Located in the Athenian Riviera, 8 km from Athens’ city center, The Ellinikon Program covers a vast 6.2 sq. km (2.4 sq. miles) on the former grounds of the International Airport of Athens, which has been vacant since 2001. As one of Europe's largest urban regeneration projects, the development is intended to be a paradigm of integrated sustainable living for visitors.
The Ellinikon program promotes four main goals:
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GBCI has released the first addenda to the SITES v2 rating system. Addenda are official updates to the rating system and are now available on the SITES resources webpage.
Feature image: The SITES-certified Phipps Conservatory. Photo credit: Paul G. Wiegman.
Terramor Outdoor Resort, a new brand from Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) opened in 2020 in Bar Harbor, Maine. It achieved SITES Gold certification, and is the first SITES for Existing Landscapes project in the United States.
Feature image: ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. photo credit: Ana Ka'ahanui.
Join the world’s largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students heading to the 2024 ASLA annual conference in Washington, D.C. From Oct. 6 to 9, you can choose from over 100 education sessions and explore hundreds of new products, services, technology applications and design solutions on the expo floor.
Feature image: The SITES Gold and LEED Silver Grant Park Gateway in Atlanta. Photo credit: Dorian Sky.
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This article was originally posted on July 3, 2024, on USGBC+ as "Europe's first SITES-certified landscape project is a green heartbeat in the center of Milan.” Read the full article.
Feature image: The University of Michigan Gerstacker Grove project. Image courtesy of Landscape Forms.
The VIVE PARACAS project is a pioneering sustainable urban development in South America, located in the beautiful region of Paracas, Peru. This project, developed by CONVIVE Grupo Inmobiliario, not only redefines the concept of sustainable living but also sets a new standard for urban developments in the region.