After traffic through these raised rails ceased in the 1980s, the line sat abandoned waiting for demolition.
Highline Park is a prime example of the old adage that one mans trash is another mans treasure.
The landscape architecture designs for this building include 2,500 plants which wrap around the eye of the volcano.
ShanghaisHoutan Parkis both a place for public relaxation and a complex ecological system that naturally cleanses the local environment.
Its many roofs are lined with rows of plants, encouraging the local nature to thrive in its environment.
TheTree Museum of Switzerlandis a serene retreat lined with lush green grass, punctuated with rising stone columns.
TheQinhuangdao Beach Restorationis not just a work of landscape architecture design, but one of magnificent eco engineering.
The renewed beach also features a recovered wetland that will encourage wildlife to return and use the new habitat.
This project is an example of hope for the scars of industrialism and neglect.
Through encouraging nature, scars like these can be healed.
(beyond that, the natural swimming pool is a stunning touch as well).
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