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How a Hydraulic Boardwalk Is Giving Istanbul Its Waterfront Back

A master plan by Gensler and U.S.-based design firm Dror will reintegrate Istanbul's waterfront within the ancient city's urban fabric for the first time in centuries.

A master plan by Gensler and U.S.-based design firm Dror will reintegrate Istanbul’s waterfront within the ancient city’s urban fabric for the first time in centuries.

Spotlight: Chicago Riverwalk’s Transformation Into Recreational Frontier

The popular new public space, a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, is part of Mayor Emanuel’s “Building on Burnham” initiative.

Anne-Marie Lubenau

The popular new public space, a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, is part of Mayor Emanuel’s “Building on Burnham” initiative.

For First Time Ever, Pritzker Awarded to Three Architects

This year's prize winners highlight the importance of collaboration—as well as the integration of landscape—within the architectural profession.

Vanessa Quirk

This year’s prize winners highlight the importance of collaboration—as well as the integration of landscape—within the architectural profession.

The High Line Effect: Are Our New Parks Trojan Horses of Gentrification?

This has been a great year for parks in America—but is this new generation of High Line-inspired parks embedding social injustice into our cities?

Aaron Betsky

This has been a great year for parks in America—but is this new generation of High Line-inspired parks embedding social injustice into our cities?

Getting Its Grove Back: Landscape Elevates BIG’s Grove at Grand Bay

Landscape architect Raymond Jungles saved BIG's Grove at Grand Bay from becoming what it would otherwise be: yet another luxury highrise in Miami.

Gretchen Von Koenig

Landscape architect Raymond Jungles saved BIG’s Grove at Grand Bay from becoming what it would otherwise be: yet another luxury highrise in Miami.

How a “Sponge Park” Will Clean up Notoriously Polluted NYC Waterway

The pilot project, recently completed along the Gowanus Canal in New York City, will absorb polluted water like a sponge.

Guglielmo Mattioli

The pilot project by dlandstudio, recently completed along the Gowanus Canal in New York City, will absorb polluted water like a sponge.

Q&A: Mia Lehrer on the LA River Revitalization Project

We ask the landscape architect how she feels now the master plan for revitalizing the Los Angeles' River, a "life's work," has been handed to Gehry + Partners.

Samuel Medina

We ask the landscape architect how she feels now the master plan for Los Angeles’ River Revitalization, a “life’s work,” has been handed over to Gehry + Partners.

MCHAP Winners Make Landscape the Protagonist

The final group from this year’s cycle is diverse in typology and scale—but they all shared one recurrent theme: a very specific sense of place.

Guglielmo Mattioli

The final group from this year’s cycle is diverse in typology and scale—but they all shared one recurrent theme: a very specific sense of place.

Prouty Garden is Slated to Be Destroyed—Will Its Legacy Be Preserved?

Boston Children’s Hospital will soon replace its beloved Prouty Garden with a rooftop greenspace roughly one-third its size—but will this new space truly be the haven patients deserve?

Yuhgo Yamaguchi

Boston Children’s Hospital will soon replace its beloved Prouty Garden with a rooftop greenspace roughly one-third its size—but will this new space truly be the haven patients deserve?

Citing Equity Issues, Founder of Atlanta BeltLine Leaves Board

We speak with Ryan Gravel to understand why the urban planner is leaving the project that has been his life's work for almost two decades.

Vanessa Quirk

We speak with Ryan Gravel to understand why the urban planner is leaving the project that has been his life’s work for almost two decades.

The Flight 93 National Memorial Lets the Landscape Speak

With its emphasis on landscape, the Flight 93 National Memorial resonates with the quiet power of a great battlefield.

Inga Saffron

With its emphasis on landscape, the Flight 93 National Memorial resonates with the quiet power of a great battlefield.

The Man Who Elevated Landscape to Art

Roberto Burle Marx was more than the peerless landscape architect who revolutionized the garden aesthetic. He was also a consummate artist whose innovations drew on a wide range of cultural and natural references.

Kelly Chan

Roberto Burle Marx was more than the peerless landscape architect who revolutionized the garden aesthetic. He was also a consummate artist whose innovations drew on a wide range of cultural and natural references.

