The design team led by HNTB and Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates are the winners of the ARC International Design Competition. Lets review their design proposal in addition to all participants.
The International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition addresses the emerging priority for both transportation and natural resource agencies to make North American highways safer for both drivers and wildlife. Wildlife-vehicle collisions have doubled in the past fifteen years. But ARC is more than a competition; it is an ideology that spans disciplines, species, geography and aspirations. Lets take a look at each finalist's submission. More
HSR Hochschule fur Technik Rapperswil, University of Applied Sciences is proud to host this year's student competition.
Dealing with land as a resource in a sustainable way is a globally recognized goal. However, towns and villages continue to expand as long as there is sufficient space. The pressure on the landscape is growing. Entrants are invited to develop conceptual proposals and plans for the use and design of urban boundaries using a specific example of their choice. More
Chicago | The Rise of Green Retrofitting
The building sector accounts for a whopping 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., and consumes fully 70 percent of American electricity. Chicago, a city of some 2.85 million and a selected participant in the Green Capital Global Challenge, provides some great green retrofitting examples. More
Gustafson Porter wins CityLife Park International Design Competition
Leading international landscape architects Gustafson Porter (London) have won the competition to design the Milan CityLife - A Park between the Mountains and the Plain. More
Great Parks We Can Learn From
Why do some parks succeed as lively public spaces while others fail? As more communities actively seek ways to create great parks, it seems inevitable that the quality of our parks will improve. More
A New Look at the Multitalented Man Who Made Tropical Landscaping an Art
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil teems with jungles, forests and all sorts of exotic plants, flowers and trees. But until the Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx came along to tame and shape his country's exuberant flora, his countrymen had mostly disdained the natural riches that, often literally, flourished in their own backyards. More
World's largest offshore wind farm opens in the UK
In another major sustainability move, a massive offshore wind farm has opened for energy off the UK coast. Capable of generating enough electricity to power 200,000 homes, the 300+ megawatt generating facility covers more than 13 square miles. More
World's largest offshore wind farm opens in the UK
In another major sustainability move, a massive offshore wind farm has opened for energy off the UK coast. Capable of generating enough electricity to power 200,000 homes, the 300+ megawatt generating facility covers more than 13 square miles. More
Parking Day 2010 occurred recently
Parking Day had the participation of a variety of groups, schools, companies and international participants. Landscape architecture firms and schools did their part to try and make a difference in their cities. More
Green Room opens in Rotterdam
The Green Room is designed by Casanova+Hernandez as part of a series of temporary interventions in the public space of several European cities named "Domestic Monuments". The 'Room' comes complete with green walls, couches and grass carpet. More
Award-Winning Residential Project Highlighted
The home is situated within an old cattle pasture - part of a 35-acre property located at the confluence of the Gros Ventre and Snake Rivers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A family retreat, expresses an honest simplicity of forms and materials, is inspired by the elegant beauty of its western setting, the surrounding valley, and adjacent National Parks and Forests. More
Shanghai Houtan Park: Landscape as a Living System
A regenerative living landscape on Shanghai's Huangpu riverfront, the park was built on a brownfield former industrial site. "The park's constructed wetland, ecological flood control, reclaimed industrial structures and materials, and urban agriculture are integral components of an overall restorative design strategy to treat polluted river water and recover the degraded waterfront in an aesthetically pleasing way." More
Project brings Bryant Park indoors
Last year's project to bring the greenery of Bryant Park indoors at One Bryant Park's Bank of America Tower has been enjoyed by many. Four leafy-green monoliths ranging from 7-25 feet tall now stand in the street-level atrium of the tower. Dubbed the Urban Garden Room, the installation was designed by Wallace Roberts & Todd headed by designer Margie Ruddick and sculptor Dorothy Ruddick. The team's goal was an immersive installation of living green sculptures. More
HtO Toronto urban beach shines as a successful, well-loved public space
Winner of a 2009 ASLA Honor Award, HtO has proven to be very successful and a much needed new public open space in the city. "Not only an adored, seasonally adaptive public space where people can relax by the water away from downtown commotion, but it is also a catalyst for the city's future waterfront development, having set high design standards." More
Square Four, Beirut by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
The well designed square "responds to an abstract conception of the area, where the space itself, its materiality, its sounds, light quality, and even smells become its essential constituent elements. It is a space thought of as an escape from the city bustle while sited at the core of the city itself. A serene space that allows the city to speak about itself and its memory through the reflection of its skyline, with its mosques and churches, on the water surface, always sheltered by the two majestic ficus trees." More
Landscape architecture series continues with talk on teamwork, green design
The University of Rhode Island's annual Landscape Architecture Lecture Series continues Oct. 7 at 7pm with a lecture by Jeffrey Hyland, principal of Ironwood Design Group, who will discuss "The Importance of Team: How the Green Movement Has Changed the Playing Field." More
ARC International Wildlife Crossing Design Competition: Finalists Announced
Five finalist teams have been selected to develop conceptual designs for a wildlife overpass at West Vail Pass along Interstate Highway 70 near Vail, Colorado. The designs are intended to usher in a new generation of wildlife crossing infrastructure using new methods, new materials, and new thinking to reduce structural costs and increase adaptability and ecological function.
The 5 finalists are: -Balmori Associates (New York) -Janet Rosenberg & Associates (Toronto) -Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates with HNTB (New York) -The Olin Studio (Philadelphia) -Zwarts & Jantsma (Amsterdam)
These were chosen from 36 team submissions from nine countries, representing over 100 firms worldwide - the caliber of submissions was very high. The five teams include more than a dozen firms from four countries with the landscape architects, engineers, and architects unique to each team, supported by ecologists, wildlife biologists and other specialists.
MVVA Team Moves Forward in City+Arch+River 2015 Competition
Landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and a multidisciplinary team introduced as experts in "urban renewal, preservation, commemoration, social connections and ecological restoration" have been picked for the planning phase of The City+The Arch+The River 2015 International Design Competition. Video
Call For Nominations for the 2011 IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award
This award is the highest honour that the International Federation of Landscape Architects can bestow upon a landscape architect. The Award recognizes a living landscape architect whose lifetime achievements and contributions have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of society and the environmnet and on the promotion of the profession of landscape architecture. Nominations are due November 10, and the award will be announced at the annual IFLA World Congress. More
