Tim Fu, an architect and a practitioner of AI and computational design, is going to share his latest design workflows. You will get to know how he has been using artificial intelligence to revolutionize the architectural industry. The discussion will also encompass...
Introduction In the dynamic landscape of architectural design, the evolution of tools has become increasingly rapid, requiring architects to adapt continuously. From traditional pen-and-paper methods to CAD, to Rhino and SketchUp, to Grasshopper, and for rendering...
Synthetic Vernacular via Artificial Intelligence Generative AI has shifted the paradigm for architectural design. Text to image and image to video tools like Midjourney and Runway have become increasingly powerful and essential to the daily workflow of architects...
We had a great workshop with Tim Fu in the first half of January. This time, during the Parametric Intelligence workshop, we learned to fully develop our own design from 2D to 3D, using holistic AI workflow, going from AI concept design with Midjourney, parametric...
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Interior designer Ilse Crawford creates spaces and objects that engage the senses and promote well-being, from high-end hotels to Ikea...
Platon’s fearless portraits capture the souls of world leaders and ordinary people. A shoot with Gen. Colin Powell provides a window into his...
Graphic designer Paula Scher paints with words, developing the visual language of iconic brands and institutions around the...
As Fiat Chrysler’s global head of design, Ralph Gilles steers the brand into the future with sleek new sports cars and a self-driving electric...
Architect Bjarke Ingels unites function, fantasy and sustainability in “pragmatic utopian” designs like a clean power plant topped with a ski...
Stage designer Es Devlin crafts evocative sets for concerts, operas, plays and runway shows using light, film, sculpture — and even...
Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life. In this episode: Tinker Hatfield’s background in architecture and athletics sparked his game-changing shoe designs for Nike,...
Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life. In this episode: From New Yorker covers to Instagram sketches, illustrator Christoph Niemann plays with abstraction and interactivity...
The 2019 ASLA Professional and Student Awards Ceremony at the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San...
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world’s cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process that really lets kids be...
Full movie here MAKING SPACE a full-length documentary film, profiles five contemporary female architects and some of their most exciting projects. Different architectural genres are explored such as urban, landscape, and sustainable architecture. The women are based...
Full Movie here The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames were America’s most influential and important industrial designers. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status in American culture. ‘Eames:...
THE INFINITE HAPPINESS, – A film by Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine France 2015, colors, HD, 85 min Inhabiting for about a month the “8 House”, by Bjarke Ingels Group, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine recount in a diary style their subjective experience of living...
Full movie here Landscape frames our days: trees or flowers, sidewalks and walls, city parks or private gardens. But who envisions this framework for our daily lives? Women in the Dirt is a documentary about seven groundbreaking landscape architects. Their work ranges...
Renowned American landscape architect Laurie Olin discussed the work and influence of one of the greatest in his field: André Le Nôtre, designer of the gardens at Versaille, Vaux-le-Vicomte and the Tuileries. Le Nôtre’s influence can still be seen 400 years...
Sketches of Frank Gehry is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Sydney Pollack and produced by Ultan Guilfoyle, about the life and work of the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. The film was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film...
Frank Gehry (sinh ngày 28/2/1929) là cái tên luôn giữ vị trí nổi bật nhất trong các bản tin về kiến trúc kể từ khi ông bắt đầu sự nghiệp ở Los Angeles vào năm 1962 và đã sửa sang lại ngôi nhà của mình tại Santa Monica. Thiết kế kiến trúc của ông được biết đến nhờ kết...
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4 years in the making, this web-based interactive Atlas surveys the status of, and conflicts between conservation, land-use and urban growth in the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots – regions which by definition harbor the most threatened and irreplaceable...
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The climate, environment, demography, settlement patterns, and landscape of the Arctic are changing rapidly. This transformation has led to intense debates and extensive research regarding the future of the circumpolar north. The research project “Fluid Territory: A...
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Một cách tiếp cận khác với nhà ở bền vững | Craig Jarvis | TEDxChristchurch It’s easy to see why we focus on energy efficiency, says architectural designer Craig Jarvis — but that’s the symptom, not the problem. It’s time for a new approach to...
7 nguyên tắc xây dựng thành phố tốt hơn | Peter Calthorpe More than half of the world’s population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The way we build new cities will be at the heart of so much...
Đô thị xanh Communities around the world are currently faced with a number of large scale environmental challenges, including dangerous, irreversible climate change. Many of these challenges stem from cities and our resource intensive urban lifestyles. Fortunately, an...
