Kongjian Yu’s company is designing green spaces to absorb rainfall and mitigate natural disasters. In July 2012, a massive flash flood struck Beijing as rainfall in the Chinese capital caused the ...

An old industrial site in 2020, before the construction of Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok. Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In ...

Kongjian Yu, founder of Beijing-based landscape architecture and urban design practice Turenscape, died in a plane crash late in the evening of September 23 in a remote area of the vast Pantanal ...

SAO PAULO/BEIJING Sept 24 (Reuters) - Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu died in a plane crash late on Tuesday in the vast Brazilian wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazilian authorities ...

Chinese Landscape Architect Kongjian Yu Dies in Brazil Plane Crash By Fernando Cardoso and Eduardo Baptista SAO PAULO/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu died in a plane crash ...

An article on Andropogon’s efforts to revive an urban forest is a winner of the 2025 Bradford Williams Medal. While the core of Washington, D.C., is dominated by a unique mix of monumental ...

With the rise in maternal mortality in the U.S. and emerging data on the impact of adverse pregnancy outcomes on lifetime cardiovascular health, there is a growing need for robust cardio-obstetrics ...

There are places in the world where temperatures already exceed fifty degrees, and others where water levels rise meters above expected levels. Meanwhile, in the heart of São Paulo, architects, ...

Jason Signor was preparing for a celebratory dinner in Manhattan as the final pieces came together for the sale of a large chunk of his company’s senior living business when everything went haywire.

This year marks 20 years since the first VELUX Daylight Symposium—two decades of shared insights, ideas, and exploration into the role of daylight in our built environment. Since its humble beginnings ...

Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, has exerted his influence over nearly every corner of President Trump’s Washington with his command of the levers of the federal ...