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 Credit: Ho-Kyung-Lee BIG + Times Square Alliance + Flatcut + Local Projects and Zumtobel celebrate the Valentine’s Day with an interactive heart installation at Times Square, New York utilizing the flow of people, air and touch to bring the heart to life.  Sun Pavilion A temporary pavilion that applies current and emerging technologies will be built on the grounds of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to coincide with the exhibition Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851–1939, opening April 14. Generator Studio, a Kansas City architecture firm, designed Sun Pavilion in conjunction with Los Angeles-based artist Tm Gratkowski, Brightergy LLC, Prosser Wilbert Construction and structural engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
Learning environments are constantly evolving to stay in stride with the world around us. The factors that influence how and where we choose to educate our future generation are many. With the pace of the world’s technological innovation, and the increasing level of convenience and distraction it provides, there is a realistic concern that people, kids especially, risk losing a tangible connection and respect for the natural world. As a landscape architect, being asked to shape an educational environment, the first responsibility is to create a healthy, safe and inspirational setting. Secondly, it is an opportunity to bring the natural world out of the background, and back into focus in a fun and inspiring way. Continue reading Mubarak Bin Mohammed Cycle One School | Abu Dhabi UAE | Broadway Malyan
Designated as one of the UK Government’s new Enterprise Zones last March, the Airport City project has received a substantial amount of interest and the detailed masterplan created by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) with Urban Strategies Inc., Drivers Jonas Deloitte, and Jones Lang LaSalle, including 5Plus Architects, AECOM, Davis Langdon and Planit. The masterplan sets out the vision to transform Manchester Airport from a transport hub into an international business destination. The weeks round-up of landscape news and views  Dhaka (Image: Flickr User Marufish) Making the city liveable | Shafiqul Alam | The Financial Express Streams of the subconscious | Tamzin Baker | FT Chinese officials commit to sustainable urban development | JACLYN SKURIE | medill on the hill Britain should have a gardening archive | Ambra Edwards | Telegraph (Landscape) Architect and urban planner Lynn Osgood advocates for Austin’s parks | Katherine Craft | Culturemap For more news during the week become a World Landscape Architecture fan on Facebook, Join our LinkedIN group or Follow us on Twitter @wlandscapearch Send us tips to [email protected] or via twitter @wlandscapearch IMAGE Credit: Flickr Marufish |
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