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A curving swing set provides ample space to swing Blaxland Riverside Park benefits from a series of sweeping views that capture forest, field, and sky. The park design features big earthworks, a tree...

Blaxland Riverside Park

Concrete surfaces are printed with a playful pattern Originally developed as a park following heavy bombing in World War II, Normand Park was revamped and opened to the public in 2008. It functions as a...

Normand Park

Bird’s eye view of wooden play structure and earthworks Located in La Chapelle St-Luc, on the outskirts of Troyes, the “Parc des Prés de Lyon” was designed in the 1970s. When it came time to rejuvenate...

Parc des Prés de Lyon

 
Hanging out inside a rubber mound This project’s prime objective is reinventing the streetscape as a place of play. Carve took a typical dense Amsterdam street and transformed it...

Potgieterstraat

Playing among the poured rubber mounds Built for the International Garden Festival at Grand-Metis, Quebec, this play area takes off the shelf products and proposes new uses for them. These...

Safe Zone

Ropes with rubber discs are suspended below netting The Sculptural Playground is located in a formerly derelict area overlooking the historic centre of Wiesbaden in Germany. The design of the playground...

Sculptural Playground

 
Play area with bright poured rubber mounds During the fourteenth century, St. Mary’s Churchyard was the site of an old medieval parish church. In 1720, the main structure of this church was...

St. Mary’s Churchyard

Playing in sand pit beside rubber mound The Surrey City Hall playscape is located on the second level terrace of the new Surrey City Hall building, and overlooks the new civic plaza. The...

Surrey City Hall Childcare

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