Landscaping
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about landscaping
Project • By Now and Zen Landscapes • Residential Landscape
Cool Climate Landscape Design in Wentworth Falls
Set within the dramatic cool-climate environment of the Blue Mountains, this landscape design project was designed to create a seamless transition between a contemporary mid-century inspired home and the surrounding native bushland. The clients envisioned a garden that felt intrinsically connected to the landscape—where curated plantings met the wild edges of the adjoining bush and where native species blended effortlessly into the designed spaces.
An Evolving, Site-Responsive Design
From the outset, the clients chose to live in the home for several years before committing to a full design, allowing the garden to evolve organically. This collaborative, long-term approach proved invaluable. Observing the site through multiple seasons... More
Project • By Now and Zen Landscapes • Residential Landscape
Blackheath Landscape Design
When the client moved into this overgrown and neglected property in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, their vision was clear: create a striking garden with strong street presence, improved light, and functional off-street parking. The site offered great potential but required substantial rethinking to open the landscape, invite sunlight into the front yard, and enhance access throughout the steeply sloped block.
Terry Burns
A Design Shaped by Elevation and Movement
The natural elevation of the home meant steps would be a defining feature of the landscape design. Instead of disguising the grade change, the design embraces it—celebrating movement through a series of landings, small sitting areas, and gentle directional shifts tha... More
Project • By Hana Eto Gall Landscape • Residential Landscape
Pupunha House
Set on the highest point of a residential community in Manaus, Brazil, and bordering a permanent conservation area, Pupunha House features a landscape design by Hana Eto Gall Landscape that was conceived as a direct dialogue with the Amazon rainforest.
The guiding principle was to turn the garden into the true protagonist, softening the boundaries between natural vegetation and built form. The residence itself was designed by Laurent Troost Architectures, with interiors by Chris Coimbra.
Joana França
Arrival is framed as a sensorial experience: visitors follow a path immersed in tropical vegetation, where large foliage, natural shade, and rich textures create a fresh, humid microclimate. This immersion continues inside the res... More
Project • By archi5 • Urban Green Spaces
L'illustration
The project takes place in the building of the former printing house of the newspaper l’Illustration, an iconic witness of the industrial architecture and modernity of the 30’s through its characteristic tower, its linear volumetry punctuated by the two interior courtyards and its red brick facades. The University Sorbonne Paris Nord already occupies the Illustration after several phases of partial rehabilitation carried out over two decades.
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This last phase gives back to the south facade its monumental and urban character through a total rehabilitation which opens the building towards the semi-circular square of the rue Balzac and the city. The project is consistent with the previous phases while res... More
Project • By Hana Eto Gall Landscape • Commercial Landscape
Galpão Tropical
Located in the historic center of Manaus (AM), the 50m² garden was created for the headquarters of Muiraquitã Arqueologia, connecting a technical area with a lounge space. The design is based on a fresh interpretation of the local industrial typology, aiming to build a landscape that protects, expands, and connects.
Joana França
The volume of the project was developed in harmony with the architecture. Metal portals with three-dimensional trellises were designed to support climbing plants like Blue Thunbergia (Thunbergia grandiflora) and Passionflower (Passiflora sp). These plants naturally cling to the structure, creating vertical green walls that provide shade and privacy for the interiors.
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Project • By CREATON Architectural Studio • Residential Landscape
Samsara Park
Samsara Park is a contemporary boutique residential complex, composed of 15 row houses, each with a private garden and garage. Located on the southern edge of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the project offers a unique living environment that blends the advantages of urban life with the calm and connection of nature.
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With uninterrupted views toward the Rhodope Mountains, Samsara Park enjoys all the benefits of urban infrastructure while being surrounded by greenery, far from the noise and pollution of the city’s main boulevards. The architectural concept emphasizes a strong sense of individuality. Although the homes are situated close together, their facades, window placements, and materials are carefully designed to ensure visual pr... More
Project • By 501 Durán Aquitectos • Private Houses
Casa Estudio Díaz D´abbadie
A space where family life and creative expression are harmoniously intertwined, resolving everything necessary for a family to find the ideal environments for professional development and home dynamics. The architectural design allows for the ideal result to be achieved by emphasizing materiality, as well as the relationship between interior and exterior.
Jorge Succar
Jorge Succar
The requirements expressed by renowned guitarist Eduardo Díaz, his wife and daughters are translated into the design of this music studio made up of architectural volumes that merge through slender steel elements, stone masses and wooden details. The layout of the garden complements the palette of materials, offering multifaceted scenarios surrou... More
Project • By XBD Collective • Estates
AlThuraya Island
In a world where serene island living merges seamlessly with architectural finesse, AlThuraya Island stands out as a bastion of tranquillity and design sophistication. Entrusted to the visionary minds at XBD Collective, known for their award-winning endeavours in design and architecture, the island undergoes a transformation that redefines the essence of luxurious living spaces. This development is brought to life by AJMAL MAKAN Real Estate Development, aiming to infuse AJMAL MAKAN City – Sharjah Waterfront with unparalleled elegance and community spirit.
