Tag Landscaping

28-03-2012

A “salon in the forest”: Eco-Tourism centre in Fontainebleau

INCA (Innovation, Création & Architecture) of France came up with this plan for a visitor centre in Fontainebleau forest in the Seine et Marne department just outside Paris.

23-03-2012

Urban space regained: “Das Netz” in Berlin, NL Architects

Landscaping not only to revitalise a place in the city but to make better, more sustainable use of spaces for the benefit of the communityA vacant area in Berlin’s Alt Köpenick district offered an opportunity to stitch up the wounds created by urban development in the 70s, when the discipline was strongly affected by West Berlin’s unusual position as an “island” in what was then East Germany.

07-03-2012

A sustainable building that has proven its worth over the years

The “Gründerzentrum” in Hamm, Germany, a centre for small and medium-sized enterprises designed by HHS Planer + Architekten AG of Germany, has been around for 15 years, demonstrating the dependability of sustainable construction solutions

29-02-2012

Hamburg’s HafenCity Schule by Spengler & Wiescholek is an important social facility certified under GOLD HafenCity energy standards

The HafenCity project in Hamburg includes a sustainable elementary school offering full-time education in an exemplary setting

27-02-2012

“Like a Rock”: Landscaping and architecture

In Hauzenberg, in the Bavarian Forest near the Czech-German border, Brückner & Brückner have created an architectural landmark that blends in with its natural surroundingsBrückner & Brückner’s “Wie ein Fels” (Like a Rock) project is the product of a competition announced in 2001 for construction of a museum centre that would also serve as a centre for culturally re-launching the region and its tradition of working granite, thousands of years old.

12-12-2011

Landscaping: making land enjoyable

The term Landscaping, or landscape architecture, brings to mind English-style historic parks and gardens and, why not, one’s own back garden.