Lowline Lab: A Placeholder for an Underground Park We May Never See

While the Lowline Lab offers a glimpse of what the world's first underground park may be, the project still has a way to go.

Samuel Medina

While it may be unlike anything you’ve ever seen, the Lowline still has a way to go.

Looking Back: Metropolis Turns 35

On our 35th anniversary, we reaffirm our belief in the importance of history.

Susan Szenasy

On our 35th anniversary, we reaffirm our belief in the importance of history.

Red Hook Reimagined: Towards Urban Coastal Resilience

Post-Sandy, how can we revitalize Red Hook? And how can these ideas apply to coastal cities around the world?

Michael Fletcher

Post-Sandy, how can we revitalize Red Hook? And how can these ideas apply to coastal cities around the world?

Q+A: The Architect Behind the Sandy Hook Redesign

Julia McFadden, one of the lead architects of the Sandy Hook School redesign, discusses the project’s many challenges.

Vanessa Quirk

Julia McFadden, one of the lead architects of the Sandy Hook School redesign, discusses the project’s many challenges.

Wetland Restoration: A New Driver for Development in China?

Instead of draining a wetland to help build a city, AECOM is filling and restoring one.

Zach Mortice

Instead of draining a wetland to help build a city, AECOM is filling and restoring one.

The Salt Season

Melting city ice with sodium chloride has a toxic impact on nearby plants. Are there safer ways to melt the snow?

Ilana Cohen

Melting city ice with sodium chloride has a toxic impact on nearby plants. Are there safer ways to melt the snow?

Q&A: Lowline Founders Dan Barasch and James Ramsey

The duo discuss the merits of crowdfunding, the challenge of growing plants underground, and the importance of cool.

Mikki Brammer

The duo discuss the merits of crowdfunding, the challenge of growing plants underground, and the importance of cool.

New City Playgrounds Explore Undirected Play

What are other, less fearful cultures than our own, doing to give children autonomy and adventure?

Grace Lo

What are other, less fearful cultures than our own, doing to give children autonomy and adventure?

Landscape

A master plan by Gensler and U.S.-based design firm Dror will reintegrate Istanbul's waterfront within the ancient city's urban fabric for the first time in centuries.

The popular new public space, a finalist for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, is part of Mayor Emanuel’s “Building on Burnham” initiative.

This year's prize winners highlight the importance of collaboration—as well as the integration of landscape—within the architectural profession.

This has been a great year for parks in America—but is this new generation of High Line-inspired parks embedding social injustice into our cities?

Landscape architect Raymond Jungles saved BIG's Grove at Grand Bay from becoming what it would otherwise be: yet another luxury highrise in Miami.

The pilot project, recently completed along the Gowanus Canal in New York City, will absorb polluted water like a sponge.

We ask the landscape architect how she feels now the master plan for revitalizing the Los Angeles' River, a "life's work," has been handed to Gehry + Partners.

The final group from this year’s cycle is diverse in typology and scale—but they all shared one recurrent theme: a very specific sense of place.

Boston Children’s Hospital will soon replace its beloved Prouty Garden with a rooftop greenspace roughly one-third its size—but will this new space truly be the haven patients deserve?

We speak with Ryan Gravel to understand why the urban planner is leaving the project that has been his life's work for almost two decades.

With its emphasis on landscape, the Flight 93 National Memorial resonates with the quiet power of a great battlefield.

Roberto Burle Marx was more than the peerless landscape architect who revolutionized the garden aesthetic. He was also a consummate artist whose innovations drew on a wide range of cultural and natural references.

While the Lowline Lab offers a glimpse of what the world's first underground park may be, the project still has a way to go.

On our 35th anniversary, we reaffirm our belief in the importance of history.

Post-Sandy, how can we revitalize Red Hook? And how can these ideas apply to coastal cities around the world?

Julia McFadden, one of the lead architects of the Sandy Hook School redesign, discusses the project’s many challenges.

Instead of draining a wetland to help build a city, AECOM is filling and restoring one.

Melting city ice with sodium chloride has a toxic impact on nearby plants. Are there safer ways to melt the snow?

The duo discuss the merits of crowdfunding, the challenge of growing plants underground, and the importance of cool.

What are other, less fearful cultures than our own, doing to give children autonomy and adventure?

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