The five most read Landscape Architecture posts of 2015

2015 is coming to a close and I wish you a great 2016 and look forward to receiving more projects from around the world. I thought it would be good to share the five most read posts from World Landscape Architecture this year.

1. Sasaki Associates designs Shanghai’s largest park

Zhangjiabang is the first of Shanghai’s eight planned “green wedges”, and will become the city’s largest public park.

2. Baan San Ngam | Hua Hin, Thailand | Shma

“Baan San Ngam”, a low rise beach front condominium is situated in the Prachuabkirikhan province of Thailand. Located away from the typical tourist area, the site is surrounded by mangroves and grove wood forest with the backdrop of mountainous terrain in the distant.

3. DA-IICT. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology | Amitabh Teaotia Designs

(DA-IICT), is a technological university located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is named after the Gujarati entrepreneur and founder of the Reliance group – Dhirubhai Ambani – and run by the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation. The design was lead by Amitabh Teaotia Designs and the construction and ongoing maintenance was completed by their sister company Sanwaliya Seth Gardens Pvt. Ltd. (SSGPL).

4. Small and Great Ends by White Arkitekter

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The winning scheme, ”Small Means and Great Ends”, proposes a series of interconnected small-scale interventions with multiple functions that together form a resilient network designed for extreme environmental conditions.

5. Warner Swasey Urban Wilderness Area

The Warner Swasey Wilderness Area, a vacated rail line situated between two significant zones of high density in Cleveland, Ohio; the downtown area, and the Cleveland Clinic campus. The spine is marked by vacant land and structures left in ruin. The relics are the consequences of shifts in production since the industrial revolution, and changes in the economic climate.

Images and Text Credits – as noted in each post

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