Lieven is an urban campus in the West of Amsterdam with housing for starters and students as well as a café, laundry bar and a gym. Bureau B+B was responsible for the design of the public spaces, roof- and courtyards and communal gardens with wadis for sustainable urban water management. Located between a metro station […]
Use the Arboretum All-Stars planting plan from the landscape outside the west fence of the Arboretum Teaching Nursery as an inspiration for your home garden. Click here for a printable pdf.
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Imagine being able to plant things in your garden that would normally never grow in that climate, outdoors and without any electricity. Architects and urban designers often factor thermal mass into their designs, employing materials that absorb heat by day and release it at night to help warm human occupants. And though we rarely see it today,
A new book, City Green: Public Gardens of New York, takes a look at the Big Apple’s most underrated green spaces
The public benches are a bit of an oasis of rest in the midst of periods of intense walking. You can sit there when you want (provided they are not already
Research Report from 2012 Public Interest Design Summer Program's Externship with Public Architecture
Image 11 of 38 from gallery of 51N4E wins 2018 European Prize for Urban Public Space. Courtesy of 51N4E
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Growroom is a build-it-yourself farm pod from Space10, which wants to change the way we grow food before climate change makes it difficult.
Tour eight amazing public spaces transformed by the actress’s New York Restoration Project
Octavi Serra uses the structures and symbolism of public spaces to question the systems we live with and find humor in their details. The Barcelona-based artist often engages with signage to subvert its original meaning, like forming a massive arrow pointing left with safety stickers that all individually indicate to exit to the right, or adding opposite directives to a signpost for routes to “hope” and “doom”. Serra also questions strictures of space, like adding “the road is lava” to a painted crosswalk, referencing the universal childhood game, or replacing parallel parking space lines with nonsensical squiggles. More
For Trenerry Property Group director Robert DiCintio, there are two key elements that make a neighbourhood worth living in: a diverse demographic, and the vibrancy that diversity naturally propagates.
Whether you're looking for a scenic place to walk or for gardening education, these public gardens throughout the Midwest will inspire you. Our favorites include the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis and the Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
By Studio Ossidiana An installation for the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial: The Available City. Part kitchen, part game, part stage, The Garden Table is a modular cast object des…
The design criteria governing the project of this garden follow those of multy-sensorial design, which is based on the stimulation of all five senses, so that people having psychological, cognitive…
“Into the forest” brings a reflection on global climate change right in the core of an Italian city, with a series of installations for the first World Forum on Urban Forests.
Raak ook geinspireerd door een presentatie door Amanda Burden over hoe publieke ruimtes in de stad zo vorm te geven dat mensen er graag komen!
Introduction and article concept - Erin Marteal Words, pictures and illustrations- Cecilia Macaulay Intro: After encountering numerous objections to permaculture in the public garden sector based on a
Image 6 of 24 from gallery of Exotic Workplace Garden / Malinowski Design Urban & Landscape. Photograph by Bartłomiej Chęcinski and Dariusz Malinowski
The Urban Street Stormwater Guide illustrates a vision of how cities can utilize one of their best assets—streets—to address resiliency and climate change while creating public spaces that are truly…
