With heightened awareness about climate change and its impacts, many countries want to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. To reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, the state has invested heavily in replacing polluting natural gas production with cleaner solar power and encouraging more electric vehicles to replace petroleum-powered cars. With the rise in electric car sales, increased vehicle gas efficiency, and a 42% decrease in U.S. oil imports since 2005, it becomes increasingly clear that several parts of our 20th century oil infrastructure ..read more

At the heart of the Collège de Maisonneuve lies a unique and hidden gem: a large sunken garden under a glass roof that provides lush greenery and an incomparable living area. However, the space needed an upgrade to magnify all that the garden has to offer. The garden was first established in 1972 during the expansion of the building and the creation of a courtyard in the Brutalist style between the two pavilions. The installation of a glass roof turned this five-story courtyard into a greenhouse that can be accessed throughout the year, regardless of the weather. As time passed, the garden h ..read more

The City of London Corporation has revealed new images showing how Finsbury Circus Gardens will look in the future. The project team includes the City of London Corporation, Realm, Studio Weave, Architecture 00, and maylim. It comes as a project to transform the Grade II listed site, which is London’s oldest public park, gets underway. The finished scheme at Finsbury Circus Gardens, which is due to complete later this year, will see improved seating, pathways, and new areas of planting around the central lawn, introducing a wide range of species and habitats for birds, bees, and bats. Finsbur ..read more

Pamela Conrad, ASLA, at COP28 / Kotchakorn Voraakhom, International ASLA ASLA has announced Pamela Conrad, founder of Climate Positive Design, as the inaugural Biodiversity and Climate Action Fellow. Conrad will research landscape architecture strategies that are most effective in addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis, with a specific focus on underserved communities in the U.S.A. and worldwide. “With Pamela’s expertise, we will be able to provide more in depth guidance and examples of successful nature-based solutions designed by landscape architects around the globe,” said Torey Car ..read more

With nine design studios worldwide, chances are you’ve encountered our work. We specialise in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban design. Our diverse, multi-disciplinary team brings together a wealth of skills and perspectives that unlock the economic, social, and cultural potential of projects. Across our studios we connect insight and creativity, creating a better future by designing the world’s best places – places people love, is what drives us. Learn more about Hassell | Our Public Spaces projects and people. Public realm, urban landscape + more. About the ro ..read more

As part of World Landscape Architecture Month, we are celebrating landscape architecture and profiling landscape architects from around the world. We recently had the opportunity to hear from Michelle Zhu, a Principal at Hassell in China. Michelle Zhu Michelle is a Shanghai-based landscape architect who has over 15 years of landscape architecture experiences on many significant public realm and city-shaping projects across China. She brings deep market insights and combines Eastern and Western culture on a wide range of projects, from gardens and private courtyards to large-scale urban public ..read more

Authors: Charles Ware, Yi Zhu “Music Island” Under Construction A Virtuous Setting Situated near the confluence of the Xicheng Canal and the Yangtze River, Beimen Island stands as the vibrant heart of Jiangyin, poised amidst a dynamic landscape. It thrives on its interconnectedness, forging links with the bustling Binjiang Business District to the north, an enchanting historic quarter to the east, and expansive residential areas to the west. As the sole true island within the city, it derives its vitality from its pivotal location along a major urban development axis stretching from east to we ..read more

Photo courtesy Parkway Council Open Call for Art on the Parkway, co-organized by the Association for Public Art (aPA) and the Parkway Council, in partnership with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR), invites artists, designers, and other creatives to propose a temporary public art installation in Maja Park on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway as part of the annual summer Oval festival. Proposals are asked to explore the ways in which art can help create and define a sense of place. This competition invites proposals that both celebrate the Parkway’s historic built environment ..read more

New from Landscape Forms and renowned London-based design studio Industrial Facility, Plains & Pods™ are integrated systems of seating, surfaces and planters designed to bring depth and individuality to public outdoor space. As two sibling products, Plains & Pods are designed to work elegantly both together and independently, and are unified in the way they use minimalist, non-prescriptive design to prioritize flexibility, adaptability, and user autonomy. “Much like a blank piece of paper or a very simple rectangular table, when you see Plains & Pods, what you’re seeing is potent ..read more

Plains & Pods™ Plains & Pods™ are bringing a new level of depth to the design of the public square. Two sibling products created in collaboration between Landscape Forms and London-based design studio Industrial Facility, Plains & Pods embrace the potential of non-prescriptive design to elevate, humanize and personalize public outdoor space. Designed to either work independently or together in concert, Plains & Pods are united around the concept of layering—both in the physical sense and in the experiential sense—to create well-rounded, multi-dimensional settings that prioriti ..read more