Winner of the INDEX: Award 2013, this life-saving “smart” highway can charge electric vehicles on the go. (Inhabitat)
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and BIG architects unveil their new designs for Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6. (Curbed NY)
- Speaking of MVVA, here’s a cool time-lapse of their team setting up a massive site model for ‘A Gathering Place for Tulsa.’ (Youtube)
- ASLA’s Jared Green explains what we should expect from New York’s Queensway Park. (The Dirt)
- In celebration of the upcoming school year, LAF compiles seven LPS Case Study Briefs on school and campus projects. (Landscape Architecture Foundation)
& RELATED
- Talk about hidden depths. Scientists have discovered a massive canyon–twice as long as the Grand Canyon–beneath the Greenland ice sheet. (NPR)
- What if a cocktail could help build the world’s first underground park? (Inhabitat)
- Giving kids bicycles is a low-tech and fun way to effectively reduce drop-out rates in India. (The Atlantic)
The Daily Blend is Breaking Ground on the Latest in Landscape Architecture. Have any good stories you’d like to share? Post them on Land8’s Story Board section!
Published in Blog
