4 Innovative Urban Landscape Projects From Around the World
From embassy grounds in London to a neighborhood park in Detroit, these projects highlight how landscape projects are now tackling myriad social and spatial challenges.
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In Detroit, Empty Lots Become Parks, Helping to Rebuild Lost Social Equity
An ongoing plan by landscape architects Spackman Mossop Michaels (SMM) is tying together the neighborhood of Fitzgerald, which has been atomized by vacancy and foreclosure.
50 Years After Design With Nature, Ian McHarg's Ideas Still Define Landscape Architecture
McHarg's faith in science and rationality may seem quaint, but his political activism has never been more timely.
Outside Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, Mexico, an Eco-Resort Balances Design and Nature
Mexican architect Alberto Kalach and environmental engineer Luis Urrutia restored around 22 acres of desolate beachfront, adding eco-villas that coexist with their natural surroundings.
Exhibition on Landscape Architect Dan Kiley Opens for Palm Springs Modernism Week
The traveling photographic exhibit, The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley, showcases 45 photos of 27 projects by the renowned Modernist landscape architect.
Paul Kasmin’s New Chelsea Outpost Is a Refined Respite Among Its Glitzy Neighbors
Designed by Studio MDA, the new flagship art gallery makes a bold statement while maintaining a historical and aesthetic dialogue with its environs.
El Equipo Mazzanti Heals a Gash in Bogotá's Urban Fabric With a Patchwork of Verdant Gardens
Once the center of controversy, El Equipo Mazzanti’s innovative Bicentenario Park restitches two divided districts in the Colombian city's historic core.
These Architects Used a Common Construction Product to Form an Undulating Urban Landscape
An office tower in Chicago is integrated with its surrounding landscape through an increasingly popular use of geofoam, a classic building product.
Claire Weisz on the Vibrant Landscape Drawings of Dutch Designer Piet Oudolf
The founding partner of New York-based firm WXY tells Metropolis about how an Oudolf print, prominently displayed on the studio's pinup wall, inspires her work.
Kate Orff on Her New Project in Israel, What's in Store for the Venice Biennale, and Activism in Landscape Architecture
Orff's New York practice SCAPE develops broad-based coalitions that can advocate for the firm's projects.
New Book Surveys the World's 100 Best Public Landscapes
Writer John Hill's "100 Years 100 Landscape Designs" is a "global retrospective" on the beauty and diversity of landscape architecture.
The Secret Beauty, Terror, and Power of Japanese Gardens
Garden designer Sophie Walker delves into the multifaceted nature of Japanese Gardens in her new book from Phaidon.
The Japanese Gardener Who Hunts Exotic Plants the World-Over
Seijun Nishihata helms the Sora Botanical Garden project, a company that offers horticultural consultation to architects, designers, governments, and private companies.
Flora-Themed Exhibition Brightens up the Schindler House's Sober Modernism
LUSH, the latest exhibit at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, is a great way to experience the famous house anew.
Denise Scott Brown's Photography Celebrates “Messy Vitality," Pop Art, and Everyday Architecture
The influential architect-planner reflects on her colorful and analytic use of photography over the decades.
Charles Waldheim: Landscape Urbanism All Grown Up
The urban theorist argues that landscape, more than buildings, has fundamentally changed the way cities urbanize in the 21st century.
Q&A: Meet the Winners of Architectural League's 2015 Emerging Voices
We speak to the winners of the Architectural League's 33rd annual award program about their scale of practice, what inspires them, and what's next.
Manufactured Landscape: MoMA Revisits Le Corbusier in Unlikely Way
The Museum of Modern Art celebrates the relationship between Le Corbusier and landscape.
