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Open and Wild Greenway

NATSUKI MORIBA Greenway Landscape Design Saturday, 3 October 2026

Open and Wild

Open and Wild is a public greenway section in Wuhan, China, and forms part of the first phase of the East Lake greenway. The section covers about 310 hectares with Moshan Park at its core. The planning concept, Making the City Quiet, guides a route that leads from the lake to the forest and offers changing spatial experiences. Existing landscape features and roads of Moshan are preserved to retain historical memory. Buildings, lighting, signs, rest facilities and paving are designed in detail. The revetment design protects the water environment and the natural vegetation.

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Willow Shores Demonstration Area

Hangzhou Gescape Design Co., Ltd Demonstration Area Landscape Design Friday, 2 October 2026

Willow Shores

Willow Shores is a landscape design for a demonstration area in Suzhou, China, covering 5000 square meters. The main entrance uses a minimalist approach, with a large canopy and windows in the landscape wall that open the view, while the hall entrance stays hidden behind the wall. Inside, a winding corridor combines traditional half columns with simple decorative grids, hollowed metal curtains and green bamboo. A pool is set within a pond form of southern China. The whole space is divided into five levels to support a sense of returning home.

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Cloud Mansion Landscape

Jiayuan Zhang Landscape Landscape Design Thursday, 1 October 2026

Cloud Mansion

Cloud Mansion is a landscape design for a commercial site of 5,080 square meters in Lishui. The design captures the intuitive qualities of clouds: lightness, cleanliness, floating and transparency. Dislocated feature walls, hollowed feature walls and transparent blocks soften the sense of enclosure at the boundaries. Ultra-white glass, dark gray transparent glass and rainbow glass provide different degrees of permeability. A waterscape with a black marble base reflects the sky. Long gray marble benches offer places to rest.

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Cruise City Demonstration Area

JIALIAN Design Demonstration Area Landscape Design Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Cruise City

Merchants International Cruise City is a permanent landscape design for a demonstration area in Zhanjiang City, China. The landscape area covers 10783 square meters. The design refers to the nearby sea areas and uses waves and boats as recurring themes. Water features and undulating corridors recall mountains and water. The corridors are made of perforated aluminium plates in wave grey, with carved hollow patterns that are lit at night. Visitors move through a valley, a canyon, a shaded forest and a plank road to the waterfront.

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Huafa Zhuofan Center Exhibition Area

GND Jiedi Landscape Design Exhibition Area Landscape Design Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Huafa Zhuofan Center

Huafa Zhuofan Center is the landscape design of a mixed-use complex in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, covering 1024 square meters. The complex holds hotel, retail and office functions. The concept of the crystal spot runs through the space structure, the pavement and the ornaments. Crystal light blocks of varied sizes form a pavilion that also serves as a display space. An art glass wall acts as both barrier and display. A gently flowing creek in the rear courtyard links the building to the landscape. The design was completed in October 2018.

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Hill Mansion Landscape Design

Bing Dong Landscape Design Landscape Design Monday, 28 September 2026

Hill Mansion

Hill Mansion is a landscape design completed in 2021 in Nanjing, China. The site lies close to the waterfront of the Yangtze River, so the surrounding scenery is borrowed as part of the composition. Planting forms an undulating skyline that blends with the natural environment. Red maple trees, well known in the Qixia District, shape the main theme. At the entrance, a curved concrete wall represents wind moving between valleys, forests and water. A central pool at the lowest point of the site collects and purifies rainwater.

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Design Idea of the Day

Design Idea of the DaySpecial CoverageSaturday, 26 September 2026

Innovative Concepts and Creative Ideas.

Every great design starts with a great idea. Everyday, we feature a highly innovative design idea or creative concept that shows original thinking and practical solutions. Explore award-winning concepts, inventive approaches and inspiring visions from designers, artists, architects and innovators worldwide. Visit us everyday to get your daily dose of creative inspiration.

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