Could Rising Seas Force The Bay Area To Solve Its Housing Crisis?
The Mega Margins project envisions a planned retreat from the shoreline—and using the emergency to break the deadlock about development in San Francisco. When a massive earthquake and fire leveled…
Playing with Topography
Lafayette Park, San Francisco image: Miller Company Landscape Architects One way we can avoid the effect of a cookie-cutter playground and invite children into the landscape is to integrate the…
A Special Filmmaker Screening and a Presentation regarding production technique followed by a special selection of NFB Short
Please remember to RSVP to Karl for this Sunday's event with the NFB at the Walt Disney Family Museum. Past events have been very well received, and have been very popular with members. We're…
‘Shared street’ on Argyle is off to bumpy start
'Shared street' in Uptown opens to public The three-block stretch of Argyle Street between Broadway and Sheridan Road in Uptown has been reopened as Chicago’s first “shared street.” (Alyssa Pointer…
Snøhetta Occupies the Edges
When Michelle Delk, ASLA, was young and too full of energy for a lengthy car ride, her parents would pull over at parks in northern Iowa to let her run around. She grew attached to one in…
How to Get Plants
We do our best to get the exact plants that Bay Area landscape pros are looking for. That’s why they’ve been turning to us for nearly 150 years to help them with this essential service. As both a…
Detroit’s Heidelberg Project to transform into artistic village
The Penny Car at the Heidelberg Project. (David Yarnall/Wikimedia Commons) Of Detroit’s many enigmatic urban spaces, perhaps the most notable is the Heidelberg Project (HP). The urban art…
Presidential Candidates Answer Critical Questions on the Climate and Environment
Presidential Candidates / ScienceDebate.org More than 50 non-partisan organizations in the U.S., including the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), representing 10 million design…
Data-driven Simulations Can Lead to Big Changes for Urban Planners
UrbanSim aims to help urban planners better understand the impact of interventions, but also to increase the inclusiveness and transparency of planning processes by involving citizens throughout. In…
AECOM wants to turn Red Hook into a 45,000-unit mega-development with new subway connection
Posted On Tue, September 13, 2016 By Dana Schulz In Red Hook, Urban Design Red Hook Container Terminal, Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States What do you get when you cross the…