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Harmony Between Nature and Design
Situated effortlessly within a stone's throw from Dubai, AlThuraya Island offers an idyllic retreat. Its blueprint, a testament to s... More
News • News • 7 Mar 2024
Consequence forma architects revitalizes a run-down city park in Brno
Czech architectural studio Consequence forma architects has revitalized the Moravian Square Park in Brno, the capital of Moravia in the eastern Czech Republic. A key part of the project includes a blue-green infrastructure.
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Located in Brno’s historic center, the run-down Moravian Square had been in a state of neglect for a number of years — its spatial arrangement was particularly impractical and did not encourage use of the park. The revitalization project was commissioned by the Office of the Municipal District of Brno-střed (a district in the center of Brno). The project brief placed an emphasis on creating a park as a recreational and leisure facility for the city. Landscape architect Klára Zahr... More
Project • By GRID architects and GRID interiors • Apartments
Belvedere Gardens
Belvedere Gardens is a mixed-use development located in Waterloo that provides 98 apartments within two towers. Developed by Braeburn Estates, a joint venture between Canary Wharf Group plc and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, Belvedere Gardens is the third building to be launched within the Southbank Place masterplan. Ground floor retail units and a considered landscaping strategy help to increase variety and activity within the immediate urban area, with vibrant, public-facing active frontages.
The two towers step up from 11 storeys to 21 storeys in height, addressing the existing urban forms and strengthening overall visual coherence across the wider masterplan which extends to 5.25ha. During the early stages of... More
Project • By GRID architects and GRID interiors • Residential Landscape
Snow Hill Wharf
This development has regenerated an under-utilised, contaminated brownfield site, and brings life to the city’s ‘inner ring’ of former employment land. Once the centre of the world’s gun manufacturing industry, Birmingham’s Gun Quarter was identified as an area of opportunity following its 20th Century decline, when a large part was demolished by post-war town planners. The key site issues were the detached location from the city centre, a lack of public spaces, poor quality walking routes, and industrial warehouses with no active frontages. The canal shortcomings included poor lighting, towpath access, and buildings which turn their backs on the watercourse. The site is located opposite St Chads, the cit... More
Project • By DENIZEN WORKS • Housing
HADDO YARD
Denizen Works have completed their first housing scheme, Haddo Yard, a new-build block of seven contemporary apartments for developer Arrant Land.
The project, on the site of a former bungalow, is located in Whitstable, Kent and takes it’s name from Oliver Haddo, a character in former resident Somerset Maugham’s novel, ‘The Magician’. Haddo Yard forms part of a series of projects initiated by Arrant Land that seek to explore how a town with a distinct visual identity can be enhanced by adventurous but contextual contemporary design.
David Barbour
Having secured planning permission for the scheme, Arrant Land approached Denizen Works to develop the detailed design. An initial design review exercise... More
Project • By IND • Masterplans
Masterplan Samara-Arena
The essence of the masterplan for the Samara-Arena territories development is a new format of life that the residents of the megapolis are dreaming about— this is the format of a 20-minute city, in which in 20 minutes citizens can get to all city services and realize any of their needs — work, home, sports, outdoor activities, quiet time alone or with a family. We do not just develop territories, we create space for human well-being — such environment helps to live in balance and combine different spheres of life, and creates an alternative to megacities.
The masterplan offers a whole range of development opportunities — we create new centers of economic activity that can be implemented at different times. Short-ter... More
Project • By Meyer & Associates Architects, Urban Designers • Rural
Botha's Halte Primary School
The project entailed the development of a new Primary School, replacing the dilapidated Botha’s Halte farm school, in the Breede River Valley, for the Bosjes Trust. Although a privately sponsored project, the school is operated by the Western Cape Education Department. The new buildings provide a state-of-the-art facility for 250 rural primary school learners from a predominantly farm worker community. The buildings have been designed around sustainability principles, while respecting the cultural heritage of the area. A didactic design approach was followed, whereby these aspects are demonstrated throughout the complex as part of the teaching and educational processes.
The “Anna Zaal” (circa 1927), the first scho... More
Project • By ECL CIVIL ENGINEERING • Residential Landscape
The Cambourne West Infrastructure Project
The Cambourne West Project purports to offer approximately 155 acres of public open space, including a number of specialist sports pitches.
Up to 2,350 residential & retail units, offices, community and leisure facilities, as well as three schools. With an infrastructure to support sustainable transport methods.
ECL has delivered civil engineering services for Phase 1 to include; Bulk Excavation, Enabling Works, Highways and Infrastructure and Landscaping.
Project Benefits
Delivering new homes, including affordable homes, as allocated in the District Council’s Local Plan and reinforced by the outline planning consent for Cambourne West.
The development provides for significant amounts of high-quality green space... More