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Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden

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Above: Leah Botanical Garden is in Portland, Oregon In 2015, Land Morphology – a Seattle-based landscape architecture practice – embarked on developing a strategic master plan for the botanical garden, established nearly a century ago by a local couple, John and Lilla Leach, who once lived on the property. hectares) and is open to the public.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

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Wilbert Davies, who later became a notable California-based landscape architect, was retained by the Leach family to develop landscaping plans. John, a pharmacist, and Lilla, an accomplished botanist, devoted their energies to cultivating a private garden that showcased their fascination with plants.

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Hybrid Stadium, Hangzhou, China

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‘We designed the Hybrid Stadium as both an icon for the games and an active participant in Hangzhou’s urban landscape that would generate new activities and uses once the games end,’ says Winka Dubbeldam, Founding Partner of Archi-Tectonics.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The friend, a landscape architect, said her office had vied for the project during a 2014 competitive solicitation, but, obviously, didn’t get it. For the grounds, they had designs made but not completely built by Wilbert Davies, who went on to become a landscape architect of note in California. PROJECT CREDITS.

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Time to Abandon the Scorched Earth Approach in Subdivision Development

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The urban planning tabula rasa approach has long been abandoned in favor of infill, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse and the preservation of historic structures and patterns that give cities their charm. English landscape Mousehold Heath in 1810. But tabula rasa is the modus operandi in suburban development.

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Going Solar: The Rays That Pay

Community Architect

Going solar for buildings is not only as effective as improving transportation (another 40%), the two can be linked with solar as the power source for electric vehicles. You could turn nearly every surface of a building or landscape into a solar array and generate power right where you use it without even knowing that it’s there.”

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Aviva Studios in Manchester to Open on 18th October 2023

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A technical grid on the Warehouse ceiling permits any type of use, from concert to exhibition. A 33-metre-long bar is split in two by the ‘mega pig’ which is a key part of the building’s structural engineering, holding up the proscenium arch above. When SIM is open people can seamlessly move between the spaces.

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