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04.11.2024

It's time for Liverpool Street

We are very happy to share that we are part of the monumental design challenge to transform London’s Liverpool Street Station – Britain’s busiest station.

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30.10.2024

A comprehensive public realm plan for central Oslo

This morning, we unveiled our Oslo Public Realm Plan for the central Oslo area of Grønland-Vaterland at a packed event together with our client OMA/Nedre Akerselva Områdeforum.

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11.10.2024

Nordborg Resort toping out

Today we celebrated the topping out of our Nordborg Resort – Denmark’s largest and greenest holiday resort.

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10.10.2024

Ambassaden scoops Oslo architecture awards

Within less than two weeks, our Ambassaden project has won Oslo’s two most prestigious architecture awards: The OMA Awards in the category ‘Transformation Project of the Year’ and The City of Oslo’s Architecture Prize (Oslo bys arkitekturpris).

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17.09.2024

Hybrid Planning Applications for Earls Court submitted

After four years of consultation, collaboration, and conversations with local communities and stakeholders, we are happy to share that the Earls Court Development Company yesterday submitted the Hybrid Planning Applications to reinstate Earls Court as a global destination for wonder.

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12.09.2024

A new Public Realm Plan for Aarhus Ø

Yesterday, the City of Aarhus approved our new Vision Plan for Aarhus Ø’s Public Realm – establishing for the first time a comprehensive strategic plan for the public spaces of Aarhus’ new blue-green neighborhood.

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05.09.2024

Groundworks for Copenhagen's Storm Surge Plan published

Can we protect Copenhagen from the more intense storm surges of the future? Today’s report says yes, and shows a way forward.

 

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21.08.2024

SLA to rethink 2,5 billion m2 Skjern Å river

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27.06.2024

SLA designs first major project in Germany

We are happy to present our first major project in Germany: The 47,000 m2 nature-based neighborhood of Sugar Valley.

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27.05.2024

Redesign of iconic David Crombie Park in Toronto unveiled

Following an extensive public consultation, we can now reveal the design for the historic David Crombie Park in downtown Toronto. Preserving the iconic park’s historical character, the new design will unite nature, people, and community. The project is the largest open space project in downtown City of Toronto in over a decade.

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17.05.2024

SLA welcomes royal guests in Bjørvika

Yesterday, we welcomed the Danish King and Queen and the Norwegian Queen and Crown Prince Couple to the neighborhood of Bjørvika in central Oslo.

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08.05.2024

Great ambitions for new framework plan for Filipstad

We are very happy to share that we, together with Norconsult and Nordic Office of Architecture, have won the Filipstad Framework Plan – Oslo’s last major city development area.

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24.04.2024

SLA wins landscape for Norway's new Ibsen Library

We are very happy to share that SLA has won the assignment to develop and realize the landscape for Norway’s new Ibsen Library (Ibsensbiblioteket) in Skien.

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16.04.2024

Downsview receives the 2024 National Urban Design Award

We are honored to share that our Downsview Framework Plan has won the 2024 National Urban Design Award – Canada’s premier award for planning and urban design.

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15.04.2024

New National Method for Mapping of City Nature unveiled

We are happy to share that we are unveiling the new and updated version of our National Method for Mapping City Nature.

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21.03.2024

SLA develops nature-based solutions in Pretoria

How can we create a paradigm shift in the way South African city planning traditionally views, prioritizes, and utilizes nature in urban development?

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14.03.2024

New Silvertown Jetty gets green lights

Our New Silvertown Jetty gets green lights – creating a new informal destination spot for The Royal Docks and a new gateway into Silvertown.

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12.03.2024

Earls Court Masterplan wins AR Future Projects Award 2024

Our Earls Court Masterplan has won The Architectural Review’s AR Future Projects Awards 2024 in the regeneration and masterplanning category.

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07.02.2024

SLA adopts new strategy and welcomes 10 new partners

We are pleased to share that SLA has appointed 10 new partners and 7 new associate partners.

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20.01.2024

SLA's first completed project in France is inaugurated

January 18, 2024 saw the inauguration of La Cité Marianne in Lille – our first completed project in France.

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20.10.2023

Honors to SLA's car-free Gata Grønland at Landskapsarkitekturprisen 2023

We are proud to share that SLA, Fragment and The City of Oslo have received an honorable mention at The Norwegian Landscape Architecture Award 2023 for the successful work in reshaping Gata Grønland in Oslo into a lush and vibrant gathering place. The project is being honored for “(…) pointing towards what our cities can become.”

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15.09.2023

Downsview Framework Plan wins the Toronto Urban Design Award!

We’re happy to share that our resilient masterplan for North Toronto’s new Downsview district has won the prestigious Toronto Urban Design Award!