Superblocks: Cách Barcelona Lấy lại đường phố từ xe hơi Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Các thành phố hiện đại đang được thiết kế cho xe ô tô....
Satoyama – Đài Loan: Khiêu vũ với thiên nhiên Ting-feng Liu and several generations of his forebears have farmed and made their life here in this highland village in Central Taiwan for well over a century. This century of experience taught respect for seasonal...
Great Museums: Tư duy mới – Đường cao tốc ở thành phố New York Narrated by actress Susan Sarandon, this hour-long documentary film showcases the High Line, a most unusual and unlikely public park. Since opening in 2009, it has become a top global tourist...
Ngày 29 tháng 8 năm 2015 tại Trung tâm Điêu khắc Nasher phối hợp với Ad Astra Bài giảng của Viện Edith O’Donnell Lịch sử Nghệ thuật tại Đại học Texas ở Dallas. Kiến trúc sư Philip Beesley thiết kế kết hợp các tòa nhà công cộng với các dự án thiết kế, sân khấu và...
This webcast is currently available for viewing only and is NO LONGER APPLICABLE FOR AICP CM credits. Sponsored By: Transportation Planning Division Description: This webinar will examine the linkages between landscape architects and transportation planning, looking...
Peter Walker is an American landscape architect and the founder of PWP Landscape Architecture. He has been described as “a veteran designer of corporate campuses and...
“When you design landscapes, remember that it’s a journey. Nothing is fixed. Everything is going to evolve over time.” Kathryn Gustafson is an internationally acclaimed landscape architect who is renowned for creating very artistic, sculpture-like landscape forms that...
Lecture at the University of Cape Town on 7th October, 2014 for the Master of Landscape Architecture subject “Planting...
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Part 1 of a documentary celebrating the legacy of Fredrick Law Olmsted – designer of Central Park in New York City and many other great urban parks and developments across the United States. Co-written and Directed by George...
Based on Don Marquardt’s popular live state presentation of Frederick Law Olmsted’s life and accomplishments, this 37 minute video concentrates on Olmsted’s early life influences, many failures trying to find a successful career, and then his...
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Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner and Creative Director, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) “An Extreme Application of Vernacular Architecture: It Could be on Mars” When we invent technology through architecture we become better at adapting our surroundings to us. In...
Kongjian Yu is the founder and Dean of the School of Landscape Architecture at Peking University and founding Director of Turenscape, one of the first and largest private architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism practices in China. He is a globally...
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Creating a good public realm is a primary aim of landscape architects. The objectives are to make places which are useful, beautiful and well-made. The compositional elements are land, water, vegetation, buildings and...
Richard Sennett launched a serious attack on the landscape architecture profession in a HGSD. Tom Turner replies to his...
Finding both dictionary and professional institution definitions of ‘landscape architecture’ unsatisfactory, Tom Turner suggests thee definition that ‘Landscape architects compose landform, water and vegetation with buildings and pavings to make good...
The term landscape architecture originates with either Jean-Marie Morel or Gilbert Laing Meason. Accepting that a case can be made for either origin, Tom Turner draws attention to Meason’s interests in public goods and in the relationship between buildings and...
As an organised profession, it was founded by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late nineteenth century. IFLA, the International Federation of Landscape Architects was founded in Cambridge, England, in 1948 with Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe as its first...
The history of landscape architecture is the history of composing landform, water and plants with buildings and pavings to make good places. It includes the histories of urban design, garden design and public open...
In 37 years of practice with Grupo de Diseño Urbano (Mexico City), Mario Schjetnan has overseen award-winning projects in architecture, urban design, and landscape. Among his most recognized works are the Parque Tezozomoc in Mexico City, the El Cedazo Park in...
This short documentary examines some of China’s highest profile recently built works, selected primarily from the discipline of landscape architecture and distributed across some sixteen cities. As a collection, these investigated works form a cross-sectional snapshot...
Sponsored by Malissa and Russel Kilpatrick and Bobby G. Wilder “Contemporary Planting Design in Landscape Architecture” Richard Hartlage, Land Morphology This presentation will be an overview of meadow and matrix planting styles, prevalent in Germany, The...
Dr. Yu is the Dean of Beijing University’s College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. He is also the Founder and President of Turenscape, and Time Magazine described him as a “force of nature”. In this lecture he talks about designed ecology...
