Second Glance is the sixth yearbook by Landscape Architecture Europe, showcasing over sixty innovative projects from across Europe. Building on the foundational design actions of care, create, and act introduced in the previous edition, this volume explores how landscape architecture contributes to resilience, beauty, and survival in the face of global challenges. The projects are organized into four thematic sections: Europe’s Commitment – Tackling grand societal and environmental challenges; Europe’s Strength – Enhancing public spaces as vital community assets, Where We Live Today – Using landscapes to expand perspectives and provoke thought.
What We Need to Develop – Designing landscapes for sustainable urban futures. This edition reflects on the urgent role of landscape architects in shaping a habitable environment for the coming decades.

In this publication, OKRA is proud to showcase Cadzand-Bad (Netherlands) project.  We integrated the need for coastal reinforcement – part of the National programme to turn the coast into a super-storm proof zone – by upgrading the public space. In doing so, we realised a high-quality and attractive new élan for the entire village, with a diversity of atmospheres in which ecology and coastal defences are an integral aspect of the design. The renewed Cadzand-Bad is safe and attractive year-round for residents and tourists alike and is recognisably linked to its surroundings. The success of the interventions forms a solid, widely supported basis for the ground rules of future developments.