Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bursting with trees, ponds, plants and bird life, Benjakitti Park has become a highlight for residents of Bangkok, Thailand's ...

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Coined by Chinese architect Yu Kongjian, the term “sponge city” refers to a nature-based design method that counteracts flooding by embedding more absorbent materials within a city’s infrastructure.

It is projected that by 2050, over 800 million people in 570 cities could be subjected to more than half a meter of sea level rise. Sea level rise affecting the biggest coastal cities, which are often ...

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Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, known for his so-called nature-mimicking "sponge cities," has died in a small plane crash in Brazil with two filmmakers documenting his work, police said ...

Are these ‘eco-cities’ the future of sustainable design? Cities are like gigantic babies, according to architect Daniel Sundlin. Which is to say our most essential needs–food, water, energy, and ...

In 2019, when the Thai government announced plans to turn an abandoned tobacco factory in the nation’s smoggy capital into a public park, Bangkok-based landscape architect Chatchanin Sung saw an ...