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Posted on May 24, 2024

4月26日上午，以“公园城市美好人居”为主题的2024年成都世界园艺博览会在成都开幕。TLS创始人Tom Leader先生受邀参加开幕式，并带领设计团队一同参观TLS建成的装置作品“空心竹灯LANTERN”展园。 On April 26, the 2024 Chengdu International Horticultural Expo with the theme of "Better Living in Park City" opened in Chengdu. TLS founder Mr. Tom Leader was invited to attend the opening ceremony and led the design team to visit the installation "Hollow Bamboo LANTERN" exhibition garden built by TLS. 空心竹灯，虚怀若竹。花园像一片迷宫一般，希望吸引游人向深处探索，每个人在游览过程中都可以生发出自己的乐趣。让我们一起来感受下来自设计师们的现场快讯！ Hollow bamboo , as humble as bamboo. The garden is like a maze, hoping to attract visitors to explore the depths, and everyone can have their own feelings and fun during the tour. Let's feel the live news from the designers! 在现场，游人在层层叠叠的竹灯中穿梭，与展园共同构成了一幅有趣的装置布景。“I can see you, but I can't meet you” ——来自现场的一位国际友人的描述，让我们看到装置景观也可以很有趣。 At the site, visitors shuttle through the layers of bamboo lamps, which together with the exhibition garden constitute an interesting installation scenery. "I can see you, but I can't meet you" - the description of an international friend from the scene, let...

Hangzhou Grand Canal Steelworks Park×Budweiser Storm EDM Festival

Posted on May 24, 2024

On May 1-2, 2024, the Budweiser Storm EDM Festival was grandly held at the Hangzhou Grand Canal Steelworks Park, attracting over 30,000 attendees. Even in the rainy Hangzhou, the muddy lawns couldn't dampen the participants' enthusiasm. With the blast furnace as a backdrop, the spectacular performances ignited passion throughout the venue. People gathered on the central lawn, and the design of micro topography and large steps around the furnace diversified the spectators’ experience. Despite ongoing construction in many areas of the park, the emerging tree-lined canopy on the central lawn provided an ideal spot for camping and picnicking. Additionally, attractions such as the regenerated garden, the railway track strolling path, and the sunken courtyard of the former iron casting building also drew many visitors for sightseeing and photo opportunities. 图片 ©运河辰祥，朱听雨大运河杭钢公园 X 百威风暴电音节 2024年5月1-2日，百威风暴电音节在大运河杭钢公园盛大举行，吸引了超过3万名观众的参与。即使在雨后的杭州，尽管草坪泥泞，但这并不能抑制参与者的热情。活动舞台以高炉为背景，令人震撼的表演点燃了整个场地的激情。人们聚集在中央大草坪，微地形和焦炉大台阶的设计使观赏表演变得更加多样化。尽管公园的许多区域仍在施工中，但中央草坪上初具规模的林荫提供了露营和野餐的理想场所。此外，再生花园、火车轨漫步道以及铸铁机房下沉庭院也吸引了许多游客前来观光打卡。点击查看概念设计详情（链接到杭钢遗址公园的那篇项目文章） The Hangzhou Grand Canal Steelworks Park is designed by...

TLS Wins Changzhou Central Green Axis of Headquarters Economic Zone of Changzhou’s “Two Lakes” Innovation Zone

Posted on May 23, 2024

Recently, TLS won the international competition for the Central Green Axis of Headquarters Economic Zone of Changzhou's "Two Lakes" Innovation Zone. TLS’s design is based on the concept of a "Growing Green Chain", creating a central axis that integrates with the Headquarters Economic Zone, linking the lake and the city, ecology and innovation, youth and future lifestyle. The design is in progress, please stay tuned for further information. 国际方案征集相关链接 International Competition News：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SW2GL6Lctk9fPVDyOLXl-Q 生长的绿链 Growing Green Chain ©TLS 总鸟瞰图（方案过程中）Bird view (in progress) ©TLS TLS中标 | 常州“两湖”创新区总部经济区中央绿轴 “青年和城市一起成长。” 近日，TLS中标常州“两湖”创新区总部经济区中央绿轴景观设计国际方案征集。常州中央绿轴作为TLS方案以“生长的绿链”为设计理念，打造与总部经济区融合生长的中轴绿链，助力“青年之城，创新之城，未来之城”，链接湖湾与城市、生态与科创、青年与未来生活方式。湖城共美、绿链未来。项目正在方案设计阶段，具体信息暂未公开，敬请关注后续的相关消息。...