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17.07.2023

SLA Appointed Landscape Masterplanner for new £1.7bn innovation district – ID Manchester 

We are happy to announce that SLA has been chosen as the Public Realm Masterplanner and Landscape Architect for a new city centre innovation district, ID Manchester, which sets out to transform the area into a new green and bustling mixed-use neighborhood, founded on industrial heritage.

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23.06.2023

Khalifa City Community Parks win 2023 Monocle Design Award

We are proud to share that our six Community Parks in the Khalifa City neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, have won the prestigious 2023 Monocle Design Award in the category Best Urban Park.

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06.06.2023

Team SLA/Vandkunsten wins competition for Odense Inner Harbor

We are thrilled to share that Team SLA/Vandkunsten has won the planning competition for Odense Inner Harbor with the proposal ‘Odense Harbor City – The Greenest Harbor in Denmark.’

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08.05.2023

SLA appointed Design Lead for the David Crombie Park Revitalization

We are happy to announce that SLA, as Design Lead Architects, and Toronto-based Arcadis IBI Group have been selected by the City of Toronto to lead the detailed design implementation for the David Crombie Park Revitalization Project.

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15.03.2023

The Social Spine wins the Scandinavian Green Roof Award 2022

We are happy to share that The Social Spine has won the 2022 Scandinavian Green Roof Award.

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05.03.2023

SLA appoints Mike Ameko Lippert as Strategy Director

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02.03.2023

Stig L. Andersson receives Ny Carlsbergfondet Honorary Prize

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06.02.2023

SLA appointed Public Realm Masterplanner for £3.5 bn Silvertown transformation

We are appointed Public Realm and Landscape Masterplanner for Silvertown – the £3,5 billion development project transforming the Royal Docks in East London into a new, green, and bustling mixed-use city district founded in industrial heritage.

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20.01.2023

Milestone reached in Køge Kyst: Inauguration of the commons in Søndre Havn

We’re excited to announce the official opening of the first commons of Søndre Havn in Køge Kyst.

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17.01.2023

Stigsborg Nature Park - designed with local geology and industrial heritage - breaks ground

The 15-hectare Stigborg Nature Park will become Aalborg’s biggest urban park and the keystone in the city’s new district of Stigsborg.

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09.01.2023

Introducing six new Khalifa pocket parks

We are delighted to introduce our six new Khalifa Pocket Parks for Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi.

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30.11.2022

SLA appointed landscape architect for iconic 40-acre Earls Court Development

We are thrilled to share that we have been selected as landscape architect and public realm designer for the entire 40-acre (160.000 m2) site of the iconic Earls Court Development in Central London.

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26.10.2022

SLA wins 85,000 m2 masterplan for Oslo's old Fornebu Airport

We are thrilled to share that we are behind the landscape design and masterplan to transform Oslo’s old Fornebu Airport around Flytårnet Station into a new 85,000 m2 mixed-use city district.

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01.10.2022

The Courtyard of the Future inaugurated

How do we secure Copenhagen’s courtyards against cloudbursts while making them greener, more sustainable, and more livable? This was among the challenges for ‘Tomsgårdsvej – Courtyard of the Future,’ a new innovative climate adaptation project in Copenhagen’s North-West quarter, which has just been inaugurated.

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21.09.2022

SLA at Oslo Architecture Triennale

SLA is participating in the eighth Oslo Architecture Triennale, investigating how to create more sustainable, diverse, and generous neighborhoods.

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05.07.2022

Our public life experiments in Oslo are now open

Our Public Life Experiments in Oslo are now ready for visits!

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13.06.2022

SLA helps PensionDanmark launch Denmark’s most ambitious biodiversity strategy to date

SLA helps PensionDanmark launch Denmark’s most ambitious property development biodiversity strategy – aiming for full compliance with EU Taxonomy and a Nature Positive impact by 2030.

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24.05.2022

SLA to transform the cultural 'Heart of Norway'

Together with Kvorning Design and Substrata we have won the assignment to develop a feasibility study and concept plan for one of Norway’s most important cultural and historical sites: The Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim – the home to the Norwegian Royal Regalia.

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10.05.2022

Team SLA wins 1 billion DKK transformation of Sygehus Nord

Our transformation of Sygehus Nord creates a ‘neighborhood for all life’ – for residents, neighbors, and citizens and for local nature, plants, and wildlife.

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05.05.2022

SLA and PensionDanmark win 45,000 m2 Sommarivabyen competition

We are happy to share that we – together with our partner PensionDanmark – have won the competition to develop Sommarivabyen in the City of Helsingør.

