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At Olmsted Woods in Washington, D.C., Andropogon Associates is trying to revive the fragile landscape. By Bradford McKee A trail at the Cathedral Close, the 57 acres surrounding the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Andropogon. “The main Woods…are disastrous,” Carol Kelleher wrote in an annual report to her fellow garden volunteers in …
About Us - Landscape Architecture Magazine
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. LAM is a benefit
On Design - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Landscape 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.
The Metasequoia Mystery - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Jan 19, 2016 · The 1940s discovery in China of the dawn redwood, a living fossil, remains in shadows cast by war, political upheaval, and scholarly intrigue. By Kyna Rubin On a clear August day in 2002, Ma Jinshuang, a botanist, struck gold. At the bottom of a cabinet in a dark, moist, long-abandoned herbarium in Nanjing, perched unprotected
Keeping It Weird - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Jan 25, 2024 · In the landscape for a new taqueria, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects preserves a slice of Austin’s history. BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER Austin, Texas, has been the country’s fastest-growing metropolitan area for 12 years running. The steady growth, driven by a booming tech and venture capital sector, has utterly changed the fabric of the city—and not
On Climate - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Landscape 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.
Within and Without, Labyrinths Meet in Nature
Dec 16, 2016 · Author Francesca Tatarella on the truth labyrinths and mazes lead us to. By Zach Mortice Labyrinths and mazes are meandering ways to get from one place to another. As such, they’ve mostly been placed in the arena of baronial garden follies like topiary: trimmed hedges, a gazebo at its center, some ducks in a pond,
Claude Cormier: Hell of Fun - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Sep 15, 2023 · As the news of Claude Cormier’s death touched us, we look back to a profile we published in 2020. A remembrance of Cormier’s legacy and life is available on the Cultural Landscape Foundation website.-September 15, 2023. By Brian Barth Claude Cormier, ASLA, designed bridges, which double as romantic viewing platforms, over the entrances to a pair of underground parking decks.
Landscapes Over Time - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Mar 14, 2013 · Michael Van Valkenburgh on managing landscape architecture designs through the years. By Michael Van Valkenburgh, FASLA, with William S. Saunders. Unlike architecture, landscape architecture evolves (and almost always improves) through time.
Imagine That - Landscape Architecture Magazine
Aug 24, 2021 · Dream Big with Design meets kids where they are to help them find their place in landscape architecture. By Zach Mortice Jennifer Mok doesn’t have a job like most landscape architects. “We build worlds,” she says. Mok, a landscape architecture studio executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, designs theme parks and resorts. “Our designs have to be