplon, FASLA, took the lead on Terramors site planning and landscape design, working closely with engineers and environmental scientists from Maine-based Haley Ward on a low-impact scheme that leaned heavily on the sites existing footprint. Serene views are provided by Maines landscape amenities.

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Ten landscape architecture projects by the University of Southern California

Deezen

Also included is a scheme that aims to implement landscape architecture methods that stop diseases from spreading, as well as a project examining the impact of wildfires. Landscape architecture is a broad field that encompasses the design of a complex range of environments outside our buildings.

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CLT House, Mornington Peninsula

e-architect

The kitchen acts as a pivot point between the existing ground floor and the new CLT extension, with a palette of materials which draws from both zones. New double glazing, wall insulation and roofs rebuilt to accommodate additional solar panels over. The views from the interior are continually change throughout the days and seasons.

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LCC Health Professions Building

SW Oregon Architect

Lane County voters passed a general obligation bond in May 2020 to fund the project, as well as assortment of campus-wide improvements addressing classroom needs, safety and accessibility deficiencies, workforce retraining, and Career Technical Education. Overall, the project is on track to achieve LEED Gold certification.

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2022 Projects in the Pipeline

SW Oregon Architect

The large amount of work hardly surprises us anymore, as the design and construction industries have proven remarkably resilient despite the economic and social turmoil we have endured since early 2020. During the 2020 edition of the Projects in the Pipeline program , developer Jim Atkins of Portland-based Atkins Dame, Inc.

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