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Lookin' good at 185 years youngToday marks the 185th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted. I'll use the occasion as an excuse to chow down on some cake or other tasty confection.
Landscape Architecture Student ProfilesIn honor of Landscape Architecture Month, Planetizen profiles four students who are studying this influential discipline.
Go native"Native plants are emerging as the new heroes in a growing struggle to deal with climate change."
Landscape Architect ProfilesIn honor of Landscape Architecture Month, Planetizen presents three profiles of professional landscape architects Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, Melissa Marie Evans, ASLA, and Steve Martino, FASLA. Learn what influenced them to enter the field, what work they have been doing, and what advice they have to offer others interested in landscape architecture.
The avant gardenersLucy Siegle meets five forward-thinking gardeners breaking new ground -- Richard Reynolds (guerrilla gardener), Nick Clooney (hydroponic grower), Tony Kirkham (arboriculturist), Margaret Ramsay (micropropagator), Pippa Johns (permaculturalist), and Bernard Jarman (biodynamic expert).
Landscape Architecture: Imagine That"Rodney Swink, past president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, celebrates the role of landscape architecture in shaping the built and natural environment."
From Nike Missiles to Nike ShoesThe Transformation of a missile silo complex in Ancorage, Alaska, into Kincaid Park.
Gray water's red tapeRecycling water from sinks and bathtubs for irrigation makes a lot of sense in arid regions like LA. Of course there are governmental hoops to jump through...
Great Park business planLooks like the Great Park has got itself a business plan... an estimated $446.8 million will be spent on the project in the next five years. Developer Lennar's recently annouced earnings drop doesn't bode well since much of the funding is to come from development agreements with the firm.
Olympic Park, LondonThe team lead by 5th Studio and Latz + Partner have been selected to design London's new Olympic Park in the Thames Gateway.
A Jurassic park of their own"Ancient cycads attract a subculture of collectors devoted to the quirky plants, which can sell for tens of thousands. In Southern California, it's a high-stakes scene."
Interview: Martha SchwartzLandscapes of Awareness... Martha Schwartz talks about her design practice and theoretical work as well as some of the gender equality issues.
A landscape giant looks back at his roots. They go deep.At 90, landscape architect Lawrence Halprin is "sort of winding down a little bit." A look at where he is now, and where he has been.
No garden-variety roofGreen roofs have been newsworthy in Europe and the eastern US, now becoming more newsworthy on the US west coast -- San Diego.
Cha ching goes the Great ParkThe O.C.'s "Great Park" designed by Ken Smith et. al. now sports a price tag of over $1 billion. Yeowsa.
"Part levee, part diversionary canal, part city of the dead"Pruned unearths (ha) links and photos of the Igualada Cemetery located near Barcelona, Spain designed by Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós.
Reviving the Los Angeles River"After decades of enduring jokes about the city's concrete-lined waterway, officials today will release an ambitious master plan for restoring the Los Angeles River, a project that reflects lofty dreams and carries a big price tag."
Olympic Sculpture ParkAn in depth interactive guide to the new waterfront park in Seattle designed by Weiss/Manfredi Architects and Landscape Architect Charles Anderson.
Interview: Patrick Blanc - le mur vegetalPing interviews Patrick Blanc, the botonist/artist behind "le mur vegetal" or "Vertical Gardens."
Duisburg-Nord at NightPhotos of the "phantasmagorical lighting installation" designed by Jonathan Park for Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, the former industrial site cum public park by Peter Latz. (see also L+L 8/30/2005 "Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord")
Interiview: Claude CormierMonrteal based landscape architect Claude Cormier (see also L+L 7/1/2005 "I'm going to Cormierland!").
A cornfield in LAThe Archinect forum is going off on the previously Clipped (numerous times) Cornfield (or Los Angeles State Historic Park) competition. Lots of opinions, links, conspiracy theories and shit talking.
L.A. replacing signature palm trees with natives"The trees are dying of old age and a fungal disease, disappearing one by one from parks and streets, and city planners are replacing them with oaks, sycamores and other species that are actually native to Los Angeles and offer more shade, too."
A river liberatedSeoul, Korea's revitalized Cheonggyecheon stream was rescued from its concrete channel provides inspiration for what the Los Angeles River could become.
Vast O.C. project no walk in the parkAnd finally... a review of the latest Great Park scheme. (Phew... that's quite enough landscape news from Southern California for one day.) [images]
A walk through the (Great) park"Ken Smith's design team shares the latest Great Park plans with about 1,000 people." [photos]
Revisions to the Great ParkThe first in a trio of recent articles about the Orange County Great Park... here is Ken Smith's first revision. "Irvine Park Envisioned as a Bold 'Cultural Experiment'." [image]
The Cornfield final threeThree proposals for the Los Angeles State Historic Park (AKA the Cornfield) designed by Field Operations, Mia Lehrer & Associates and Hargreaves Associates. [images]