West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture

In honour of the completion of the Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden, a free community celebration was held in Houston's new botanical garden on the 26th of January.

The Groningen National Program has commissioned West 8 as lead consultant for an extensive community outreach program titled ‘Toukomst’ in the north of the Netherlands. €100 million has been made available for the development and execution of ideas from local residents that will strengthen the vitality, economy and quality of life in the Groningen province.

West 8, together with 18 other world leading figures and design teams, participated in the 8th edition of UABB in an installation called ‘Future City Matrix’ curated by POSITION.

Paradijshof won silver in the public vote. Our congratulations go to Mei Architecten and Heijmans on winning both the jury and public prize for Fenix I - the new home of the West 8 Rotterdam studio.

West 8 Rotterdam has relocated to a spectacular new studio space in Fenixloods I, Rijnhaven.

Drexel Square has received an Editors Pick for the Landscape category from the Architects Newspaper’s Best of Design awards (2019).

Madrid Rio has won the prize for Great Scale Character from the third edition of the Albert Serratosa City and Territory award presented by the College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports (CICCP) in Zaragoza, Spain.

The exhibition Landscape as Cult. A changing view on our nature shows a selection of drawings and models from the 2,3km Groene Loper (Green Carpet) in Maastricht, the public space on top of the A2 double motorway tunnel.

Consortium NOVAYA Zemlya was announced as the winner of the two stage Open International Competition for the Development of a Master Plan for the Derbent Urban District. West 8 was acting as a landscape consultant in the multidisciplinary consortium.

Both Tushino Embankment and Tverskaya Zastava Square projects were awarded the Gold Diploma of the X Russian National Award for Landscape Architecture.

The Mies van der Rohe Award retrospective shows Borneo Sporenburg and Madrid Rio and is on display until 12th January at Museu Marítim de Barcelona, Drassanes.

The 10th edition of the Rotterdam Architecture Prize (RAP) will be presented in the Rotterdam City Hall on Wednesday 18 December. Paradijshof in Nieuw Crooswijk has been shortlisted for the award. 

As leaves fall and days get shorter, come inside and listen to a member of the West 8 team for an engaging talk. 

West 8 project leaders Inna Tsoraeva and Juan Tur will speak at this year's World Urban Park Congress in Kazan. 

This week West 8 will take part in the 20th Annual Walk21 Conference—an International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities. 

A public inauguration was held to celebrate the opening of the Duke Sculpture Garden on Saturday, September 28th.

The American Planning Association has named Governors Island as a Great Public Space on their annual Great Places in America list. 

Houston Botanic Garden has officially broken ground and we're celebrating by sharing more about the exciting elements planned for the Edible Garden, an integral component of Phase I of the garden’s 30-year Master Plan by West 8. 

In collaboration with BOVAArchitects, West 8 has created a new plan that extends the existing parking structure below ‘t Zand Square into the area below King Albert I Park and redesigns the park itself. 

West 8’s winning-entry to the Middle Branch Waterfront Revitalization Competition has been featured in Next City’s The Power of Parks series.