ArchDaily

JANUARY 13, 2025

After overcoming significant planning obstacles, the site, designed by Kristine Jensen Tegnestue and Poul Ingemann , was created to accommodate burials and funeral ceremonies, with options for coffins, urns, ash groves, and a commemorative forest.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

© Archive Olgiati | Pearling Site Museum and Entrance / Valerio Olgiati Contemporary architecture in UNESCO World Heritage contexts presents a unique challenge: revitalizing historically significant sites while adhering to strict preservation guidelines. Read more »

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has begun work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library , releasing the first construction images as well as renderings of the building's green roof that appears to merge with the landscape. It has galleries and theatre Outside, a 1.3-mile It topped out this year.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 12, 2023

” Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok Photo credit: Ye Rin Mok “The landscape is harsh, and it can take decades for a plant or tree to recover if displaced from its delicate ecosystem,” says Fernando Gerscovich of IAON about the project.

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Archinect

JANUARY 11, 2023

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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Archinect

JANUARY 27, 2025

To these LEED Platinum-certified buildings are added a 360,000-square-foot wellness/fitness center, an on-site childcare facility, an amphitheater, a food hall, a welcome center, and a 200,000-square-foot auditorium and conference space. Multiple street-level retail opportunities are included in the design as well.

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2025

A sunken concrete form designed to "embrace the irregular topography" of its sloping site defines Oeiras House, completed by Portuguese architecture studio OODA near Lisbon. The existing slope to the west, which posed a challenge by restricting natural light, became a key driver of the U-shaped design," it added.

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Archinect

APRIL 16, 2025

Designed by Juan Segundo Díaz Dopazo and María Ayelén Olivieri Martinez, the project consists of a series of small-scale vacation units located on a steep, wooded site overlooking Lake Correntoso. The team carefully positioned each unit in natural clearings to avoid tree removal, prioritizing environmental preservation.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2025

Local architecture studio Swatt + Partners has used two vertical concrete slabs to support a "wood-framed glass box" that floats over the landscape and holds a home office. Situated in Dry Creek Valley, the site features a dense forest of Douglas fir, madrone and oak trees. Glazed walls offer immersive views of the natural setting.

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Avontuura

JULY 26, 2023

Perched on the edge of the escarpment, the site allows unencumbered connections to landscapes which are rare this close to the city. The post Perched on the edge of an escarpment, these Kew villas create a meaningful connection to its natural site appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The latest project by Polish firm Mobius Architekci is a contemporary farmhouse-style home , designed to have a harmonious relationship with its natural surroundings. It is situated on a large plot of land, appearing to naturally emerge from the landscape. Its position above ground creat.

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Archinect

MARCH 28, 2025

Australian architecture studio Edition Office designed a home that displays a striking contrast to its natural surroundings, while also maintaining a deep immersion in them. The home is positioned on the slope of its hillside site. This expansion allows for a variety of different interactions with the surrounding landscape.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Calling all architects, landscape architects and interior designers: Architizer's A+Awards allows firms of all sizes to showcase their practice and vie for the title of “World’s Best Architecture Firm.” The design was inspired by “a book falling from the sky,” emphasizing harmony between the building and the natural environment.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A demonstration column had to be constructed on the site in order to get the clients' final approval. The result is an aesthetically pleasing four-volume arrangement recovered by the landscape that blends process and material into a singular modern and bucolic harmony.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2025

Design studio Inxects has developed a wearable that translates environmental stress signals into physical sensations to let users feel humanity's impact on nature. This experience revealed a larger issue: the gap between humans and nature.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 24, 2024

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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Archinect

OCTOBER 25, 2024

What are going to be the two tallest structures in the neighborhood (at 32 and 26 stories apiece) will be joined by a new two-story conference center located on the site’s northern side adjacent to the new Wilshire Building. That joins another 8-acre botanical garden included as part of the plan’s 10-acre open space design.

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Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

A new guesthouse design on Tasmania ’s Bruny Island that balances site context, art, and material is worth noting for its transposition of landscape and cubist formalism. Room11 director Thomas Bailey says, "It is a place where the cut of contemporary architectural thinking is starkly rendered against a raw natural context."

