West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture

Last Tuesday, the 24th of April, Karsten Buchholz spoke das Städtebauliches Kolloquim (colloquium on urban design) at the Technical University of Dortmund, on behalf of West 8.

West 8 has won International Competition for Master Plan of Yongsan Park, Korea. On the 23 April, the organizer of the competition, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced the exciting news.

Between the 20th of April and the 12th of August, the public can engage in the 5th International Architecture Biënnale Rotterdam. During the IABR, West 8 will showcase their subjective understanding and valuation of the Dutch Metropolis in a mountainous landscape.

Tianguis, Mexico's main tourist fair, is to showcase El Malecón between the 25th and 28th of March.

The 21st of March, the National Tree Planting Day took place. Strijp S, one of West 8's projects, also took part.

West 8 is set to participate in the upcoming 5th International Architectural Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), showing the distinctive landscape of the Dutch Metropolis.

26th Feb 2012, the first pergolas panels were placed in the Máximapark. This marks the start of the first phase of construction of a 900 meter pergola structure, which will form an open and transparent barrier surrounding the Binnenhof. Eventually, the park pergola will be 3.5 km in total.

West 8, represented by Jamie Larson, has handed the complete CD disks of the final design of the first phase to The Trust for Governors Island, on 14 Feb 2012.

The paintings of the old Masters have been brought back to life. As soon as water freezes over in Holland, the Dutch go into a frenzy. They will use every opportunity to enjoy the ice. Here in Vathorst, a project by West 8, people are obviously enjoying the winter weather.

West 8 to speak at “Wohnen Morgen”, or "Living Tomorrow" in Austria, a lecture series on the future of living by aut. Architektur und Tirol, a regional house for architecture in Innsbruck.

Adriaan Geuze has received his Lifetime Achievement Award for Architecture during a festive programe on 2nd Feb, organised by The Mondriaan Fund (previousluy named the fund of the BKVB) at Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam.