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Kongjian Yu? wins the 2023 Oberlander Prize for achievements in landscape architecture

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Kongjian Yu has been announced as the winner of this year’s Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Yu is known throughout the landscape profession for pioneering the ‘sponge city’ urban design concept in China after 1995.

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News: Kongjian Yu? wins the 2023 Oberlander Prize for achievements in landscape architecture

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Kongjian Yu has been announced as the winner of this year’s Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Yu is known throughout the landscape profession for pioneering the ‘sponge city’ urban design concept in China after 1995.

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Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander award

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Yu is the second recipient of the prize, which is awarded by the Cultural Landscape Foundation ( TCLF ) for global contributions to the field of landscape architecture. All images courtesy of The Cultural Landscape Foundation. And it is also recognizing and honoring Oberland's vision and manifesto." The cover photo is by Barret Dohery.

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"If we want a new materiality we have to reimagine our relationship with the world"

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Promotion: architects Joseph Grima and Vo Trong Nghia were among a group of international urban design thinkers who met at the 2022 Living Cities Forum in Melbourne, Australia to discuss the construction industry's material use in a world of finite resources. Since 2007, the decorated firm has won more than 130 international awards.

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Fuggerei of the Future | MVRDV

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Excerpt: Fuggerei of the Future is a public program developed by the architectural firm MVRDV that proposes building blocks that are climate responsive. Finally, in Augsburg, the study’s formula manifests as a more dense urban development. It responds to the tremendous social and ecological questions of our time.

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The Resilient Construction Imperative in the Face of Climate Change

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Concept of dreams about a new home. Durability: The Foundation of Resilience Durability is the bedrock of resilient construction. Additionally, investing in robust foundations and structural designs can ensure the long-term integrity of buildings in the face of seismic activities and other environmental stresses.

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Amphibious Architecture: Designing Resilient Coastal Communities for the Future

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As climate change unfolds, bringing about rising sea levels, increased occurrences of flooding and a surge in climatic events, the concept of living in a floating home — or houseboat — could potentially emerge as a pragmatic and innovative solution to face the environmental challenges associated with coastal living.