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

JANUARY 16, 2025

Located in one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Toronto, the Hoggs Hollow, 10° of Separation is a simple, rational, and ethical response to the existing geographical context and nature of the site, as well as the client’s needs for a retirement home. The site exhibited two major complexities.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

A red ring, which functions as a running track, weaves through and around the playground design Once a fenced, asphalted area, the rejuvenated site is now a flexible space for ball games, concerts, outdoor cinema screenings and community events.

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Archinect

JANUARY 10, 2024

Voss is renowned for its spectacular landscape and as a popular destination for outdoor and extreme sports enthusiasts. One of the main challenges is that most of the site is two to four meters under the projected flood zone levels after factoring in future climate change. The restaurant serves locally produced food.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

BarlisWedlick took on the challenge of updating the structure, preserving the materials for carbon sequestration, and reconnecting the spaces with the site. "We As the site had stringent zoning and environmental regulations, the team utilized some of the existing footprint to ensure the best connection and views of the water.

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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. The original site plan for Terramor by the landscape architect Sam Coplon, FASLA.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The site on the Solway Coast was previously occupied by a neglected house that was demolished to make way for a building designed to blend in harmoniously with its natural surroundings. A glazed corner ensures this room feels bright and connected with the landscape.

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Archinect

JANUARY 9, 2024

A coastal lagoon’s narrow shape and adjacent topography funnel storm surge and wave action onto a scenic but low-lying site. The design for a home here must respond to these conditions and engage the landscape in a resilient way, while remaining functional and enjoyable to its inhabitants.

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Deezen

JANUARY 23, 2025

It contains retail, office and residential floors According to Gensler, its design was shaped largely by Austin's Capitol View Corridor , zoning restrictions that require a clear sightline to the Texas State Capitol in Austin. So that trapezoidal shape you see for the tower is because of that."

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Dwell

APRIL 18, 2025

Enjoying the affluence of contemporary times, exurban residents strive for a pleasurable and provocative style of landscape living. For thousands of years, houses resembled their landscapes, but not out of aesthetic intent. As early as the 19th century, however, this aesthetic approach to the landscape provoked negative reactions.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2025

A triangular outdoor space will be added to Selman Strmasi Stadium's entrance, functioning as a public square or fan zone on match days. Read: Why are so many unusual skyscrapers being built in Tirana? Dezeen recently reported on why the city is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeatarchitecture. The images are courtesy of OMA.

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Archinect

JANUARY 21, 2022

On the east side of the site lies the completed residential district of Silver Lake Lanshan by China Resources, while the southwest side is used by the armed police. A planned road will pass through the site leading to the Sanjiu Garden development. The east and north sides are enclosed by natural mountains.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Named Sawmill Treehouse, the home sits on a steeply sloping site in Sawmill Settlement, a suburb near Mount Buller ski resort in the Victorian Alps, known locally as High Country. Built on site with a structural steel frame, the cabin has a rectangular form measuring 12 metres long and four metres wide.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Like other aspects of the campus, the Observatory was designed to integrate with the landscape and is mostly subterranean , with large windows looking out at the nature walks and other structures. Nearly 100 trees were removed during the project and replanted after construction.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Located on a wooded site in the northwest corner of Connecticut, the Sharon Residence is a 1,892 square foot prefabricated home with views towards the Housatonic Valley. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows and sliding doors frame views of the surrounding landscape.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

Steeplechase is a 2,573-square foot (239-square metre) house that is nestled on a wooded 65-acre site in the Appalachian foothills near Hillsborough, North Carolina. The studio replaced an existing structure on site bud The team replaced an old house with a new, contemporary design while leaving 98 per cent of the natural site untouched.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2025

Named The Orchestra Park, the project has transformed a vacant urban lot in the Huaqiao Economic Development Zone into an 8,500-square-metre park, designed to preserve an existing area of wetland and trees and provide recreational spaces for the community.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2024

In the bustling urban landscape of Tehran, a metropolis in perpetual motion, one of the prevailing architectural endeavors is the construction of five-story infill residential projects. 5+1 Residence" exemplified this trend. 5+1 Residence" exemplified this trend.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2023

Challenging site constraints informed the angular shape of this concrete house named Villa MKZ, designed by Japanese studio Takeshi Hirobe Architects. The footprint of this vacation home dances around the complex conditions of the site," studio founder Takeshi Hirobe told Dezeen. metres in the centre," said Hirobe. "By

