10 Inspiring Children’s Playspaces
We’re still in the dog days of summer which means plenty of outside time while the weather is nice. All of that outdoor play has us dreaming about playing on the playground when we were little. Times have changed and so have the play structures, which have now grown to become architectural sculptures for kids. Inspired by the current exhibition at the Design Museum Boston called Extraordinary Playscapes, and Playworld’s reintroduction of NYC architect Richard Dattner’s iconic 60s PlayCubes designs (above), we did a little digging to see what kids get to play on these days and the result is 10 inspiring play structures we wish we’d had back then.
Photo © Masaki Koizum
Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam is the artist behind the clever knitted architectural sculptures that are like children’s fantasies realized. This one, Wonder Space II, was done in collaboration with Interplay, at the Hakone Open-Air Museum. Photo © Cristobal Palma
Located in Santiago, Chile, ELEMENTAL designed the Children’s Bicentennial Park playground on an unused hillside, complete with tree houses, swings, a forest of water spheres, more than 60 slides, and this caged play structure kids can climb in without falling off.
Photos courtesy of Swarovski Kristallwelten and Snøhetta
Snøhetta was one of three architectural firms invited to contribute to the expansion of Swarovski Kristallwelten (Swarovski Crystal Worlds) in Wattens, Austria. One of their three elements was this ...
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