01/12/2025
Yay✨! The new publication ‘Follow the River / designs that make her beautiful’ is out now!
Danube, Rhône, Bow, Mississippi, Chao Phraya, Buffalo Bayou, Tagus, Meuse, North Sea. In this new issue of ’scape magazine we show how designers cherish the river and create beautiful projects along the water. Projects in which the river is approached with care, love, knowledge, and creativity, whether far upstream or at the very end, at the mouth.
We have collected twelve such projects and placed them along an imaginary river that rises in the mountains of central Europe and then flows through Canada, the United States, Thailand, and Portugal before emptying into the Dutch delta. Cities rediscover the intrinsic value of their rivers from both ecological and recreational perspectives. Safety and aesthetics are inextricably intertwined, whether amidst the majestic Alps of Switzerland or along the serene lowlands bordering the North Sea.
The issue of ‘scape magazine is an ode to the river, as exquisite as she is, wherever her course may lead, from source to estuary.
Along the course of our river you find inspiring interviews with Tim Gämperle and Martina Voser. In-depth essays take you to the complex interrelationships of water systems and to the self building potential of coastal landscapes. And once at the sea you find a surprising visual story by Loek Buter of walking dunes and of artists that draw the change.
Designers in this issue: SWA Group, SCAPE, mavo Landschaften, Turenscape, Tim Gämperle, H+N+S landscape architects, OKRA landscape architects, LOF, West 8, 365º freiraum+umwelt, O2 planning and design.