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7 Ways Landscape Architects Broke New Ground in 2022

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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. Innovating Water Management. These exceptional winning landscape projects from the 10 th Annual A+Awards achieve precisely that.

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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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Despite preservation campaigns and protests, the structure’s owners, the Pennsylvania Railroad, embarked on a three-year demolition plan in 1963 and rented out the air rights to the site. While a developer was sought to fund the structure’s restoration, the appeal was unsuccessful. Erected in its place was Madison Square Garden.

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6 Ways Residential Architecture Can Impact Your Health

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The Biophilic Stress Reduction Theory suggests that exposure to natural elements restores mental and physiological balance, with studies supporting the integration of indoor biophilic elements like plants, living walls and natural materials for bringing nature’s benefits indoors.

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American Prize for Architecture 2022

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A philosophy that translates into 360-degree design, considering the site, cultural and economic environment, the client’s physical needs and budget constraints, as well as construction techniques, branding, marketing and post-occupancy issues. Consulate building in Milan. 55 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia by Woods Bagot Pty Ltd.

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ReefLine Sculpture Park, Miami Beach

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The living breakwater is the connective tissue for the overall masterplan and will be punctuated by a series of site-specific installations. Titled Concrete Coral, the site-specific installation will reframe cars and trucks—a symbol of the emissions that endanger our planet—as new vehicles for environmental change.

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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. In order to restore the productivity of both the land and water, it is necessary to increase the wetness of the land by redesigning its capacity for denitrification. A decisive battle in the Revolutionary War was fought here.