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28.03.2022

SLA wins 240,000 m2 development plan for Kongens Lyngby

We are thrilled to share that we have won the competition to design the development plan and new green public spaces for the 240,000 m2 revitalization of Kongens Lyngby north of Copenhagen.

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21.02.2022

SLA is part of the winning team for Toronto Quayside Project

We are thrilled to share that SLA is the Lead Landscape and Public Space Designers behind the winning proposal for the 12-acre (4.9 hectares) Quayside development in Waterfront Toronto, led by developers Dream Unlimited Corp and Great Gulf Group.

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25.01.2022

SLA wins big urban development project in Nivå

We are pleased to share that SLA together with NIRAS has won the exciting task of designing all of Nivå Bymidte’s new urban spaces, green wedges, and infrastructure.

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16.12.2021

SLA unveils Public Realm Masterplan for MIND – Milan Innovation District

SLA designs the Public Realm & Landscape Masterplan for MIND – Milan Innovation District that will transform the 100 ha former Milan 2015 EXPO site into a new global innovation district.

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07.12.2021

SLA wins Public Realm & Landscape Masterplan for One Euston

We are thrilled to share that we have been chosen as the winner of the international tender competition to masterplan the landscape and public realm for Euston – the 60-acre, £10 billion development project dubbed as one of London’s most important urban development projects for the next 30 years.

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05.12.2021

Double up for Al Fay Park and Copenhill at the World Architecture Festival

Al Fay Park is named World Landscape of the Year while Copenhill is named World Building of the Year at the prestigious World Architecture Festival.

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22.11.2021

Qasr al Hosn wins WAN Gold Award 2021

The comprehensive masterplan for the Qasr al Hosn site in Abu Dhabi has been awarded this year’s WAN Gold Award in the category ‘Mixed Use’.

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19.11.2021

Al Fay Park wins World Architecture Festival Award

We are very happy to share that Al Fay Park has been declared winner of the Landscape: Urban Context category at the World Architecture Festival – one of the world’s most coveted architectural awards.

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15.11.2021

People, place, and nature come together in our resilient vision for Downsview

Crafted with comprehensive dialogue between the world-class design team and the community, our vision for north Toronto’s Downsview district is green-minded, human-scale, and people-first.

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27.10.2021

Amager Bakke Rooftop Park wins Olympic Gold

The International Olympic Committee awards Amager Bakke Rooftop Park prestigious Gold Distinction for exemplary sports and leisure architecture.

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20.09.2021

SLA enters Climate Partnership with Bærum Municipality

We are thrilled to share that we have won the innovation partnership to develop a new tool for integrating stormwater management and urban planning for Bærum Kommune in Norway.

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13.09.2021

Join the talk with Rasmus Astrup and Jan Gehl

On Thursday September 16th, SLA partner and design principal Rasmus Astrup and architect and urban consultant Jan Gehl will together give the talk Framing Outdoor Spaces.
The talk is part of the 3 Days of Design festival and is organized by D Studio and Louis Poulsen.
Get your tickets here.

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10.09.2021

SLA joins OAT's Triennalelaug

We are happy to join the executive partnership, Triennalelauget, for the Oslo Architecture Triennale to help shape the important discussions on the future development of Norwegian cities and societies.

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09.08.2021

Budolfi Square chosen as the Danish representative for European Green Cities Award 2021

We are happy to share that our Budolfi Square in Aalborg has been chosen as the Danish representative for this years’ European Green Cities Award.

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25.02.2021

China Mobile Nature Campus breaks ground

Our China Mobile Nature Campus in Nanjing has broken ground.

In the project we have designed the central green nature park as the heart of the new China Mobile Nature Campus, tying the various building plots together in one coherent nature-based design.

The nature park creates the best working conditions for China Mobile’s employees by bringing nature into each employee’s daily work life and ensuring that all employees are encouraged to connect, innovate and share knowledge together.

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20.01.2021

Al Fay Park inaugurated

We are thrilled to share that our Al Fay Park in Abu Dhabi today was inaugurated by Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed and is now open to the public.

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17.12.2020

SLA to design new climate adaptation project against flooding in Limfjorden

One of Denmark’s largest climate adaptation projects, the narrowing of the Thyborøn Canal to secure the entire western part of Limfjorden against floods, is moving closer. SLA, together with Rambøll and consultant Rasmus Johnsen, have won the tender to design the next phase of the project which is expected to cost 700 million DKK.

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15.12.2020

SLA wins first project in India

We are happy to share that we have won our first project in India: The new passenger terminal of DELHI NOIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SLA is appointed winner by client Zurich Airport International together with a consortium consisting of Nordic Office of Architecture, Grimshaw Architects, Haptic Architects and STUP.

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