13.04.2025
SLA inaugurates UAE Pavilion Landscape at Osaka 2025 Expo
We are very proud to share that Sunday April 13, we inaugurated the UAE Pavilion landscape at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai.
As a natural extension of the Pavilion’s ‘Earth to Ether’ journey, our landscape design is a celebration of UAE’s iconic date palm.
By bridging UAE and Japanese agricultural practices, traditional crafts, and cultural and natural heritage, the UAE Pavilion’s landscape innovates the use of date palms to create new future-proof methods, materials, and designs.
“For SLA, it is an amazing honor to be part of the UAE Pavilion's Earth to Ether Design Collective representing UAE in Osaka and a culmination of our 10-year commitment in the country. With the UAE PAVILION LANDSCAPE, we present new material innovations and designs built upon the legacy and traditions of both the UAE and Japan. The goal is to showcase how natural and cultural heritage can drive innovation through interdisciplinary experimentation and collaboration - for a flourishing future for all life, from Earth to Ether.”
— SLA Design Principal and Partner Rasmus Astrup
Read more about our UAE Pavilion Landscape here.
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Sune Rieper
Senior Lead Designer, Partner, Architect
27.08.2025
SLA wins competition for new landmark park in Copenhagen
For the first time in a generation, the City of Copenhagen will create an entirely new, large-scale urban park. Team SLA has won the design competition to deliver this landmark project over the next many years.
05.08.2025
Diana Cruz new Head of the Norwegian Market at SLA
SLA strengthens its Norwegian operations with the appointment of Diana Cruz as the new Head of the Norwegian Market.
24.06.2025
Development plan for Odense Inner Harbor politically approved
We are very happy to share that Team SLA/Vandkunsten’s district development plan for Odense Inner Harbor – set to become Denmark’s lushest harbor – has been approved by the City of Odense.