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ADEPT + Karres en Brands win Garden City 2.0 

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ADEPT + Karres en Brands have been named winners of a highly ambitious 80 ha urban development in Köln Germany inspired by The Garden City. WoodHood shows an alternative approach to the future of urban development, allowing both sustainability and landscape to become primary drivers of urbanism.

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Sultan Haitham City by SOM Oman’s first ever Smart City

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Sultan Haitham City is a new mixed-use smart city in Muscat, Oman, that provides a sustainable future for its residents, future generations and visitors through vibrant public space, high-quality and affordable housing, and smart urban mobility. kilometer-long dry river – a wadi – that runs through the site.

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7 Ways Landscape Architects Broke New Ground in 2022

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The relationship between built and organic landscapes can sometimes be a fraught one. Too often, urbanization is undertaken at the expense of the natural environment rather than in support of it. These exceptional winning landscape projects from the 10 th Annual A+Awards achieve precisely that. Merging Old and New Landscapes.

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Sustainable living is "not viable outside cities" says Hélène Chartier of C40 Cities

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Cities are the only sustainable way to house Earth's growing population – but the importance of protecting them from climate risks has been "totally underrated", according to Hélène Chartier of sustainable urbanism network C40 Cities. "In And this is not viable outside cities, let's be honest.". "To

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XRANGE Architects Designs Historical Landscape Of Traces

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The “ Landscape of Traces ” design concept envisions past transformations on the site as historical imprints or urban traces to be revealed to the public. Architizer chatted with Grace Cheung AIA , Principal Architect at XRANGE Architects to learn more about the Landscape Of Traces project. © XRANGE Architects.

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Aedas wins Hangzhou Qianjiang Century City Riverfront Digital Industrial Park competition

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With the approaching Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, the new economic and cultural center Qianjiang Century City is undergoing rapid construction, expected to become the new icon for the area. Located in the core area of Hangzhou Qianjiang Century City, the project is endowed with convenient transportation network. Image © Aedas.

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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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