West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture

West 8 congratulates School 7 in Den Helder on winning the title of Public Library of the Year, issued by The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).

The reconversion of the former School of the Infantry (EAI) in Montpellier, designed by West 8 started to get shape.

On the 18th of October, 2018, Adriaan Geuze will speak at the Designing Water Conference in Longwood Gardens. 

West 8's New Hondsbossche Dunes project was nominated for the 2018 Archtizer A+ Awards in the category Architecture + Landscape and a special mention was awarded to the Irma Logs. Public voting closes July 20th.

Ballast Nedam Development annouced the materialisation of West 8's master plan for the real estate part of De Groene Loper (The Green Carpet) in phases.

On 27 June, Maarten van de Voorde, Director of West 8 Belgium was invited to lead a tour for the client group and stakeholders of the Parc du Moulon et le Carré des Sciences project in Saclay after delivery of Phase 1 of the project.

For the past 10 years, West 8 and Adriaan Geuze have been working intensively on several urban development projects in Eindhoven. Monday 11 June Geuze wil present a lecture at Architectuurcentrum Eindhoven.

'All About Housing' is the theme of the Kaliningrad Forum for 'Living Environment'. Toegther with other speakers, West 8 Partner and urban designer Martin Biewenga presented on May 18 West 8's current Dom Sovetov Square project at Kaliningrad. 

On May 25th, phase 1 of Columbia Circle in Shanghai was festively opened. The site was revitalized with the joint effort of OMA, West 8, local architects ECADI and local landscape architects LANDAU.

Consortium Ballast will help to elaborate and build West 8’s design of bridge over Wilhelminakanaal at Moorland, Oirschot City, construction will start in the third season of 2018.

West 8’s ‘pollinator garden’ is the winner of the design competition to upgrade the northern section of Bernie Spain Gardens on London’s South Bank, announced on 10 May 2018. 

West 8's plans for Phase One of Houston Botanic Garden, called “Botanic Beginnings” have been unveiled. Set to open to the public in fall 2020, the 120-acres of botanic gardens will welcome Houstonians from all walks of life.

The construction of 't Zand Square in Bruges is advancing swiftly. On Sunday the 6th of May, the site was temporarily opened to the public, providing a glimpse of the future appearance of the square. 

The design for the reinforcement of the Afsluitdijk has been presented to the media. West 8 is the Landscape Architect of Levvel’s Design Team.

On April 18, the most recent plan for the improvement of Zernike Campus Groningen was revealed. The bike and pedestrian friendly design builds upon West 8’s master plan originated from 1999.

As one of the experts for North Carolina cultural landscape, Claire Agre showed participants of the TCLF Research Triangle's tours how to re-discover the design history of places they pass every day including: Duke University West Campus (DURHAM).

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr Mark Rutte paid an official visit to Hong Kong on 8 and 9 April 2018. During his visit, Mr. Rutte paid a field visit to West Kowloon Cultural District Park, a design by West 8 in collaboration with local partners Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers, and Acardis HK.

Friday April 20, the German Architecture Museum will open its latest exhibition, regarding the importance of integrating cyclists into the design of our cities. West 8 will exhibit Madrid Rio as an example for successful bicycle-friendly urban and landscape design. 

West 8 New York Creative Director / Liaison, Daniel Vasini joined the discussion panel Development_REshape - "Cities within Cities" commenced on March 25. This panel aimed to examine future trends and the next wave of transformational projects that are currently being contemplated.

On Thursday morning March 29, 2018, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander symbolically opened the Green Carpet in Maastricht. West 8 has been responsible for the urban master plan and landscape design for The Green Carpet since 2009.