The Buen Retiro Park is one of the largest parks in the heart of Madrid. The park has a rich history: it was once home to the Buen Retiro Palace of Philip IV, of which only two buildings remain. In 2021, the Buen Retiro Park, combined with the Paseo del Prado (boulevard), became part of…
Client: UNESCO Location: Muharraq Architect: Bureau Bas Smets & Office KGDVS “Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy” has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in June 2012, which granted a global recognition to the significance of the site. The site has been inscribed based on a criterion, which is justified as ‘The…
Client: Direction du Patrimoine et de l’Architecture / Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel Location: Paris Architect: VOGT Landscape Architects Contractor: Eurovia Oui oui, Paris! The city of love and, of course, the Eiffel Tower. With close to seven million visitors a year, the Eiffel Tower is one of the most visited attractions in the…
TreeBuilders recently installed 240 m² tree growing facilities on the school yard of Groupe Scolaire in Chaville, a town situated between Versailes and Paris. These growing facilities are equipped with the TreeParker tree bunker system to allow the trees to grow sustainably, healthy and to full maturity for the next 100 years. Because healthy, well-growing…
If you ask a Rotterdam resident about the Binnenwegplein, there’s a high chance they’ll start talking about the Donner-plane tree. This iconic plane tree (Platanus x hispanica) from 1947 still stands proudly in the cityscape in the central area of Rotterdam. A lot of construction and renovation is happening in the center of Rotterdam to…