FREE Academic Support for AAU Landscape Architecture Students Fall 2017
ARC Onsite + Online Workshops [drop-in only] Supplemental instruction from academic departments to help ALL students improve their skills and knowledge. ARC Language Labs (formerly MFA Labs) [by…
Imagine Designing a 5.4 Acre Rooftop Park
https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/07/announcing-salesforce-transit-center-salesforce-park.html Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area have long believed that a West Coast version of Grand Central…
SF Bay Area Resilience Relies on Sediment
“What happens in one area may impact what happens in another.” A seemingly simple process explained by Chris Devick with Arcadis reminds us how the movement of sediment in any area, including the…
Breaking News: AAU’s Own, Nahal Sohbati, Wins Prestigious Landscape Architecture Award!
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced just 28 winners for their 2017 Student Awards. For the 2nd year in a row, an AAU Landscape Architecture student WON!
New! Weekend Events at The Cannery
The Cannery Courtyard: another example of an outdoor space impacting lifestyles. The Historic Cannery Building: Home to the Academy of Art's School of Landscape Architecture This historic building,…
How can tragedies like Houston happen? #HoustonInOurHearts
Articles written in 2015 and 2016 warned Houston that their region was flood prone after “38,000 acres of wetlands vanished,” covered with #impervioussurfaces . Urbanization issues like these lead to…
Tree-planting drones can sow 100,000 seeds a day
BioCarbon Engineering The much-hyped promise of a drone-driven future—where drones bring us food, take our selfies, and even serve as taxis—is not nearly as cool as this Myanmar community’s…
International Council of Design
International Council of Design with Russell Kennedy. "Cultures are in a state of constant change. Support for authentic representation and acknowledgment of indigenous knowledge in…
Imagining a Different Future: Overcoming Barriers to Climate Justice
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS- Imagining a Different Future: Overcoming Barriers to Climate Justice CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Imagining a Different Future: Overcoming Barriers to Climate Justice University of…
CREATION OF IFLA AFRICA
Our profession in Africa is young and lacking in national government recognition in most cases. All our work is done on a voluntary basis, and so any offers of help and participation are warmly…