The ASLA-NCC 2016 South Bay Lecture Series

The ASLA-NCC 2016 South Bay Lecture Series Thursday, March 24th Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) On March 24, 2016, Chris Pattillo, FASLA will talk about the Historic…

Nonprofit landscape architecture group to debut market garden in Penrose neighborhood this spring

MJ GALBRAITH | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016   Detroit's Penrose neighborhood is set to see another development in the years-long Penrose Market Garden project. With the help of a 2015…

In Flint, Mich., Moving The Farmers Market Drew More Poor Shoppers

TRACIE MCMILLAN When the Flint Farmers' Market moved downtown, closer to public transportation, more low-income customers started shopping there for all their grocery needs, a new study finds.…

WITH A KNIGHT FOUNDATION GRANT, THE BETTER BLOCK FOUNDATION AIMS TO MAKE YOUR CITY EVEN BETTER

CITY TERRAIN, NATIONAL, URBANISM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 AUDREY WACHS.   (COURTESY BBF) In over 100 projects, Team Better Block (TBB), the organization that works directly with cities to…

What if City-Loving Millennials Are Just a Myth?

BY KINDER INSTITUTE · FEBRUARY 22, 2016 Ryan Holeywell | @RyanHoleywell | February 22, 2016   A prominent demographer says that country has officially reached “peak Millennial.” But what…

You Can Climb Inside These Colorful Beach Pineapples

Just in case that wasn't clear from looking at them BY JEREMIAH BUDIN FEB 23, 2016, 5:30PM Since it is not abundantly clear just from looking at them, we figured we ought to let you know…

DENCITY 2016 – A COMPETITION TO IMPROVE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

Shelter is pleased to invite architects, planners, students, engineers, designers, thinkers, NGOs and organizations from all over the world to take part in the second annual Dencity…

RSA Competition – Student Design Awards 2016

The 2015-16 competition is officially open for entries! University students and recent graduates anywhere in the world can enter the 2015/16 Awards, which challenge participants to tackle pressing…

Experiments in Environment: The Halprin Workshops 1966-1971

How do you perceive the environment? In the summer of 1966, renowned American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (1916–2009) and his wife, dance pioneer Anna Halprin (born 1920), began a series of…