News

21 Jan 2021

West 8 wins two awards at Russian National Awards for Landscape Architecture

 Two West 8 projects have won awards at the ‘XI Russian National Awards for Landscape Architecture’. West 8’s Vander... more
11 Jan 2021

West 8 finalist in Parc de l’Esplanade de la Defense competition in Paris.

 West 8 made it to the final stages of an international competition to design the Parc de l’Esplanade de la Defense in Paris.... more
14 Dec 2020

New Holland Island Phase II wins Golden Trezzini Award

 We are pleased to announce that the latest phase of New Holland Island has won a Golden Trezzini award. The announcement was made December... more
04 Dec 2020

Houston Botanic Gardens receives editor’s pick in Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards

 We are delighted to announce that West 8 has won an Editors Pick in the Architects Newspaper’s Best of Design Awards in the Landscape... more
02 Dec 2020

Black Lives Matter Update – Fall 2020

 As 2020 comes to a close, West 8 is taking some time to reflect on the year that has gone by. There was much work to be done –... more
27 Nov 2020

Daniel Vasini at New Amsterdam History Center: Fighting the Flood

 Daniel Vasini, Creative Director of West 8 New York, will present West 8’s work on Governors Island at an online lecture, hosted on... more
16 Nov 2020

Live interview: Adriaan Geuze / Strelka KB

 On October 22nd, 18.00 CEST, Strelka KB will interview Adriaan Geuze live and online. The talk will include a discussion about the... more
13 Nov 2020

West 8’s De Nieuwe Kern wins ARC Award for Urban Design

 De Nieuwe Kern has been bestowed with the ARC Urban Design Award from De Architect, the leading Dutch architecture media platform. The... more
16 Oct 2020

Construction Update of Space Conquerors Park in Saratov, Russia

 The first stages of West 8’s Space Conquerors Park are rapidly taking shape. West 8, with a large team of collaborators, designed the... more
18 Sep 2020

West 8 wins Tuchkov Buyan Park Competition in Saint Petersburg

 Studio 44 and West 8 won the competition for the design of Tuchkov Buyan Park, Saint Petersburg. An international jury chose the design... more
18 Sep 2020

Houston Botanic Garden opens to the public

 The Houston Botanic Garden is now open. The first phase of the 132-acre masterplan has transformed an island in the Sims Bayou into an... more
03 Sep 2020

Xinhua Waterfront Longlisted for 2020 Dezeen Awards

 West 8 is pleased to announce that Xinhua Waterfront Park has been longlisted for the 2020 Dezeen Awards. Xinhua Waterfront Park is a 1.9... more
03 Sep 2020

Adriaan Geuze at the Berlage Institute: Dutch landscape for the twenty-first century

 On September 3rd, 18.30 CEST, Adriaan Geuze will kick off this academic year’s lecture series at the Berlage Institute in Delft, with... more
31 Jul 2020

Boijmans Ahoy Drive-Thru Museum

 West 8 has aided with the creation of the ‘Boijmans Ahoy’, an experimental drive-through exhibition showing 50 world-class art... more
23 Jul 2020

Black Lives Matter! – June 2020

 West 8 strongly stands by the Black Lives Matter movement and we believe, unequivocally, that there is zero room for any form of racism or... more
01 Jul 2020

New phase of New Holland delivered

 A new part of New Holland Island in St. Petersburg is open to the public. The lush ‘Garden Walk’, created by West 8 together with Linda... more
22 Jun 2020

Nature reclaimed – West 8 participates in TCLF’s Masks for Unity

 This month, West 8 is participating in “Masks for Unity,” an online silent auction organized by the Cultural Landscape Foundation... more
20 Jun 2020

Miami Beach Remembers Juneteenth at West 8’s Pride Park, Miami Beach

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26 May 2020

Oirschot bridge opens

 The new slow traffic bridge in Oirschot, a historical town in the south of The Netherlands, has opened. The elegant and simple truss is... more
15 May 2020

Rotterdam WWII Brandgrens Memorial revitalised

 Ten years since their initial installation, and eighty years since the bombing of Rotterdam’s town centre, West 8 have assisted with... more