Kongjian Yu President, Turenscape; Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, China “The Art of Survival: Recovering Landscape Architecture” Lecture description: Time Magazine called Kongjian Yu as “The...
A 2011–12 national design competition was sponsored by the Trust for the National Mall to select a design team for the redesign of three sites: Constitution Gardens, the Sylvan Theater, and Union Square. After an intense and highly publicized competition, the Trust...
Two schools of architecture, the Department of Architecture at the ETH Zürich and the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio AAM present with support from Pro Helvetia a project entitled «Gotthard Landscape: The Unexpected View». The project deals with the passage from...
Kongjian Yu: Cải tạo cảnh quan ở Trung Quốc Kongjian Yu President, Turenscape; Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, China “The Art of Survival: Recovering Landscape Architecture” Lecture description:...
If you are thinking about what to study at university or looking for a career change, if you care about the environment and the places where we live, work and play, this film aims to help you decide ‘I want to be a landscape architect!’...
The garden is set in the urban context of an apartment block with balconies and small ground-floor terraces, and a larger communal or social space. The garden highlights a wide range of creative and artful approaches to sustainable garden and landscape design. The RHS...
Bruce Munro is noted for his immersive site-specific installations that employ light to evoke emotional response, often in an outdoor context and on a monumental scale. His practice is a mediation of memory, moments of shared human connection, and incorporates a...
A panel discussion on sustainable historic landscapes, held at Claremont Fan Court School. Speakers included Dr Kate Felus, Michael B Phillips, Dominic Cole and Chris Churchman. See http://www.claremont-school.co.uk/181… for more...
Presented by John Elsley, Horticultural Consultant Visiting gardens has been a stimulating element, both professionally and personally, throughout John’s career. Unique in both design and creativity at plant selection, each garden offers the visitor an...
Andrew Grant, director of UK landscape architects Grant Associates, walks around Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, reflecting on the ideas and inspirations behind the the design of the spectacular Supertrees, Cooled Conservatories and Themed Gardens. Masterplanned by...
Visiting gardens has been a stimulating element, both professionally and personally, throughout John’s career. Unique in both design and creativity at plant selection, each garden offers the visitor an unparalleled educational experience. In his presentation...
Dan Pearson is one of today’s most influential garden and landscape designers, known for his painterly naturalistic perennial planting, with work ranging from private gardens around the world to the 240-hectare Tokachi Millennium Forest Garden in northern Japan. In...
Over the past ten years, Günther Vogt of Vogt Landscape Architects, Zürich, has designed a wide variety of public and private outdoor spaces in Switzerland and Europe. These include the grounds of the Allianz Arena in Munich, the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music...
Interface, a cross-disciplinary design approach championed in “Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture,” is an urgent appeal for designers to pursue a cross-disciplinary design approach that overcomes the false professional dichotomy between architecture and...
James Corner, Principal, James Corner Field Operations addresses his firm’s design strategies for FreshKills Park, NY and Qianhai, a new city in China. James Corner’s presentation was one of a series of lectures at the “Second Wave of Modernism II:...
Great Garden Design This book presents the best garden designs of the last ten years from more than 50 top garden designers. It offers design solutions for every situation, every area, all tastes and budgets, and any size of garden. It draws on the talents of...
Join the American Society of Landscape Architects on May 17 as it officially opens the new ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture in D.C.’s Chinatown. The Center is a showcase for sustainable design excellence and also serves as ASLA’s headquarters. The built and...
Planting and garden design is a very complicated art. Many people have been struggling to explain it succinctly for a while now. Other than through a face to face meeting this is the best way I have found to do so at the moment.” Guy Jones – Owner, Emotive Landscapes...
Piet Oudolf from Weitzman School of Design on Vimeo. Bài giảng: Giao thoa giữa Sinh thái và thiết kế cảnh quan của Piet...
Explore hundreds of new products, services, technology applications, and design solutions—all under one roof! With nearly 350 exhibitors, the ASLA EXPO is the largest trade show in the industry and the best-attended event of the annual meeting. Explore hundreds of new...
2017 Fellows Profiles. ASLA Elevates 23 Members to the Council of Fellows. The American Society of Landscape Architects has elevated 23 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2017. Fellowshipis among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes...
Though easily forgotten and often misunderstood, the infrastructures of wastewater treatment are inextricably linked with the pulse of our modern cities. Invisible Works is a public introduction to the dynamic life of wastewater treatment in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is...
