The Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens was presented with the first prize for innovative design by European Garden Heritage Network (EGHN) at the Schloss Nordkirchen, a palace in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on Friday, ANA reports.
In its citation for the Stavros Niarchos Park, whose grounds include the Greek National Opera and National Library (part of the garden extends over the library), the network noted, “The park restores connections between the city and the sea and has quickly been accepted as a green space for the enjoyment by Athenians and visitors. Deborah Nevins, landscape architect, used many indigenous Mediterranean plants to give the sense of being in a Greek landscape. From the Mediterranean Garden curving landscaped pathways wend their way up a gentle grade to a summit 32 m high. This forms the green roof of the opera and library, one of the largest in Europe and significantly reducing air conditioning requirements. The summit offers spectacular views of the sea, the Acropolis, and the cultural and educational park below.”
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