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7 Ways Landscape Architects Broke New Ground in 2022

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The relationship between built and organic landscapes can sometimes be a fraught one. Too often, urbanization is undertaken at the expense of the natural environment rather than in support of it. These exceptional winning landscape projects from the 10 th Annual A+Awards achieve precisely that. Merging Old and New Landscapes.

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Dubai Mangroves by URB

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This initiative aims to integrate ecological preservation with urban development, enhancing Dubai’s coastline with a vision of planting more than 100 million mangrove trees over 72 kilometers. The project is spearheaded by URB, the same masterminds of the Dubai Reefs Project and The Loop in Dubai.

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Living Breakwaters coastal defence system wins Obel Award 2023

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Landscape studio Scape has won the Obel Award for 2023 for its "visionary" coastal defence system in New York City that will grow in efficiency as oysters inhabit it. American landscape architect Martha Schwartz , who served as chair of this year's Obel Award jury, hailed Living Breakwaters as "visionary".

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The Future of Architecture: BioDiverCities and Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

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Imagine a city where vibrant green spaces and natural solutions not only enhance our urban landscapes but also boost our well-being, creating healthier and happier urban environments. Architects and landscape architects are instrumental in the practical implementation of NbS in urban environments.

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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. It represents the important attempt of NODE in infrastructure publicization projects over the years in terms of interdisciplinary design practice of water purification and landscape architecture.

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Ten architecture projects by students at the University of Toronto

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By slowing down in urgent times, this project arrives at waste landscapes through a grammar of thinking otherwise and noticing plastics as landscape agents." Students: Matt Arnot and Fion Kong Course: Masters of Landscape Architecture Tutors: Elise Shelley, Terrance Radford and Agata Mrozowski Emails: matt.arnott[at]mail.utoronto.ca

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

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Shanghai TIANHUA Urban Planning & Design Co., 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.

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