Gansevoort Peninsula & Newcastle’s Ridley Place open

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Gansevoort Peninsula – Manhattan’s first-ever public beachfront opens

Gansevoort Peninsula, a 5.5-acre green space, has recently opened as Manhattan’s first-ever public beachfront situated in Hudson River Park. A team led by Field Operations designed the project. Read More

Newcastle’s Ridley Place is completed

Ridley Place is the first street to be completed in Newcastle City Council’s major investment into the city centre’s public realm. Others to follow in this?LDA?Design-led project include Saville Row and Grey Street, one of the UK’s premier city thoroughfares. Read More

Shortlist announced for Griffith Park Precinct design competition

The organisers of the Griffith Park Precinct design competition have selected four teams of landscape architects and architects to move forward to the next stage for designing the precinct located in Bankstown, NSW, Australia. Find out who made the shortlist

Resilient infrastructure in a historical district: Buoyant City Miami Resiliency

The City of Miami Beach has made the decision to adapt and is currently raising streets in response to anticipated sea level rise. However, there are limited precedents for adaptation within any historic district, not to mention historic districts as vital as those within Miami Beach. Read More

Louisiana’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan – a commitment to risk reduction and restoration

Earlier this year, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board approved the fourth iteration of the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan. The plan incorporates the best available scientific and engineering data and community input to prioritize projects for implementation to protect and restore Louisiana’s coast. Read More

Wuxiang 987 High Line Park | Ningbo, China | NUCDRI

Wuxiang 987 High Line Park is located in Ningbo City and is about 987 meters long, and the width of the interior land is about 8-52 meters. It is a rare abandoned railway reconstruction project in Ningbo City. Read More