Mihai Eminescu Trust (Romania) 2nd Prize Transylvania can be considered as a visual record of rural Europe with all its ancient richness and beauty intact. It offers more than just a panorama of evocative architecture and magnificent churches or a survival of the harmony between man and nature or traditional farming. Its secret lies in…
Stavros Niarchos Park (Greece) 1st Prize The new National Library of Greece and Greek National Opera House are sited in the Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. This 17-hectare ensemble is located on an abandoned seafront piece of land – a parking lot left over from the 2004 Olympic Games. The…
Parkstadt Süd (Germany) 1st Prize Parkstadt Süd is Cologne’s largest urban development project. South of the railway ring, the Inner Green Belt will finally be completed towards the Rhine, creating new quarters for living and working. In Cologne – as in many other bigger cities – the development of the public green spaces faces challenges…
Kew Gardens (United Kingdom) 1st Prize Being a historical site, it is fascinating how Kew Gardens during its 250 years of existence is open to society and was never satisfied to work only in preserving the attractivity of the site and its collections, but instead opened its vision and knowledge to a world of knowledge…
Krajinski Park Ljubljansko Barje (Slovenia) 2nd Prize Ljubljansko Barje, an almost 160 square kilometres large plain, originated two million years ago through the sinking of the Ljubljana basin. Consequently, rivers deposited shingle and sediments, virtually damming the Ljubljanica river and inundating the entire Barje basin. Some 6,000 years ago, the Barje lake dried up, leaving…
Tirsbæk Manor (Denmark) 2nd Prize The garden of Tirsbæk is particularly special as its history leads back to the Renaissance, which is only the case for quite a few manor houses in Denmark. The main building is separated from the garden by a moat. There were only few remain of the original garden, and there…
Biosphere Reserve Spreewald & Lausitzer Seenland 1st Prize Spreewald: The Spreewald is a unique landscape in Central Europe. After the last ice age, the Spree divided into a network of rivers that meandered through the jungle. The charm of today’s Spreewald lies in its park-like landscape with a mosaic of meadows, fields, woods and the…
Symposium in the context of the AWARDING HERITAGE project „EUROPEAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPES“ Venue: Schloss Nordkirchen Oranienburg (Nebenschloss) Schloßstraße 59394 Nordkirchen All presentations etc. will be given in English. See PDF for additional information. AGENDA 09:30 Guided tour Castle and Park Nordkirchen 10:30 Welcome – Jens Spanjer (Board, Schloss Dyck Foundation, European Garden Heritage Network EGHN)…
4th June 2018, Schloss Branitz / Cottbus Garden Heritage in Europe: Conservation and Development – International Best Practice Workshop organised by the AWARDING HERITAGE project within the European Year of Cultural Heritage – EYCH 2018 “SHARING HERITAGE” 10:00 Welcome (Representative(s) of Foundation Fürst-Pückler-Museum Park and Schloss and/or City of Cottbus) 10:15 Introduction Jens…
On April 12, 2018, this year’s conference “Public Parks and Gardens” will be held in Helsingborg (Sweden). This year, new concepts and methods for the development of public parks and gardens, but also for urban quarters are main themes of the event. There will be presentations and field reports from Sydney (Kim Ellis), Rotterdam (Annemieke…