Adele Ashkar, of George Washington University, received her nomination, for Service, from the Potomac Chapter. Throughout her nontraditional career, Ashkar has provided distinguished service to landscape architecture. As a pioneering educator, she seizes every...

The prestige of the ASLA awards program relies in large part on the high caliber of the juries convened each year to review submissions. The ASLA Honors and Awards Advisory Committee seeks to assemble juries that represent the breadth of the profession, including...

Landscape history is often cast as a specialized undertaking, an accessory activity removed from the innovative concerns of contemporary design practice. The research project “Collective Visions” challenges that assumption using a series of case studies to illustrate...

This intimately scaled garden built atop a parking garage at the Art Institute of Chicago greets more than two million visitors each year and is open to the public, free of charge. Completed in 1967, it is among Dan Kiley’s best preserved commissions. Moving inward...

The TechTown District Plan articulates an inspiring vision for the revitalization of TechTown, a knowledge district in Midtown Detroit. The plan leverages the potential of the three institutions that anchor the district – Wayne State University, the College for...

The construction of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus transformed a contaminated 12-acre parking lot in the heart of Seattle into an ecologically and socially sustainable hub for global collaboration and local engagement. The landscape architects designed...

The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley honors the life and legacy of this pioneering and influential Modernist landscape architect through a traveling exhibition of newly-commissioned photography that surveys twenty-seven of Kiley’s 1000+ designs, an...

Across the nation, children lack access to nature. In fact, the result of the decline in nature-based activities is so significant, it now has a name: Nature Deficiency Disorder. Some sources suggest they are outside less than 50 percent as much as they were ten years...

Over the last decade, Piet Oudolf has become a ‘superstar’  in the gardening world. But few people have knowledge of the man who creates magnificent works of art. I was compelled to set up an interview with him exactly for that reason. I wanted to better understand...

Norman B. Leventhal Park at Post Office Square illustrates what can happen when a visionary idea is realized through excellent design. Enormously popular from the day it opened, this 1.7-acre park is often credited with jump-starting Boston’s downtown revival. Built...

The prestige of the ASLA awards program relies in large part on the high caliber of the juries convened each year to review submissions. The ASLA Honors and Awards Advisory Committee seeks to assemble juries that represent the breadth of the profession, including...

The American Society of Landscape Architects will elevate 32 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2014. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at...

The work of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture sculpts and navigates space through a seamless integration of landscape, art and architecture. Our work draws boundaries with a controlled palette of materials, creating permeable edges that blur the line between the...

The Olmsted Medal was instituted in 1990 to recognize individuals, organizations, agencies, or programs outside the profession of landscape architecture for environmental leadership, vision, and stewardship. The Medal honors Frederick Law Olmsted, considered the...

The American Society of Landscape Architects will elevate 33 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2013. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at...

The 142-year-old Lakewood Cemetery faced a challenge: how to create a commemorative 21st century space within a revered, landmark setting. The Garden Mausoleum project meets this challenge adroitly, sustainably and gracefully. With the landscape enveloping two thirds...

In order to save their beloved house from the incessant and inevitably threatening encroachment of the Atlantic Ocean, the owners of this 1970’s award winning “Record House” were willing to relocate their home in a more protected...

As one of the first revitalization projects since the devastation of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the 3.1-mile linear Lafitte Greenway will become a vibrant, multi-modal transportation corridor linking residents to the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana. The landscape...

Each year, the ASLA Professional Awards honor the best in landscape architecture from around the globe, while the ASLA Student Awards give us a glimpse into the future of the profession. Award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architecture Magazine,...

Visible | Invisible explores the preoccupations, influences, themes, and challenges that shape how the principals and designers at Reed Hilderbrand reflect on their work. In contrast to the recent tendency to illustrate conceptual depth through diagram,...

The Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory (GRIT Lab) is a state-of-the-art research facility and the only one of its kind in North America that studies the optimization of green roof performance. GRIT Lab includes real time data monitoring and ongoing field...

Jack Dangermond, ASLA, Suzanne Foss, and Eric Wittner from ESRI give the keynote address on Geodesign and the Emerging GIS...

Landscape Architecture Magazine Editor-in-Chief Bradford McKee moderated the Design Critics Panel Discussion: Perspectives on the Profession, which took place on September 30, 2012 during the ASLA 2012 Annual Meeting and EXPO in Phoenix. The panelists were:...

Charles Fishman, author of The New Age of Water: Reimagining How We Use Water and How We Think About It, gives keynote...

Each year, the ASLA Professional Awards honor the best in landscape architecture from around the globe, while the ASLA Student Awards give us a glimpse into the future of the profession. Award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architecture Magazine,...

