Urbanideas

URBANIDEAS is an Ukrainian architectural office based in Lviv, that aims to develop high-quality architectural and urban environment. Our approach aims at bringing intense research and analysis together with structured planning processes to design, characterized by great attention to detail and person. Our architecture is a task of cultural and social environment, place and time linking. Each […]

The design strategy draws on the constraints and potentials of its rooftop condition. A system of low concrete retaining walls enables soil depth suffi cient for a diverse plant palette, allowing the introduction of Amelanchier lamarckii, Pinus mugo, Cornus alba, Cornus kousa, and a range of perennials and shrubs. Rather than foregrounding ornamental display, the […]

In the courtyard of a residential district on Zelenа Street in Lviv, the mood of wild thickets and urban design of landscaping elements are combined. Here grow mainly perennial grasses, astilbes, sage, aquilegia and shrubs that have the property of being evergreen: laurel, privet. Plane trees have been planted from the trees as the fastest […]

Koliivshchyny Square is located in the former Jewish quarter of the Old Town in Lviv, Ukraine. It is characterized by dense urban fabric with narrow streets. It is one of the most historically enriched spaces in Lviv. The square was formed quite late, after the dismantling of one of the ancient stone houses and on […]