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
10.06.2025
SLA creates 104 new neighbourhood parks in Abu Dhabi
We are happy to share that we have completed one of the largest urban greening projects to date in the UAE: 104 new neighbourhood parks across Abu Dhabi, designed to improve health, biodiversity, and the everyday quality of life for all Abu Dhabi’s residents.
01.06.2025
SLA and GHD win major design project for Ookwemin Minising
We are incredibly excited to share that we – together with our partner GHD – have won the assignment as prime consultant for Ookwemin Minising: Toronto’s new 39.6-hectare island neighborhood planned for more than 15,000 residents!
23.05.2025
SLA exhibits New Nordic City Nature at Oslo National Museum
Today, the exhibition “New Nordic – Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place” opens at the National Museum in Oslo. SLA and Dyvik Kahlen have made a specially designed pavilion for the museum square – that takes visitors from the Michelin kitchen out into the urban realm. Its roof and landscape are planted with native, edible species from Oslo’s shores and forests, and offers a taste of New Nordic City Nature.