Any landscape is a condition of the spirit. Vertical Garden Design. Vertical Garden Solutions Creating Green Vertical Walls. Park life: the evolving approach to designing urban public space. The High Line section 3 – 10th Avenue spur James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 2012 Courtesy City of New York and Friends of the High Line Finding new spaces in towns and cities that can be turned into communal parks is extremely difficult with every available plot in such high demand and so, as with many other aspects of urban development, the reuse or re-appropriation of existing land has become a popular alternative.
GAP Photos - Garden & Plant Picture Library - Specialising in horticultural photography. The Magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Contemporary Design Archives. Architecture’s top prize for 2016 has been awarded to Alejandro Aravena of Chile, executive director of Santiago-based ELEMENTAL, a “Do Tank,” (as opposed to a think tank…love that concept).
In the publicity heralding the prize, it has been heartening to see a playground prominently featured! I know of no other Pritzker prize winner whose body of work includes a playscape at all, much less a monumental children’s park with a hill of slides and a wall of play like ELEMENTAL designed for Santiago. I previously featured the Bicentennial Children’s Park here on Playscapes in 2014, but here’s another look at it in honor of the prize; also don’t miss a video of it available on VIMEO (privacy settings won’t allow me to embed it). Enlace Arquitectura. In a city of the importance and scale of Caracas, offering ample and accessible recreational spaces for the enjoyment of its citizens becomes a social necessity.
Protecting green areas for the ecological benefit of the city is also fundamental. The transformation of “La Carlota” airport into an urban park offers a unique and critical opportunity to value, protect and ensure a better social and ecological future for the people of the city. The proposal is concentrated on three main gestures. The first is to understand the city as a interconnected network of public spaces, recreational areas and green corridors that clarify the city´s legibility and guarantee better pedestrian movement. The second is the concentration of social and programmatic activities into public nodes understood as a “System of Cultural Parks”, where “La Carlota” represents a catalyst toward its conceptualization and implementation. Top 10 Online Resources for Landscape Architecture. Parks, squares, waterfronts, gardens, water features, art, creative and natural playgrounds, industrial, installations, residential parks, private gardens, restorations and many more directories for landscape architecture can be found in this selection.
The latest news, best practices from professionals and students all around the world are available on the internet. This is the quickest way to find them now. But be careful and try not to overdo it. It is addictive! With this warning, here are the best online resources for landscape architecture. 10. It is a huge resource of outstanding landscape architecture pictures. 9. Similar to Pinterest, Gap photos supplies more than 300 000 pictures of garden design and horticultural projects quickly and easily. 8. Top 10 Documentaries For Landscape Architects - Landscape Architects Network. There is a certain persuasion in documentaries that is not often found in books.
Sometimes actually seeing, visually dissecting, a narrative can be more inspiring and engaging than words on a page. The documentaries below can be quite different in their style and delivery – what is important however, is that they all seek to explore man’s relationship with his (natural or unnatural) environment. And as a Landscape Architect, it couldn’t hurt to see a few…. Here we take you through 10 of the best documentaries for landscape architects out there, covering topics such as urban design, landscape architecture, sustainable design, biophilia, climate change and urban planning.
These are films that will make you think, generate discussion within your own mind and make you question your own design decisions. Get the popcorn, its movie time! 10. Complete with New Orleans jazz and John Goodman, Harry Shearer looks at what happened when Hurricane Katrina hit the US city. Get it HERE! 9. Get it HERE! 8. 25 Of The Most Creative Sculptures And Statues From Around The World. Our cities are full of majestic monuments, unexpected sculptures and artistic statues, each having a story to tell.
Thousands of them have been made but only a few of them are really extraordinary and picture-worthy. That’s why our readers set out to find the world’s most creative statues and sculptures, which add color and emotion to the most boring areas of the cities. For the last two weeks, bored pandas from around the globe have been submitting their pictures of the best sculptures here. We have received more than 160 pictures and hundreds of votes which resulted in this awesome list. We added a couple of our own pictures, and made the final list of the most creative sculptures and statues from around the world.
Did we miss any? 1. Image credits: mustangsoflascolinas.com 2. Image credits: Anastasia Tank 3. Image credits: Anonymous Panda 4. Image credits: Ava Hirschsohn.