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Shinsun Majestic Mansion Landscape Design

ARTBELL Landscape Design Landscape Design Wednesday, 9 September 2026

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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Vanke Hill City Residential Landscape

GND Design Limited Residential Landscape Landscape Design Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Vanke Hill City

Vanke Hill City is a residential landscape design located at the foot of Yinhu Hill in Shenzhen, China. The low density community covers 32009 square meters and is next to an urban green belt. The landscape links the community with the surrounding city through the themes of ecology, etiquette, circulation and space. Functional modules are combined in a flexible way, so activities can extend from one space into another. Stone replaces PC material in the drainage ditches, which improves drainage. A courtyard style entry deck welcomes residents.

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Heito 1909 Urban Park

David Chen Urban Park Urban Planning Monday, 7 September 2026

Heito 1909

Buildings and lands have been constantly removing and rebuild in this era, every project is a bit of “Tabula Rasa”. Transformation of Heito 1909 is a rare project of adaptive reuse, instead of being obsessed with iconic buildings, everything in the park is designed inside out as the extension of the ruins. The unique design creatively incorporates the ruins and damaged structures into the urban facilities for citizens to experience. Significantly, the park provides a place for people to engage in quality natural environments within a metropolitan city.

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Open and Wild Greenway

NATSUKI MORIBA Greenway Landscape Design Sunday, 6 September 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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Mercury Hotel Garden

Peyman Kiani Falavarjani Hotel Garden Landscape Design Saturday, 5 September 2026

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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Cloud Mansion Landscape

Jiayuan Zhang Landscape Landscape Design Friday, 4 September 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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