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This project is designed in one of the mountainous forested areas of Sareyn, with the primary goal of harmonizing architecture with the natural landscape without compromising the region's unique vistas. Access to the spaces is provided via an extensive staircase, which is considered an extension of the site itself.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 17, 2025

Courtesy of Yacademy Blurring the boundaries between surface and underground, The In-between Scape and Transitorre boldly reimagine the Petralia Soprana Salt Mine as a meeting point of contrastswhere education blends with leisure, nature with architecture, and visitors become part of the story. Read more

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Architects and urban designers are increasingly challenged to address these risks, creating resilient structures and landscapes that not only withstand but thrive. From resilient structures to adaptive landscapes, these projects provide a blueprint for how the built environment can harmonize with water rather than succumb to it.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 12, 2025

Fires have raced through the landscape, reducing homes, businesses, and irreplaceable landmarks to ashes. Culturally significant sites destroyed by the fires include the Bunny Museum in Altadena and the Reel Inn in Malibu, beloved by locals and visitors alike. The Palisades Fire is 11% contained, while the Eaton Fire is 15% contained.

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Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

The site is situated to the south of the village, with views of the mountains to the north. The design establishes a dialogue between architecture, the local community, and the natural environment, using this interaction as the foundation for a critical examination the architectural form.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

Located in the city's Wenjiang district, the Lujiatan Wetland Park Commercial Service Center also features a double-helix observation tower that overlooks the surrounding natural landscape. The design is intended to blend into the surrounding landscape while celebrating the local nature and culture.

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Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Earthquakes are among the most unpredictable and devastating natural phenomena, testing the resilience of the built environment and the ingenuity of architects and engineers. As urban populations grow and climate change exacerbates natural disasters, the need for buildings that prioritize safety and durability has never been more urgent.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen , using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. Therefore, weathering steel, which ages gracefully over time, was selected as the primary material.

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Archinect

APRIL 18, 2023

The project aims to reimagine the Noviotech Campus by unifying the currently disjointed campus buildings and adding new buildings in the empty spaces between them while merging the site into the surrounding city. The buildings will serve as a grid into which new buildings are added over time over three phases of development.

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ArchDaily

MAY 6, 2024

Image © PWP Landscape Architecture and Rogers Partners Architects “Constitution Gardens will become a biodiversity hotspot on the National Mall ,” said Adam Greenspan, FASLA, design partner at PWP Landscape Architecture. “We We will create a garden, based in nature, while respecting the historic design.” Read more »

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Father René Strouhal, together with the parishioners, shared not only this desire but also a vision: to create a building that would not only shape the surrounding landscape but would also influence the culture, society, and heritage of this place. The use of natural materials, rar.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The 40-acre site provides a picturesque setting, with a gently sloping landscape, meadows, pocket parks, and scenic trails. Inspired by a nearby oak tree reserve, the design called for connection and inspiration from its natural surroundings.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2025

The 3,500-square-foot (325-square-metre) getaway gradually steps down the island's rocky terrain, following the natural slope towards the water. Mirroring the textural richness of the natural world, the interior is at once rugged and serene," said the team.

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Archinect

MAY 27, 2022

Frank Lloyd Wright ’s iconic 87-year-old Fallingwater historic site is getting a very necessary modern upgrade according to a press release issued last month by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the organization responsible for its stewardship. Image courtesy Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC).

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Amid forested landscapes, jungles, or coastal settings , many architects choose to design cabins immersed in natural surroundings, seeking to foster a deeper connection with nature by distancing themselves from the city.

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Archinect

MARCH 5, 2025

The building’s subtle curvature and natural material composition help minimize its intrusiveness in the park. It houses substantial program: public restrooms, offices, storage, and unique mechanical spaces, most notably the pumps that operate the park’s historic display fountain.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2025

All the while, integrating the site into its natural surroundings as seamlessly as possible.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 10, 2025

Image Lance Gerber Desert X is a site-specific international art exhibition taking place this year across the Coachella Valley, California.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

A KOA site in Maine gets a glow-up into SITES-certified retreat. With its leafy trees, modest cabins, and open RV and tent sites, Bar Harbor Woodlands looked and functioned no differently than the average pull-in campground. That was always the goalto own that level of nature and be sustainable. Photo by Trevan Hiersche.

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