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WEBSince 2011, the nonprofit Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) has worked in this landscape, painstakingly building relationships with community members and leadership as well as county and state politicians to address the need for public space. KDI’s approach is remarkable because it values residents over a finished product.
On Climate - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBLandscape architects have been working on issues of sustainability and resiliency for the last century. Reporting on projects and approaches to sea-level rise, extreme drought, urban heat islands, flooding, and wildfires has raised public awareness of the vital work landscape architects are doing to help communities adapt to climate change.
On Design - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBLandscape Architecture Magazine covers the wide range of design by landscape architects written by award-winning journalists. More than parks, landscape architecture is woven into cities, neighborhoods, and rural places in projects large and small. Below is a sample of some of the best feature articles on design that have appeared recently.
About Us - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBAbout Us. Founded in 1910, Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) is the monthly magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It is the magazine of record for the landscape architecture profession in North America, reaching more than 60,000 readers who plan and design projects valued at more than $140 billion each year.
Landscape Games - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBMar 6, 2018 · The video game Minecraft has become a new tool for community engagement. By Madeline Bodin In Anaheim, California, the children couldn’t wait to show Pamela Galera, ASLA, the zip lines and tree houses in their parks. As she visited their creations, Galera, a landscape architect and planner for the City of Anaheim, saw the road.
The Right Path - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBNov 8, 2016 · A forensic approach found the best decomposed granite solution for Kenyon College. By Neil Budzinski and Matthew Girard Decomposed granite pavement (DG) is a textured and responsive paving material used on paths and plazas. Yet the quiet appearance of DG masks material and construction complexities that shape the outcome of the built work and ...
Theater Revival - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBJan 7, 2020 · Even to modern eyes, the amphitheater’s erratic form comes as a surprise. Designed by the noted California landscape architect Robert Royston, the 1967 Quarry Amphitheater is as much a work of environmental art as a theater. The amphitheater had been closed for more than a decade owing to disrepair and …
Paths Forward - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBAug 17, 2021 · 2022 Bradford Williams Medal Winner As Canada comes to terms with a brutal colonial legacy, two landscape architect-led plans light the way toward reconciliation. By Katharine Logan Across the Yukon River from Dawson City, up around 64 degrees latitude, the Top of the World Highway wends its way …
The Wright Way - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBDec 15, 2021 · By Joann Greco. Photo courtesy Bayer Landscape Architecture. Daylilies and phlox are thriving along the terrace with the pergola in the background . Darwin and Isabelle Martin were getting tired of waiting. “We want a garden,” Darwin wrote to their architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, late in 1903. “We do not want the whole thing a lawn.”.
Salt Soaker - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBMar 16, 2021 · The Morton Salt site is being developed by R2 and Blue Star Properties, with Lamar Johnson Collaborative as the architects and Omni Ecosystems as landscape architects, and Skowlund says the growing medium is likely to be installed by next spring. The four-plus-acre site is divided into two separate “watersheds,” Skowlund says, with the ...