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Turenscape transforms abused natural landscape into stunning floating forest in Nanchang City

Avontuura

Fish Tail Park offers a model for urban nature with variable climates that can address challenges of floods and habitat restoration. The post Turenscape transforms abused natural landscape into stunning floating forest in Nanchang City appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Brooklyn's Prospect Park receives $40 million to restore historic, 26-acre enclave

Archinect

This is the largest single allocation of funding from the city in the park's history and will be used to make much-needed upgrades and restorations in its northeast corner, known as the Vale. The project plans for the creation of a sensory garden and rustic arbor, a nature play area, and a landscaped amphitheater and small community building.

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Turenscape's 'floating forest' reshapes a former wasteland into a multifunctional urban landscape

Archinect

Beijing-based landscape architecture firm Turenscape has completed the transformation of a former 126-acre dumping ground into a “dreamlike floating forest” in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang.

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Line+ Studio floats doughnut-shaped weather balloon above rural Chinese landscape

Deezen

Line+ Studio designed the structures to be minimal but impactful, seeking to improve the visitor experience through simple gestures that would not detract from the natural setting. As well as framing the landscape, this tunnel was also designed to protect the road from further erosion that had been occurring during heavy rains.

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In Idaho, Superbloom is restoring a natural floodplain into a public park on the site of a former golf course

The Architect's Newsletter

The 65-acre Warm Springs Preserve was acquired by the city The post In Idaho, Superbloom is restoring a natural floodplain into a public park on the site of a former golf course appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. In Ketchum, Idaho, it’s common to see dogs chasing after balls in a field that was once a golf course.

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Structuring Nature: The Architectural Pursuit of Ecological Complexity

Architizer

What is the difference between making a landscape and making a building? On the other hand, a (human-made) landscape is supposed to “last forever.” Through this series of projects, one key observation arises: architecturally designed landscapes are made of a completely different set of materials.

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Snøhetta to restore and renovate Lille's 19th-century Natural History Museum

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Architecture studio Snøhetta has announced its plans to restore and modernise The Natural History Museum of Lille by adding a public-oriented extension that references the city's traditional architecture. Snøhetta will restore and extend The Natural History Museum of Lille. Landscape architect: Taktyk. ?Building