Urban Star (Europe, North America)
Philips and West 8 introduce a new standard in urban lighting. This is where engineering and design meet in sustainability. The organic shape serves both an asymmetrical and symmetrical silhouette when...
View ArticleLe mille pietre (Terni, Italy)
The facial image of St. Francis of Assisi's "emerges" on the ground of Piazza San Francesco, one of Terni mains squares, as part of this year’s Festarch event in Italy.The festival organized by Abitare...
View ArticleVictoria & Albert Museum, Exhibition Road (London, England)
Victoria & Albert Museum is a the world’s leading museum of art and design, whose key strategic objectives are explicitly to provide optimum access to diverse audiences, now and in the future; to...
View ArticleTulsa Riverfront (Tulsa, United States of America)
George Kaiser Family Foundation's mission to break the cycle of poverty through investments in early childhood education, community health, social servicesand civic enhancement is a mission that West 8...
View ArticleSagrera Linear Park (Barcelona, Spain)
A new green diagonal axis extends into the very heart of XXI century Barcelona. It is a natural path for pedestrians and bicycles as protagonists of a new era of a greener and more habitable...
View ArticleCarrascoplein (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
West 8 designed a somewhat restrainee but surreal landscape for an empty space near the Sloterdijk railway and bus station in Amsterdam. The transit space for cars, trams, cyclists and pedestrians is...
View ArticleFreiham Nord (München, Germany)
Freiham Nord will be the last substantial development to take place in Munich and will accommodate about 10.000 inhabitants. In the Masterplan Freiham Nord has been divided into several project areas...
View ArticleMalecón, Puerto Vallarta (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
Malecón serves a long term strategic plan to enhance the local identity of Puerto Vallarta and to promote its position in today’s tourism industry. The kilometer long waterfront encourages tourists and...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg People’s Pier (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA)
Our proposal takes the best elements of the existing waterfront and amplifies them into four primary settings that ripple from city to horizon: St. Petersburg’s emerging “Copacabana,” (its lively...
View ArticleTaichung Gateway Park (Taichung, Taiwan)
The Taichung Gateway Park is situated within Shui Nan Ecological Gateway District, a rapidly developing neighborhood near the city of Taichung. In order to accommodate both local and foreign visitors,...
View ArticleHasselt (Hasselt, Belgium)
The city of Hasselt became famous when the mayor introduced free public transport. With the master plan for the dramatically dated environment of the city station, the city wishes to give its center a...
View ArticleMooi Zuid-Holland! (The Netherlands)
After the Second World War, the socio-economic development of South Holland impoverished the landscape. The province developed itself into an urban area with no beginning and no end; it has become a...
View ArticleInternational Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, 2005: The Flood
In May 2005, the second edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), pleasantly presented the exhibition 'The Flood', in which the relationship between water and architecture in...
View ArticleInternational Architecture Biënnale Rotterdam, 2012: Making City (Rotterdam,...
Take away the Alps from a Swiss and he loses part of his Swiss identity. The Netherlands has a Metropolitan structure unlike that of Paris, New York and London. Eleven million people live in a...
View ArticleYongsan Park (Seoul, Korea)
The new Master Plan for Yongsan National Park proposed by West 8 + IROJE has been developed through an interactive process that has consistently returned to the fundamental concept of healing. The act...
View ArticleUnion Station Master Plan RFP (Los Angeles, United States of America)
At the original crossroads of the city, Union Station is once again the landmark gateway to Los Angeles, and the inspiration for a vibrant future. Powered by 21st Century transit, the rebirth of Union...
View ArticleLongwood Gardens (Kennet Square, Pennsylvania, United States of America)
West 8 has completed Longwood Gardens' first-ever physical master plan, a visionary document tasked with transforming Longwood Gardens into one of the Great Gardens of the World. The 40-year master...
View ArticleFloriade Groningen 2012 (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Located close to the historical centre of Groningen, the heart of Floriade 2022 will be embedded in the warmth and joy of this city. The area surrounding the former sugar factory will be the main stage...
View ArticleLights over Kruunuvuorenranta (Helsinki, Finland)
Design competition for a Lighting Master plan for the future urban development of Kruunuvuorenranta as a part of Helsinki. On the site, a former oil harbour, a new residential area will be built...
View ArticleAntwerp University Campus (Antwerp, Belgium)
Scenic Plinths Reconnecting the Landscape Legacy The existing campus of the University of Antwerp is situated at a historical attractive location. Development through the years and its surrounding...
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