NEWH Scholarship Opportunity
NEWH - The Hospitality Industry Network has made available a $4000.00 scholarship. Sponsored by Symmons, it will be for either undergrad or grad students who's primary interest is in Hospitality…
A Public Park in Taipei Welded From Recycled Light Posts
From the mass of Taipei’s urban waste comes the project “Swings Park,” a public playground area constructed from dozens of unwanted lamp posts. The project is a collaboration between Taipei-based…
On the Wall: Fine Art Student Captures Community Spirit in City Mural
Wear your heart on your sleeve—or perhaps on a wall. After two years of planning with the city of Martinez, Calif., Academy of Art University MFA student Colleen Gianatiempo kicked off her work on…
#AcademyAlum Scott Borrero Declared First-Ever Winner of “Top Photographer with Nigel Barker”
Congratulations to Academy of Art University alumnus Scott Borrero for being named the very first winner of the new AdoramaTV series “Top Photographer with Nigel Barker”! Borrero, 29, took the top…
New Tech Campuses Blur Line Between Work and Home
The Domain / Lauren Cecchi New York “Top tech companies now expect their campuses to do the heavy lifting in retaining talent,” argued Aaron Ross with BNIM in a session at the ASLA 2016 Annual…
Dtanjung Masterplan embraces the site’s natural environment
The landscape design proposal for Dtanjung Masterplan embraces the site’s natural environment and complex ecosystem. Through design of landscape preservation measures and celebration of natural…
Building Community Resilience from the Ground Up
Larimer vision / Larimer Consenus To boost resilience in vulnerable, under-served communities, we need to “build their adaptive capacity, their ability to work together. We need to focus on the…
Lawrence Halprin’s Evocative Landscapes
Lawrence Halprin at his residence at The Sea Ranch / Charles A. Birnbaum, 2008 “Lawrence Halprin didn’t imitate nature; he abstracted it,” argued Charles Birnbaum, FASLA, president of The Cultural…
Our New Urban Oases – By NIKIL SAVAL
Atlanta BeltLine, Atlanta. Credit Matthew Pillsbury for The New York Times The Design Issue Just a few blocks north of Philadelphia’s Center City, with its immaculate grid designed by the city’s…
Design Tools: Sketching vs. Digital
Left: Michigan Avenue Streetscape: 20 Years of Magnificent Mile Blooms, 2016 Landmark Award / Right: The Digital & The Wild: Mitigating Wildfire Risk Through Landscape Adaptations, 2016 Student…