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UNESCO survey verifies 341 damaged cultural sites across Ukraine

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UNESCO has verified nearly 30 dozen damaged cultural sites across Ukraine in a new survey meant to shed light on the extent to which the cost of war has left an impact on the nation’s spiritual landscape and intellectual heritage over the past two full years.

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Populous advances new downtown ballpark district proposal in Kansas City

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The Kansas City Royals are advancing a scheme for a new downtown stadium district designed by Populous in a neighborhood called the Crossroads. Rendering courtesy of Populous The site currently includes some undeveloped plots and small businesses adjacent to the Power & Light District. Slotted into a 17.5-acre

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Turenscape's 'floating forest' reshapes a former wasteland into a multifunctional urban landscape

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Beijing-based landscape architecture firm Turenscape has completed the transformation of a former 126-acre dumping ground into a “dreamlike floating forest” in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang. At the same time, a new lake was created to accommodate over 35 million cubic feet of stormwater inflow.

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Balmori Associates seeks a landscape designer as the industry's award season blooms

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Following last week’s look at an opening for a Junior Video Editor-Producer at KPF , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an opportunity on Archinect Jobs for a Landscape Designer at Balmori Associates. Bilbao's Abandoibarra Master Plan by Balmori Associates. In August,

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Snøhetta to redevelop site of the second-largest waterfall in the US

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Snøhetta has unveiled a master plan to revitalize Willamette Falls in Oregon City. The second largest waterfall in the United States by volume, the site has been obscured by infrastructure for over a century, with Snøhetta’s plan centered on making the area more publicly accessible.

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Shma's rippling landscape adds to Neri&Hu-designed hotel in Zhengzhou

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Bangkok-based landscape architecture firm Shma Company Limited has introduced an elegant, small-scale landscape intervention in front of a Neri&Hu -designed hotel called Le Meridien in Zhengzhou City, China. The landscape and the existing building seamlessly integrate with each other.

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Ten city and landscape design projects by the University of Bologna

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Particularly, dealing with the challenges of climate change, cultural integration, circular development and population growth while preserving and evolving cities' identities. The walkway serves as a connection between different parts of the campus, opening to the city and providing a convenient space for students to relax and study.

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