Rainwater retention on the Kronsberg in Hanover
Rainwater is stored temporarily in the sloping avenue open spaces and then runs down to the bottom of the slope in a little stream. We heard a great …
Think global, act local
Water is neither inexhaustible nor invulnerable. But the intensity with which it is used today tends to ignore these facts, as we increasingly exploit and pollute this gift of nature …
Festival des Jardins, Chaumont-sur-Loire
Glass droplets - water droplets. Movement and stillness sparkle together in light. The garden festival at Chaumont is known well beyond the boundaries of France. The daring innovation …
Housing estate Arkadien Asperg near Stuttgart
recycled for irrigation, toilet flushing and washing machines. Other stormwater run-off is collected in surface drainage details which contour roads and sidewalks. The planted dry stone walls, use of …
Sonnenhausen estate in Glonn
The magnificent historical Sonnenhausen estate was given a water garden for rainwater management and to purify waste water. It is part of the little park. There are all …
Conversion of Fornebu Airport, Oslo
Generally, when one thinks of Norway, an image of endless natural beauty and intrinsic healthiness comes to mind. And this is mostly the case in a country of natural …
Rainwater for the bears in Zurich zoo
16.00 The first zoo was established 4,000 years ago at the imperial court in China with a few exotic animals, followed 2,300 years ago by Alexandria and 420 …
Solar City Linz
In the green belt between Solar City and the new bathing lake, sculpted hills were built from excess excavation material from the housing construction. about demands and intentions: …
New Park Concept for Queens Botanical Garden, New York
Wind — and water-wheel in Owingen
Water from the roof flows through a channel to a wind - and water-wheel, where it sets the wheels in motion. The fact that rain is necessary but …
The climate in the Nuremberg Prisma
The whole roof area of the complex feeds directly into a water cistern. The glass building creates a pleasant atmosphere within the city centre. Waterwalls and luxuriant vegetation …
Water is universal
to gravity. And this actually does occur at first. But after a very short time the thread of water changes its course: it starts to swing rhythmically to the right …
Open space for a residential development in Ittigen, Berne
Revolutionary concepts for housing estates are a thing of the past. Outstanding examples of co-operative housing estate design, in which architecture and the planning of open space complemented each other …
Integrated water design for ING Bank, Amsterdam
One can compare the flow of money to the flow of a river. The Dutch bank ING commissioned Foster and Partners to design their new administration building, named Vivaldi, …
The new town square in Gummersbac
Gummersbach is the chief town of its district, Oberberg, which it runs with creditable efficiency: the economy flourishes. The prosperity of this town of 50,000 inhabitants 50 kilometres east …
Watercourse at Herne-Sodingen Academy
The Emscher Park International Building Exhibition was held between 1989 and 1999, in an area bounded by Kamen in the east and Duisburg in the west, Recklinghausen in the …
Water features in an hotel foyer near Neuchatel
Spring water from the hillside trickles over a block of natural stone. It seeps through planted pools before flowing into the hotel foyer. Water is scarce in karstic …
Town hall square, Hattersheim
basins. Herbert Dreiseitl had the basins cut to the millimetre from granite blocks, after developing and testing the movement of the water in his studio in clay and plaster …
Tanner Springs Park, Portland
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Water in landscape
Water is not just a vital element in our lives, it can also be experienced in a whole variety of ways. It creates different kinds of atmosphere and moods that …
New Waterscapes
'Take thought, when you are speaking of water, that you first recount your experiences, and only afterwards your reflections.' This piece of advice comes from no less a source than …
