West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture

A successful public space from day one - West 8 is delighted to announce the opening of the redesigned Place Gambetta in Bordeaux, France. The renovated square provides the public with a newly rejuvenated, vibrant and green environment in the heart of Bordeaux.

Several West 8 projects are featured as part of the Climate Adaptation Summit, hosted online by The Netherlands this week.

West 8 director Edzo Bindels has been appointed as supervisor of Zaandam's city centre (MAAK.Centrum).

Vander Park and New Holland Island have won awards at the 'XI Russian National Awards for Landscape Architecture'.

After two years of construction work, the revamped Place Gambetta, designed by West 8 together with Sabine Haristoy, is nearly completed. The plaza and its lush central English garden are expected to fully open in celebration of New Year in January 2021.  

West 8 has won an Editors' Pick in Architects Newspaper's Best of Design Awards in the Landscape category for Houston Botanic Garden.

We are pleased to announce that the latest phase of New Holland Island has won a Golden Trezzini award.

Daniel Vasini will present West 8's work on Governors Island on Monday, December 1st at an online lecture, hosted by the New Amsterdam History Center in New York.

USA Today has nominated Houston Botanic Garden for the Top 10 Best New Attraction Awards. Voting closes December 21st.

De Nieuwe Kern has been bestowed with the Urban Design Award from De Architect.

On October 22nd, 18.00 CEST, Strelka KB will interview Adriaan Geuze live and online about his experiences with working on projects in Russia.

The first stages of West 8's Space Conquerors Park, the memorial park situated on Yuri Gagarin's landing place, are underway.

West 8 has donated an artwork from the latest phase of Houston Botanic Garden to The Cultural Landscape Foundation's online silent auction. 

Studio 44 and West 8 won the competition for the design of Tuchkov Buyan Park, Saint Petersburg with their entry TUCHKOV - Park of Full Sail Romance. It will become the city's first park with direct river access and will offer new panoramic views over the city's most important highlights. 

The first phase of Houston Botanic Garden has transformed an island in the Sims Bayou into an oasis of learning, discovery and horticultural beauty.

Xinhua Waterfront Park has been longlisted for the 2020 Dezeen Awards.

On September 3rd, Adriaan Geuze will kick off a new lecture series at the Berlage Institute in Delft.

West 8 has aided with the creation of the 'Boijmans Ahoy', an experimental drive-through exhibition showing 50 world-class art pieces from the collection of Boijmans van Beuningen.

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 Bird, wraps around the newly renovated monument House 12. 

West 8 is participating in “Masks for Unity,” an online silent auction organized by the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). The auctions will end on the 29th of June.