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Turenscape's 'floating forest' reshapes a former wasteland into a multifunctional urban landscape

Archinect

Beijing-based landscape architecture firm Turenscape has completed the transformation of a former 126-acre dumping ground into a “dreamlike floating forest” in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang.

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z’scape restores hotel site in china with amphitheater + lush, native garden

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the low-maintenance and minimally invasive design celebrates nature's effortless and rhythmic cycles. The post z’scape restores hotel site in china with amphitheater + lush, native garden appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx restore 1960s home in Belgium

Deezen

It comprises a brick and glass pavilion and a concrete blockwork garage, which step down its gently sloping site. The house was originally a cabin fully glazed and nested in nature," Mamout founder Sébastien Dachy told Dezeen. "The Here, the original brick walls have been painted white and the wooden ceiling restored.

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Snøhetta to restore and renovate Lille's 19th-century Natural History Museum

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Architecture studio Snøhetta has announced its plans to restore and modernise The Natural History Museum of Lille by adding a public-oriented extension that references the city's traditional architecture. Snøhetta will restore and extend The Natural History Museum of Lille. Landscape architect: Taktyk. ?Building

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Natural Architecture: 7 Landmark Builds Making Landscape the Star Attraction

Architizer

Biodiversity, net zero and ‘nature-positivity’ increasingly direct conversations around the built environment. With that in mind, it seems only fair to look away from bold urban redevelopment schemes with their downtown sky gardens and instead pay tribute to architectural gems that opt to spotlight Mother Nature herself.

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Fairhaven Bay Renovation by Murdough Design

Archinect

Additionally, the design addresses the existing house's missed opportunities to take full advantage of the site's natural beauty – namely refining the entry approach from the forested driveway on the east and opening the house to views westward of an expansive rolling meadow and of the Sudbury River.

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Field Operations converts restored Staten Island landfill into wetland park

Deezen

Local landscape studio Field Operations has opened a swath of land in Staten Island 's Freshkills Park, which was once home to the world's largest landfill. It is the first phase of North Park, a 240-acre (97-hectare) site located in the northern part of Freshkills Park. said the team.