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7 Ways Landscape Architects Broke New Ground in 2022

Architizer

Too often, urbanization is undertaken at the expense of the natural environment rather than in support of it. When architects respond thoughtfully to a site’s native ecology, development can elevate nature and shape meaningful, enduring spaces that enrich the planet and the lives of its population. Memorializing Through Nature.

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Hyde Park, Hoofddorp Station District, Amsterdam

e-architect

This will create an important urban development for the area of Beukenhorst-West, located between the train station and centre of Hoofddorp which has remained until recently, a desolate office park with vacant spaces. ‘Hyde Park will become an attractive place for meeting and staying, a welcoming entrance to the city centre.

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Gent Design Museum, Belgium

e-architect

Led by urban development company Sogent in collaboration with Design Museum Gent, Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur, the project aims to sensitively restore the museum’s existing buildings, extend the original masterplan and broaden the museum’s programme of design culture and visitor outreach.

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Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base Expansion Project // Shanghai TIANHUA Urban Planning & Design Co., Ltd.

Architizer

Since Chengdu, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, has been facing a huge conflict between wildlife protection and urban development, Panda Base expansion project needs a sustainable framework that generates win-win for ecology and development. © Shanghai TIANHUA Urban Planning & Design Co.,

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ReefLine Sculpture Park, Miami Beach

e-architect

Led by Shohei Shigematsu, OMA will design the ReefLine’s masterplan as well as a distinct sculpture within it, collaborating with a team of expert marine biologists, researchers, architects and costal engineers. The ReefLine will provide a critical habitat for endangered reef organisms, promoting biodiversity and enhancing coastal resilience.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

Traces of San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, Boston's Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, promoted by a visionary developer, designed by a Harvard Dean of architecture, nearly defeated in a referendum, those are the ingredients that made Baltimore's HarborPlace a model for urban waterfronts around the world nearly half a century ago.

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American Prize for Architecture 2022

e-architect

By developing an app for scanning the facade panels, their path was tracked through every stage of production up to final assembly. John Cerone is a principal at SHoP, where he leads design technology development and dedicated initiatives for model-based delivery and offsite manufacture. Midtown Center (Washington, D.C.