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Like many cities, Moscow's river is bordered by roads, like this freeway beside the Kremlin.
About a year ago, the Krymskaya Naberezhnaya (Crimean Embankment) was created.
Covering just under 2 hectares and stretching 1 km along the riverfront, the site is now car-free, with boardwalks, sun loungers, bike hire and food and wine vendors.
Other, grander plans are also afoot.
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Image: Gary Sweeney
Image: Andrew Seles, via Flickr under Creative Commons licence. Image cropped from original.
Iconic is a grossly overused word, but in the case of the Sheats-Goldstein House it's bang on the money.
Designed by John Lautner is 1963 the house is a landmark in the City of Angels. It played the home of a hustler in the (also iconic) Coen Brothers film, and is now set to become a museum, under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Landscapology is a big fan and long time resident of Spring Hill.
On 25 February, UDAL, the Urban Design Alliance, presents its first event of the year, a forum discussing the opportunities and challenges of development in the historic suburb, particularly in light of Brisbane City Council's planning updates.
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"We wanted it to feel like the landscape came right into the building."
Tired of that old chestnut?
I reckon if anyone could get away with it, it would be Alexandra Kehayoglou, who hand-crafts exquisite walls and floor textiles inspired by meadows, fields and other landscapes.
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Read moreRunning 2-27 February, this exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries stars works by Australian superstar painters, including Hans Heysen, Sidney Nolan, Fred Williams, Sam Fullbrook, William Robinson and Albert Namatjira. A detail from his Ghost gums (1952) is shown above.
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