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Deezen

JANUARY 2, 2025

Fujimoto has designed a 60,000-square-metre wooden ring to encircle the expo site and its mass of architect-designed pavilions, serving as a symbol of international unity. Widely known as London's landscaper, the building will stretch 330 metres in length, making it longer than the Shard the UK's tallest building is tall.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 21, 2024

To maximise connections to the outdoors, Tampere Psychiatric Clinic is organised as three U-shaped volumes around a central landscaped courtyard. Around the perimeter of the site, each of these U-shaped blocks hugs additional garden spaces, one of which contains an entrance square with steps and a lift.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Layers of textile were also used to form illuminated columns in the AlMadar zone This year's exhibition , titled And All That Is In Between, focuses on the role of faith in artistic expression and craftsmanship. The planting complements a series of site-specific artworks based on the theme of the garden in Islamic civilisation.

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Architizer

JANUARY 21, 2025

Contrary to most coffee shops, this proposal turned the space into a high quality espresso bar with an on-site roasters and space event, carefully concealing the interior from the bustling cityscape. The caf layout is comprised of a Slow Bar, a service zone as well as a Speed Bar and indoor seating zone.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Architecture as a Two-Way Exchange Pabelln 3E by TACO Taller de Arquitectura Contextual , Yucatan, Mexico Just as a traveler learns to navigate new landscapes, tastes and customs, architects immersed in foreign projects confront the subtleties of cultural expectations, site-specific constraints and regional craftsmanship.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Nestled in a forested grove at the north end of a narrow, 10-acre site, the house is sheltered by oak, sweet gum, maple and persimmon trees, and opens onto an expansive view of a pond. The gable extends outside the home to create shaded porches that draw the living space out into the expansive surrounding landscape.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A team led by MVRDV has begun construction on a leisure and cultural district in Shanghai on the site of a disused cement factory.

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2025

While emulating a village, the layout of the pavilion was also designed to allow passive heating and cooling, with cool winds entering from the west in the summer and the landscaped forecourt providing shelter from harsher northerly winds in the winter.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2025

The outdoor area consists of a pergola and pool Positioned in a corner of the site, surrounded by greenery, the cabin now contains a flexible space that can be used for commercial events as well as for hosting resident artists. The original shape and structure of the cabin were retained but its dimensions of just three by 9.5

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 12, 2024

You (or your family member/friend/roommate/mentee/colleague) have graduated from a landscape architecture program, and you’re ready to start your career as a design professional. Below, you’ll find the LAM Gift Guide for Landscape Architecture Graduates. 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know edited by B. —Ron

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This phase integrated microclimates that preserved the biodiversity of the site, from sunny and dry zones to shady, sheltered pockets that invited a variety of plant species to thrive. Together, their contributions have transformed what was once an industrial zone into one of the city’s most talked-about neighborhoods.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 27, 2024

began a late November Instagram post by Esotouric, a Los Angeles tour company focused on historic sites at the "secret heart" of the city. We have heard the communitys concerns," the company said , "and we are in discussions with Norms [sic] about the future of the site."

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Theres no denying the love-hate relationship between architects and unconventional sites. From impossibly narrow urban plots to steep, unforgiving landscapes, difficult terrain can be both an obstacle and an inspiration. The result is a minimal footprint that allows the home to exist within the landscape rather than imposing upon it.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Juneau, Alaska, is one of the country’s most beautiful capital cities, with a temperate rainforest landscape that is spectacular to take in through all the seasons. The Bromic products have been tailored to heat each zone—living, dining, and grilling—effectively throughout the year.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Given that the firm is based in India, where roughly 90 percent of the country is considered an extreme heat danger zone, their work is even more remarkable. Indeed, many of their designs, whether for private homes, student housing or public community centers, describe briefs for areas that regularly exceed 40 degrees Celcius (104 Farenheit).

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2022

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. Uplighting also creates shadows and reflections in the pavilion playground.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". Accessed via a cobblestone street, the home is perched on a hilly property with extensive views of the landscape.

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Architizer

JANUARY 30, 2025

The integration of architectural, interior, and landscape design within the studio is a founding tenet of their practice, rooted in the desire to cultivate comprehensive experiences with subtle transitions between disciplines. Knowledge of local codes and zoning regulations. Excellent communication and presentation skills.

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