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19 Feb 2021 Place Gambetta opens to the public
West 8 is delighted to announce the opening of the redesigned Place Gambetta in Bordeaux, France. West 8, together with Landscape Architect... more 25 Jan 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit & West 8
We are proud that The Netherlands is hosting the international online Climate Adaptation Summit this week and wholeheartedly support its... more 21 Jan 2021 Edzo Bindels: new supervisor of Zaandam city centre
West 8 director Edzo Bindels has been appointed as supervisor of the central area of the city of Zaandam (MAAK.CentrumZaanstad).... 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 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 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 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 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 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 20 Apr 2020 West 8 and Bureau Overland Deliver Van Gogh National Park Masterplan
West 8 and Bureau Overland have delivered a Masterplan for the establishment of the Van Gogh National Park in The Netherlands. The... more 17 Mar 2020 Our response to COVID-19
West 8 is monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic closely and is responding proactively with measures in order to mitigate risk for employees and... more 10 Mar 2020 Landscaping of Grand Egyptian Museum nearing completion
The construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo is rapidly developing, showing the landscaping initially designed by West 8.... more