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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. Honghu Park Water Purification Station in Shenzhen, China – Building Information Design Team: NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) – [link] Design time: 2017.Nov-2021.Mar

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WXCA wins competition for reconstruction of Saxon Palace

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A few years ago, before the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, the Polish Government restored the priority of the project. According to the competition assumption, the Palace will be rebuilt in its external Neoclassicist form of 1939. The reconstruction project was put off in time because of the global financial crisis.

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7 Ways Landscape Architects Broke New Ground in 2022

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Negotiating the conflict between urban development and wildlife conservation was the central challenge of this landscape project, which involved a sensitive extension to an established giant panda research institution. This transitory space can be closed off to form an outdoor venue for performances and memorial events.

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Gent Design Museum, Belgium

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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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Lost Masterpieces: 6 Iconic Buildings That Met the Wrecking Ball

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While a developer was sought to fund the structure’s restoration, the appeal was unsuccessful. The 1960s heralded a destructive spate of urban development in Brussels, from which the neologism Brusselization was coined. Over time, many of the capsules fell into disrepair and were abandoned.

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ReefLine Sculpture Park, Miami Beach

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BlueLab develops responsive strategies and solutions with a core mission to educate and inspire global environmental action by directing funds raised through philanthropy towards innovative projects (domestic and worldwide) that seek to restore, reinforce, and protect coastal marine ecosystems, rivers, and lakes. About Ximena Caminos.

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The Chesapeake Bay - A Complex Eco-System Explained

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Increasing floods graph (NOAA) Add culture and urban development. Bridging between climate scientists, economists, biologists, hydrologists and cultural anthropologists remains a challenge that the event about which I am reporting took on. A decisive battle in the Revolutionary War was fought here.