{"id":112,"date":"2012-07-23T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T09:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/landscapearchitecture\/?p=112"},"modified":"2012-07-23T09:07:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T09:07:39","slug":"bay-south-garden-singapore-gardens-by-the-bay-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/2012\/07\/23\/bay-south-garden-singapore-gardens-by-the-bay-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay South Garden opens (Singapore Gardens by the Bay)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/singaporegardenssupertrees1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121\" title=\"SingaporeGardensSupertrees\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2019\/04\/singaporegardenssupertrees1.jpg?w=177\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>On 29th June 2012\u00a0<strong>Bay South Garden<\/strong> opened, part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardensbythebay.com.sg\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Singapore Gardens by the Bay<\/em><\/a> project. Designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/grant-associates.uk.com\/projects\/85-gardens-by-the-bay\/4777-gardens-by-the-bay.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Grant Associates<\/strong><\/a> it is one of the most original and innovative pieces of landscape architecture in the world &#8211; particularly so due to its strong sustainability principles. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/grant-associates.uk.com\/news.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grant Associates website<\/a> for more info and interviews, as well as the many articles now available online &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/shortsharpscience\/2012\/07\/fantasy-forest-pulls-focus-fro.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Scientist<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sustainable-business\/best-practice-exchange\/atelier-ten-concrete-trees-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian<\/a>, &#8211; and check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ypFVjyr6J98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squint Opera video<\/a>\u00a0which was part of the competition winning entry in the first place.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grant-associates.uk.com\/our-people.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Keith French<\/strong><\/a> was Project Director for Gardens by the Bay as part of his role as a Director at Grant Associates. Keith has just finished 3 years as External Examiner of the undergraduate Landscape Architecture course here at UoG and the course would like to express our deepest thanks for his input to the development of the course in that time, as well as offer our congratulations on the completion of Bay South &#8211; a truly amazing project.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: photograph courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardensbythebay.com.sg\/en\/the-gardens\/attractions\/supertree-grove.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gardens by the Bay website<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 29th June 2012\u00a0Bay South Garden opened, part of the Singapore Gardens by the Bay project. 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