Klyde Warren Park is Dallas’s central urban park that has bridged the eight-lane Woodall Rodgers Freeway, which had been a barrier between Downtown and Uptown. The park reconnects the city’s downtown cultural district with the neighborhoods to the north. The park is...
The landscape design for the Birmingham Residence sculpts space into a dynamic context for the client’s home and art collection. Situated in a quiet neighborhood in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, the residence embodies the client’s adventurous taste and celebrates...
The Digital Library of Landscape Architecture History (DiLiLAH) is a freely available, online public repository of virtual tours of historical landscapes created to encourage education and exploration of historic landscapes. Using immersive panoramic tours, filled...
Barrier islands are dynamic ecosystems in constant evolution. While wind and tide shape the landscape, tropical storms and sea level rise accelerate inland habitat migration. In 2008, Hurricane Ike completely ravaged Galveston Island State Park. The redevelopment...
Conceived and constructed over a period of nearly twenty years, the J. Paul Getty Center stands atop the Santa Monica Mountains as a bastion of art, culture, and design for all people. The landscape of the Getty is indelibly connected to the context of Southern...
Landscape architects face increasing pressure to design high-performance landscapes in cities where regulatory requirements and underlying engineering models tend not to reflect the measurable capacity of green infrastructure within different contexts, particularly...
Following a 2011 Cloudburst that caused damage of approximately USD $1 billion, climate change mitigation solutions became an urgent focus for the city of Copenhagen. The flood’s consequences transcended jurisdictional boundaries, necessitating a truly collaborative...
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,...
Underpass Park is a highly imaginative public space in a rather unexpected place. Located beneath a complex of existing highway overpasses in Toronto’s downtown, an otherwise forgotten and derelict remnant has been transformed into an active public park providing...
The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) What’s Out There guidebooks are concise, richly illustrated publications that provide overviews about the design history of mostly urban areas throughout the U.S., locates significant works of landscape architecture of each...
Until recently, this 3.5-acre property was the maintenance boneyard for a nearby working ranch. Piles of wood and debris, covered with a layer of fill, had created an artificial landform, resulting in a site that was both ecologically lifeless and unsightly. A...
Since 1993, a bold strip of beautiful landscape has run down the median of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. It spans the 33 blocks (2.3 miles) from Roosevelt Road in Chicago’s Loop up to Oak Street in the city’s Gold Coast, enlivening the prominent street with seasonal...
The American Society of Landscape Architects has elevated 28 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2016. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at...
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...
Set in a wooded, 7 acre site above Cedar Creek Lake, this series of buildings are weaved discreetly below the tree line and take advantage of commanding views of the surrounding lake. The collaborative effort between design team and client transformed a long-held...
The Landscape Performance Series is an online set of resources to build capacity and transform the way landscape is valued in the design and development process. It brings together information and innovations from research, industry, academia, and professional...
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 landscape architects led the consultant team and worked with the client, stakeholder agencies and neighborhood groups to develop an urban design plan and feasibility study for the redevelopment of the 45 acre Penn’s Landing site, with an emphasis on an integrated...
Sixty miles north of New York City, we’ve transformed a postindustrial site into a popular riverfront park, where art, recreation, and environmental education enable visitors to forge deeper connections with the Hudson River and its history. Originally a wooden pier...
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...
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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...
Test drive the ASLA annual meeting and EXPO by viewing the 2011 highlights video. Register for the 2012 Annual Meeting and EXPO in...
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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Ecological services from restored natural habitats can enhance landscape design. Controlled experiments on urban landscapes, including landfills and brownfields, determined that woody species can thrive on thin engineered soils, but traditional hydroseeding must be...
The Lurie Garden is a 3-acre, rooftop garden in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park. The Garden expresses Chicago’s distinct, urban landscape history as a bold, contemporary landmark that also offers quiet respite for people and urban wildlife. It distinguishes itself...
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This 7-minute short film documents the planning and implementation of an art installation composed of the shredded paper waste generated by a landscape architectural firm over a twelve-week period. By exhibiting this physical manifestation of the concept of...
The creation of a fountain without a basin was an innovation that transformed fountain design. Historically, the Tanner Fountain was the first institutional project of the “Landscape as Art” movement, and it continues to prove that landscape architecture is an art,...
The Buffalo Bayou Promenade connected Houston’s downtown core to the river park to the west under and through a neglected and near impossible mess of freeways and bridges, adding 23 acres of parkland to Houston’s inner city. The landscape architect’s...
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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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