November 13, 2013
New York City’s High Line park has just announced plans to add The Spur, the bowl-shaped gateway to the park’s third and final phase, the High Line at the Rail Yards.
Accessed through a circular structure lined with dense woodland … Read More...
Category: Greening
Tags: elevated railway park, Friends of the High Line, greening public spaces, High Line, High Line at the Rail Yards, Hudson Rail Yards, landscape architecture, Manhattan Parks, Meatpacking District, NYC, NYC Parks, The Spur, urban green space, urban planning, Urban renewal
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December 11, 2012
We’ve discussed before the benefits of plants and vertical gardens–how they can not only beautify indoor and outdoor spaces, but can help decrease energy usage by providing insulation, improve indoor air quality, even provide a place to grow … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Irrigation, Vertical Gardens
Tags: benefits of plants, campana brothers, Firma Casa, green, green building, green facades, Green Walls, green walls for insulation, health benefits of plants, indoor plants, landscape architecture, living walls, Sao Paolo, SuperLimão Studio, sustainable design, urban gardens, Vertical Gardens
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December 30, 2011
At the intersection of architecture and art, architects Cheung and Vogl have designed a concept for a two-story concrete combination parking lot, street art museum, and public green space.
Shinjuku Gardens, in Tokyo, would feature layered soft-clad grass walls to … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Vertical Gardens
Tags: architecture, green spaces, Green Walls, Japan, landscape architecture, urbanism
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June 1, 2011
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol’s Lurie Garden, Millenium Park, Chicago. Plantsman: Piet Oudolf. Theater Set Designer: Robert Israel.
Urban gardens are featured prominently among the designs of landscape architects selected to receive the 2011 Landscape Architecture Award, part of the National Design … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Design
Tags: awards, design awards, landscape architecture, public space design, sustainable design, urban design, urban parks design, urban spaces
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January 8, 2011
Exploring the role of women in landscape architecture, the documentary film, Women in the Dirt, takes us behind the scenes with seven of California’s most influential female designers: Mia Lerher, Andrea Cochran, Cheryl Barton, Isabelle Greene, Katherine Spitz, Pamela … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Green Walls, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: California landscape architecture, ecology, landscape architecture, sustainable design, women landscape architects, women landscape designers
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