Designed by the Dutch urban design & landscape architecture firm West 8, Miami Beach SoundScape is a new 3-acre urban park in the cultural and civic heart of downtown Miami Beach. 

German artist and landscape architect Herbert Dreiseitl, who specializes in incorporating themes of water into his designs, is the recipient of the 2011 Urban Edge Award given by the School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).…

James Corner Field Operations Wins Prestigious Urban Design Competition for a Major New City in Qianhai, Shenzhen, China James Corner Field Operations was awarded First Prize in the International Competition for the Planning of the Qianhai…

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the winners of the 2010 Professional Awards, representing the best in landscape architecture around the world in the categories of general design, residential design, analysis and planning, research and communication. The jury considered 618 entries – the largest number in…

The Building Stone Institute announced yesterday that the prestigious Tucker Design Award was awarded to the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The award-winning Courtyard was designed by landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, within an architectural…

A team led by planning, design and engineering firm AECOM has won an international competition for a concept design and feasibility study for Seoul Grand Park in Korea. The winning entry, Gaia: The Living World, envisions an integrated entertainment and educational experience that revitalizes the urban realm and…

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the winners of the 2009 Student Awards. Representing the top student honors in the profession, ASLA presented the awards to team representatives for 21 projects in seven categories from colleges and universities around the world. Landscape Structures has sponsored registration for…

The ‘Growing Up Competition’ was recently held and run by the Committee for Melbourne ‘Future Focus Group’. The competition called for a design for a roof top garden for one of 3 buildings in the Melbourne CBD. The competition was open to all registered Architects,…

London-based Studio Weave, in collaboration with MESH Partnership landscape architects, have recently won the competition for a public space in Blackburn town center as part of the International Landscape Competition, Pennine Lancashire Squared. Studio Weave’s entry was…

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the winners of its 2009 Professional Awards. The jury considered nearly 600 entries—the largest number in ASLA history—from around the world and selected 49 projects for recognition in general design, residential design, analysis and…