Henry Monnington's Landscape Blog

 Filed Operations create public spaces with a people centred approach that integrate soft ecological systems Into the public realm. They have several famous projects such as the High Line, NY or the Nay Yard Central Green , Pennsylvania. The majority of their projects are US based but they design spaces globally. Personally, I really like their design approach as well as the materiality choices in a lot of their projects. Their people centred approach with an appreciation for local culture and ecology align with my design ambitions. 

 Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl focus on creating liveable cities through designing a vibrant public realm that also focuses on nature-based solutions. They create a vibrant public realm that focuses on community, nature, learning, pleasure, health and wellbeing. They have studios across the world and used blue-green solutions to design water management into the surrounding area.  Constructed in 2012, the Tianjin Cultural Park is built on an area with a high water table. The park sits between the city's opera house and the city hall with the outdoor space creating dynamic pedestrian routes. The large lake doubles as a key feature creating views from the opera house as well as a balancing pond that can handle storms and reduces temperatures. 

 Hargreaves Jones have been landscape architecture and landscape planning projects since 1983. They have offices in New York, Cambridge and San Fransisco. They create large scale landscapes across the world, mostly in the USA, which are often urban spaces and large areas on the waterfront. They 'approach each project as an opportunity to reveal the unique qualities of a place.' Therefore each design takes a different unique direction beside on the area. The Louisville Waterfront Park is a large scale project built on the waterfront in Louisville, Kentucky. The site was formerly used for transportation and industry and has now been transformed into a social space that has boosted the areas profile and economy. It is well integrated with the river system and has "recaptured the energy of the early 19th century working waterfront."