Parks and gardens
New York gives thumbs up to subterreanean Lowline park
West 8 creates artificial hills on New York’s Governors Island
Penda combines stepwells with water mazes for Indian garden design
Heatherwick’s Pier 55 to begin construction over New York’s Hudson River
OMA unveils “new type of park space” for Los Angeles’ FAB Civic Center competition
TAKA slots tearooms and toilets beneath brick arches in Dublin’s St Patrick’s Park
Peter Zumthor’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 was a space of “solitude and calm”
The Hills by West 8 opening summer 2016 on New York’s Governors Island
Perkins Eastman proposes turning New York’s Broadway into one long park
Terraces of plants in Yanweizhou Park “control floods in an ecological way”
MVRDV unveils plans for sunken lagoon park in Taiwan
Bell Phillips converts Victorian gas holder into circular park for King’s Cross
Renzo Piano completes Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on a huge artificial hill
OMA’s team wins FAB Park competition for Downtown LA
Domed greenhouses form heart of botanic garden design by Delugan Meissl
Four competing designs unveiled for Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles
Carlo Ratti designs mile-high observation tower with a park on top
West 8 plans botanical garden for Houston featuring an arching tree bridge
Singapore’s answer to the High Line could stretch across the entire island
Four finalists announced for revamp of Pershing Square in downtown LA
Portable “parklet” by WMB Studio adds greenery to London’s streets
Plans unveiled for Toronto park that will stretch under a highway
World Landscape of the Year 2015 prize goes to Chinese wetlands park by Turenscape