Remembering the Visionary Landscape Architect & Sponge City Innovator & Champion's pioneering work in green infrastructure.

Oct. 2 1906 — Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs American challenger ‘Fireman’ Jim Flynn in 15 rounds to retain his title in Los Angeles, California. 1950 — Jim Hardy throws ...

Yu, who was known for promoting ecologically sound development, was traveling with two Brazilian documentary makers, Luiz ...

A small aircraft has crashed in Brazil, killing four people including the distinguished Chinese architect and urbanist Yu Kongjian, Brazil's vice president said on Wednesday.

Renowned Chinese landscape architect Yu Kongjian, champion of the "sponge city" concept, died in a plane crash in Brazil's ...

Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu died in a plane crash late on Tuesday in the vast Brazilian wetlands of Mato Grosso ...

Turenscape recently won two American Society of Landscape Architects awards, including a top prize for its “floating forest” ...

The celebrated Chinese landscape architect and urban planner was among four people killed in a plane crash in southwestern Brazil, authorities said Wednesday.

Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, known for his so-called nature-mimicking "sponge cities," has died in a small plane ...

Well-known Chinese architect Kongjian Yu died with three others after a plane crash in the vast and lush Brazilian wetlands ...

The Oberlander Prize–winning founder of celebrated Beijing practice Turenscape and originator of the revolutionary ‘sponge ...

The pioneering architect’s death casts new light on his radical vision for greener, flood-resilient cities – ideas he shared ...