The prestige of the ASLA awards program relies in large part on the high caliber of the juries convened each year to review submissions. The ASLA Honors and Awards Advisory Committee seeks to assemble juries that represent the breadth of the profession, including...

Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture is a book about bridging analog and digital landscape representation techniques. Digital landscape representation relies heavily on the past, and we attempt to tie past and present...

The Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments provide a dignified home for formerly homeless residents with 120 fully-equipped studios and supportive services, including counseling, medical care, job-training, and employment...

The Arizona Department of Transportation transplants thousands of Sonoran Desert native plants, including saguaros and ironwood trees, annually. These plants represent a valuable natural resource, contributing to the ecosystem and visual quality of an area. One study...

The One Ohio State Framework Plan redefines the role of planning at one of the largest universities in the country.  In response to increasingly complex challenges — a sustainability imperative, reduced access to capital,  and a driving vision centered on increased...

This project demonstrates a Stormwater park that acts as a green sponge, cleansing and storing urban stormwater and can be integrated with other ecosystem services including the protection of native habitats, aquifer recharge, recreational use, and aesthetic...

Over the last decade, Piet Oudolf has become a ‘superstar’  in the gardening world. But few people have knowledge of the man who creates magnificent works of art. I was compelled to set up an interview with him exactly for that reason. I wanted to better understand...

ASLA will present 37 awards to professional landscape architects and their firms, selected from more than 620 entries in the categories of General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications, and Research. In addition, The Landmark Award...

Adam Arvidson, nominated by the Minnesota Chapter in the Knowledge Category, is a prominent writer on the topic of landscape architecture, equally adept at informing fellow professionals and educating the general public. He created _SCAPE, a Minnesota design magazine...

Ed Czyscon was nominated by the Georgia Chapter in the Leadership/Management Category. He is an award-winning designer who has volunteered for the past 35 years on public committees, commissions, and authorities to improve the quality of life for millions. He has also...

Janet Rosenberg was nominated by the ASLA Council of Fellows Executive Committee in the Works Category. She is a design thought-leader in her native Canada and the U.S. who has received considerable international acclaim. She avidly supports environmental...

Each year, the ASLA Professional Awards honor the best in landscape architecture from around the globe, while the ASLA Student Awards give us a glimpse into the future of the profession. Award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architecture magazine,...

Low Impact Development: A Design Manual for Urban Areas is designed for those involved in urban property development, from homeowners, to institutions, developers, designers, cities, and regional authorities. The manual presents a graphic argument, illustrating the...

This project focuses on establishing a series of re-habitation strategies on site that is reclaimed for human development, and emphasizes the site as a seeding process for the natural systems, as well as environmental education and...

Situated on a suburban street, the Peninsula Residence aims to create an alternative model for the standard front yard—one that is appropriate to neighborhood and the Northern California climate. The landscape design re-imagines a previously neglected slope to...

The Portland Mall, a landscape architecture legacy project and icon for progressive urban planning and design, has been transformed into a Great...

Great examples of landscape design often go unrecognized because the finished look is so natural it is unnoticed as “man made” by the observer. The first phase of the “First San Diego River Improvement Project” or “FISDRIP” is a...

Introduction to the 2010 ASLA Professional Award Winners, plus information about the Jury. Learn more...

The Pioneers of American Landscape Design Oral History Series is an ever-growing collection of free, in-depth, web-based interviews with acclaimed American landscape architects. Each oral history documents and preserves the career and life of a specific practitioner....

Professionals working with local governments on the planning and design of communities are increasingly being required to know which urban form strategies will successfully achieve GHG emission reduction targets set by state and provincial legislation. This innovative...

The need for original and innovative urban planning decisions in developing countries is becoming more apparent. As part of rebuilding efforts, Rwanda has adopted a vision to become a regional center of transportation and economic vitality. As Kigali becomes the...

Capturing the rugged spirit and the landscape-rooted qualities of rustic camps of bygone eras, the Firm developed a family retreat at a remote lakeside location which protects, maintains, and builds upon the site’s unique landscape qualities. The design effort...

Built on a brownfield of a former industrial site, Houtan Park is a regenerative living landscape on Shanghai’s Huangpu riverfront. The park’s constructed wetland, ecological flood control, reclaimed industrial structures and materials, and urban...

As a high-profile and cherished public space in one of the world’s most important urban centers, the enormously successful restoration of Bryant Park was pivotal for New York City and serves as the definitive model of urban park restoration and environmental,...

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Viet Village Urban Farm is an urban farming project located in New Orleans East, an area hard hit by Katrina. The design team assisted the community with the design of the environmental infrastructural systems needed to support an organic urban farming operation, the...

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