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…
Light Fixture Design Competition
BREAKING NEWS - The annual Robert Bruce Thompson Student Design Competition has just been announced for 2017. The challenge: Design a light fixture for the lobby of a new modern art museum. This…
Interview with Kona Gray, ASLA
Kona Gray, ASLA / EDSA EDSA has designed many high-end hotels and resorts around the world. Many of these new hotels and resorts are found on beach fronts. For example, the Ritz Carlton Fort…
Icons of Healthcare & Therapeutic Garden Design
Anne’s Garden, Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia image: © The Fockele Garden Company / courtesy of Naomi Sachs Healthcare & Therapeutic Garden Design Interview Series:…
“Moana” Animation Tests by Randy Haycock
From Randy Haycock's YouTube Channel: A traditionally animated character exploration test. I was showing how Moana should play with her hair. This is very…
Announcing the New ASLA Online Learning Website
ASLA’s new online learning website continues to provide information on new and evolving practices and products, offering a convenient and affordable way to earn the Professional Development Hours…
Landscape Institute announces 2016 Awards winners
TACP Landscape Architects has won the prestigious President’s Award at the Landscape Institute’s annual awards today, Thursday 24 November, for its Green Infrastructure Action Plan for Pollinators…