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Notre-Dame restoration revealed ahead of reopening

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The restored interiors of the landmark Notre-Dame cathedral have been revealed, days ahead of its official reopening in Paris. It marks a major milestone in the extensive restoration of the medieval cathedral, which has been underway since it was ravaged by a huge blaze in 2019. L'incroyable résurrection de Notre-Dame de Paris.

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Mark Jeavons and Ohlo Studio restore 1970s home in Australia

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Australian architect Mark Jeavons worked with interior design practice Ohlo Studio to restore Tomich House, a heritage-listed 1970s house in City Beach, Perth. Originally designed by brutalist Bulgarian architect Iwan Iwanoff in 1971, the home features a landscaped garden and sculptural curved walls built from white-painted concrete blocks.

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

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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

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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. At the same time, a new lake was created to accommodate over 35 million cubic feet of stormwater inflow.

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

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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. The roof of the tunnel has been clad in locally-sourced black slate tiles, intended to appear as what the practice term a "natural extension of the landscape".

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Dutch landscape studio OKRA wins the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space

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Their restoration of the Catharijnesingel canal in Utrecht was lauded by the jury as “an exemplary intervention for the survival of our cities in this new climate era.” ” Its scope entailed extending the final 1.1-kilometer

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The Groundwork of Great Design: Integrating Landscape into Architectural Narratives

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But beyond the physical structure lies an often-overlooked element that profoundly shapes the experience of these buildings: the landscape. In modern design, landscape architecture should not be an afterthought; it should be an integral component of the overall project that creates harmony between the built spaces and the natural environment.

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