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Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award

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Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu has been awarded the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize for his contributions to the field. The citation from the jury called Yu "a force for progressive change in landscape architecture around the world".

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Honghu Park Water Purification Station, Shenzhen

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NODE designed the restored surface landscape on top of the water purification facility, and the underground offices at the northern end. It represents the important attempt of NODE in infrastructure publicization projects over the years in terms of interdisciplinary design practice of water purification and landscape architecture.

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Estonia Architecture News: Estonian Buildings

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This will be preceded at 12 o’clock by tours at the competition site led by Tartu city architect and his team. The site is located in Tammiste, a village in Tori Parish, Pärnu County in south-western Estonia and it was used to build a drumlin, which was subsequently covered in flora to fit in with the surrounding scenery.

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Back to the Future: How MAD Architects Fuses Futurism and Localism

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Through this lens, we glimpse otherworldly landscapes and technologies, bold predictions of what is to come. Working across a plethora of typologies, MAD Architects’ diverse projects are united by their special brand of alchemy, fusing localism and futurism to leave an extraordinary mark on the built landscape.

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Lost Masterpieces: 6 Iconic Buildings That Met the Wrecking Ball

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It risks homogenizing our skylines and disregards the significance of the historic built landscape. Thankfully, many architects and urban planners today recognize the importance of adaptive reuse initiatives, which impart fresh purpose to existing buildings while protecting their fabric. Erected in its place was Madison Square Garden.

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Jonas building IJburg Amsterdam housing

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Design and landscape The architecture of Jonas’ is remarkable. It expresses in a distinctive manner the themes of the site: the water, the quayside and the craft of shipbuilding. The landscape extends deep into the furthest corners of Jonas’. From the outside, the building has a striking and sturdy appearance.

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Liverpool Building News: Merseyside Architecture

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Designed by Snow Architects, the Commercial Road site comprising 70 apartments of 1, 2, & 3-beds over two blocks is within 15 minutes’ walk from the new Everton FC stadium and adjacent to Tobacco Wharf and the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Liverpool becomes only the third site to lose its World Heritage status since the list began in 1978.