Best Designs

Best Designs

Best Designs featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Zhonghai Tianyu Garden

Zhonghai Tianyu Garden is a residential landscape in the Hunnan District of Shenyang, China. The garden is arranged as a series of outdoor rooms that serve as gathering spaces for residents. Straight lines define an entrance gallery and a quiet central courtyard. Screen walls, water features and ballet inspired sculptures connect interior and exterior areas. A shallow reflecting pool can be drained in winter to reveal granite paving for further activity. Local trees such as Chinese ash, Siberian apricot, ginkgo and maple suit the cold climate.

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Shinsun Majestic Mansion

Shinsun Majestic Mansion is a residential landscape design located in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. The project covers an area of 3,197 square meters. The design aims to build a living space that supports varied activities and social contact. Natural, ecological and cultural elements are combined in a modern and simple style. A matte glass scenery wall at the entrance expands the sense of spatial scale. Matte glass and glass bricks shape shifting light and shadow. Contrasting materials and black, white and gray tones give the gardens a calm and refined character.

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Surfland

Surfland is a resort and surf park located in Garopaba, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The main attraction is an artificial wave pool that allows surfing throughout the year, for beginners and experienced surfers alike. The site covers 400,000 square meters, of which 233,000 square meters are kept as an environmental preservation area. Buildings occupy only open ground, so existing vegetation is not cut. Natural stone, wood, concrete, steel, sand and native plants are used. The landscape follows the fluid forms of water.

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Mercury

Mercury is a hotel garden designed for the entrance area of a hotel on the coral coast of Kish Island, beside the Persian Gulf. The garden covers 1200 square meters. The forms are taken from the underwater world, in particular the corals and fish seen along the coast. Different lighting is applied on each side and angle to create contrast. At night, the illuminated coral garden recalls the bioluminescent coastal creatures of the Persian Gulf. The aim is to bring a sense of sea calm into the space of the hotel.

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Shimao Bright Xihu

Shimao Bright Xihu is a landscape design located in Pingtan county, Fujian, China. The project covers 56849 square meters in the local central business district. The layout follows a central axis, integrating traditional gate court etiquette and courtyard culture into the spatial sequence. Coherent circulation routes enrich the site experience and improve connectivity. Materials include imitation stone boards, imitation stone tiles, metal decorative strips and stone, unified with the marble and metal of the architecture. Song Dynasty aesthetics inspired the concise modern form.

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Pan'an Wetland

Pan'an Wetland is a wetland park created on a former coal mining subsidence area in Xuzhou, China. The design restores the damaged land instead of replacing it. Soil is rebuilt through methods such as stripping the cultivated layer and layered backfilling to recover fertility. Two rivers are linked to form a circulating water system that feeds the wetland and helps purify urban water. Native trees, shrubs and grasses support biodiversity. A zigzag plank road and a bird watching platform let visitors observe the water and land habitats.

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