TOKYO TORCH: Tokiwabashi Tower Site

The Tokiwabashi area in the center of Tokyo extends in front of the Nihonbashi Gate of Tokyo Station and is located close to the site of the Tokiwabashi gate of Edo Castle. Crossing the Nihonbashi River leads to the Nihonbashi and the Kanda district. Four main buildings are to be constructed on the site: Tokiwabashi Tower, Torch Tower, an Underground Electricity Substation, and a Sewage Bureau Building. The project is a large-scale mixed-use development with a site area of approximately 3.1 hectares and a projected total floor space of approximately 740,000 m2.

Richard Moya Eastside Bus Plaza

Once a flat barren road median, the Richard Moya Eastside Bus Plaza – named for the first Mexican-American elected to public office in Austin – has been transformed. Now a vibrant, ecologically robust refuge for wildlife, the landscape echoes the historic Central Texas ecoregion of the Blackland Prairie, and offers renewed beauty and comfort to more than 600 riders each day.

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SITES Certified Washington Canal Park in Washington, DC

Feature image: Washington Canal Park in Washington, DC.

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Administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES) promotes sustainable and resilient landscape development. SITES can be used for development projects located on sites with or without buildings to enhance their sustainability, implement green infrastructure strategies and improve resilience.

China’s first SITES Platinum project offers a peaceful waterfront escape

Bai'etan Exhibition Center's long waterfront walkway

Feature image photo credit: Bai'etan.

The Bai’etan Exhibition Center in Guangdong is the first project to achieve SITES Platinum certification in China. This major urban regeneration project is nestled in the heart of China's thriving Great Bay area, one of the country's most densely populated regions, where modern industry and rapid urbanization have taken hold over the past few decades.

Bai’etan Exhibition Center

The site of what is now the Bai’etan Exhibition Center was a large-scale warehouse area with a long industrial history in Guangzhou, originally built in the 1970s. The once prosperous warehouse had moved away from its past uses, and the original functions of the warehouse could no longer meet the needs of modern urban development.

Daiwa House Group MIRAI KACHI KYOSO Center

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. has opened the Daiwa House Group MIRAI KACHI KYOSO Center in Nara, Japan. This facility is a place where all generations, from children to adults, can learn, think, and grow together, and where human resources who co-create the values of the future can be nurtured together with society. The outdoor space is always open to the public, and anyone can freely stroll around and feel the seasons. 

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