Tom Leader Gave Speech At The First Beijing Garden City International Summit Forum

Posted on June 30, 2023

The inaugural Beijing Garden City International Summit Forum was held at the Wofo Villa within the Beijing National Botanical Garden on June 19th, 2023. Tom Leader, the founder and principal of TLS, was invited as a keynote speaker and delivered a design lecture titled "First Principles: Case Studies from Practice." During the lecture, Tom Leader shared TLS's longstanding design principles and research, as well as recent practices in China, including the Suzhou Shishan Park, the Jing-Zhang Railway Heritage Park, the Hangzhou Steelworks Park, and the "Green Ring Campus" planning in Shanghai's Jiading New Town. He also shared his insights on the concept of "garden city." Other keynote speakers at the forum included Yan Wei, the head of the YWA Expert Studio at the Beijing Institute of Landscape and Architecture Design; Liang Qindong, the Vice President and Director of Landscape Design for AECOM...

Strawberry Music Festival Turns Hangzhou Steelworks Park into Spectacular Sonic Oasis

Posted on June 30, 2023

Hangzhou Steelworks Park, designed by TLS and Jiakun Architects, set the stage for an extraordinary musical experience as the renowned Strawberry Music Festival took place on June 17-18. Over 5,000 music lovers gathered at the post-industrial park's great lawn area, with the furnaces serving as a stunning backdrop. The festival showcased an eclectic mix of genres and featured both emerging talent and established acts, captivating the audience from start to finish. The transformation of the park into a vibrant musical oasis highlighted the park's landscape splendor. As the sun set, the crowd danced and swayed to the rhythm of the performances, harmonizing with the industrial charm of the park. TLS and Jiakun Architects Consortium won the international design competition of Hangzhou Steelworks Park back in 2020, and construction commenced in late 2021. Currently, the phase 1 area is nearly completed, including...

TLS Honored with Two World Landscape Architecture Awards

Posted on May 24, 2023

TLS is excited to receive two World Landscape awards today! A Merit award went to Grand Bayway, a coastal resilience / sea level rise solution for a large area of San Francisco Bay, part of the recent Resilient by Design competition. An Honor Award went to Jiading Green Ring in China, a proposal for 70 sq. km of peripheral land surrounds the city of Jiading in Shanghai – proposing a major new environmental field research campus to preserve agricultural and ecological resources. Over 250 projects were submitted to the WLA Awards this year. This awards program encompasses a very diverse range of projects from across the world that showcase the talent and work of the landscape architecture profession. Learn More: Green Ring Campus The Grand Bayway...

TLS Receives Three 2023 ASLA Chapter Design Awards

Posted on April 26, 2023

TLS is excited to announce that three projects were honored during the 2023 American Society of Landscape Architects Northern California (ASLA NCC) Design Awards. Both Richmond Bayway and The Grand Bayway received Merit Award in Analysis and Planning. Baiyangdian Waterfront Park was awarded the DESIGN: PARKS, RECREATION, TRAILS, OPEN SPACE Merit Award which recognizes the project’s outstanding professional accomplishments. Read more information about each project: Baiyangdian Waterfront Park The Grand Bayway Richmond Bayway ...

Baiyangdian Waterfront Park won 2 IDA awards

Posted on January 28, 2023

TLS‘s Baiyangdian Waterfront Park won 2 awards at the 17th Annual IDA(International Design Awards). It is awarded the Silver Award in the Landscape category, and the Bronze Award in the Landmark, memorials, and public space category. Read More… This is the first significant open space component of the Xiong-an New City competition and the first realization of the 24 solar terms ideas structuring the open space thinking. The Xiong-an Competition was won in 2018 by TLS and SOM. Read More… The International Design Awards (IDA) exists to recognize, celebrate and promote exceptional design visionaries and discover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design worldwide. A handful of designers, thinkers and entrepreneurs created the International Design Awards in 2007 to celebrate smart and sustainable multidisciplinary designs....

Houston Endowment Discussion Panel

Posted on January 13, 2023

On November 15, 2022 Executive Director of the Houston Endowment, Ann Stern convened a discussion panel, associated with the building opening, to share stories and insights from the design and construction process and how the new facility is helping advance the Foundation’s goals . Tom Leader was honored to join Ann Stern, Kevin Daly, of KDA Architects, Carlos Jimenez, Architect and Rice University Architecture Professor, and Alison Weaver, Director of the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice. ...

Korea 50: Korea Remade

Posted on December 5, 2022

Korea 50: Korea Remade is on view at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in the Designing Peace exhibition through September 2023....