ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, MAY 6
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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06-05-2021 21:50
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ROOM TO LEAD
BY NINON SCOTTO DI UCCIO
Instagram account: ?What do you think is the biggest challenge for minorities in obtaining leadership roles in landscape arch...
04-05-2021 21:54
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MAY LAM: WHO’S WATCHING"
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FOREGROUND
Print to Scale (Tech)
A low-budget student project meets new 3-D printing technology, and an award-winning garden
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03-05-2021 21:52
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EXTRA SPACE, EXTRAMURAL
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Roberto Rovira, ASLA, mapped the surfaces of FIU?s School of Architecture building to identify spaces that could accommodate pro...
30-04-2021 21:51
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SHOP SHAPE
BY ELIZABETH KENNEDY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, PLLC; MANTLE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; MNLA; RDG PLANNING & DESIGN; AND SWA HOUSTON
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27-04-2021 21:56
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KEEP THE COMMONS
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY ANJULIE RAO
FROM...
22-04-2021 21:50
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A MEMORIAL FOR THE MOMENT
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
From a distance, the memorial blends into the park, preserving views of the 19th-century courthouse building. Photo by Tina Chee...
20-04-2021 21:50
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, APRIL 15
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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15-04-2021 21:50
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LAMCAST: WOMEN OF COLOR AS DESIGN EDUCATION LEADERS
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This spring, ASLA convened women of color leaders in architecture and landscape architecture education to discuss networks of mentorship, camarade...
14-04-2021 21:49
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ALL THE YOUTH WE CANNOT SEE
REVIEWED BY LISA CASEY, ASLAThe nonprofit London Play supports temporary street closures that allow young people space to play. Photo by Phil Rogers.
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08-04-2021 21:49
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, APRIL 8
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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08-04-2021 21:49
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APRIL LAM: LANDSCAPE IS EVERYWHERE
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FOREGROUND
Carol R. Johnson, 1929?2020 (In Memoriam)
In an interview from 2010, one of the first women to be awarded t...
01-04-2021 21:44
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LAMCAST: JULIE BARGMANN’S “TOXIC BEAUTY”
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Drawing from Robert Smithson’s colossal land art installations and the industrial landscapes of New Jersey where she grew up, Julie Bargmann, AS...
31-03-2021 21:48
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TOWARD RECLAMATION
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
A levee at Twitchell Island is reinforced with riprap to protect against erosion. Photo by Florence Low for California Departmen...
25-03-2021 21:50
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IN MEMORIAM: CAROL R. JOHNSON, 1929?2020
BY JANE ROY BROWN
ASLA Medal, ?the highest honor the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) can bestow upon a landscape architect whose lifet...
23-03-2021 22:20
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ROADSIDE REALM
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY TARA MITCHELL
purple lovegrass in bloom and a sprinkling of rabbit tobacco, and aster, the combination can be stunning.
big bl...
18-03-2021 22:22
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SALT SOAKER
BY ZACH MORTICE
The Morton Salt site is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River. Image courtesy Omni Ecosystems.
Sites with dirty and cont...
16-03-2021 22:18
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, MARCH 11
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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11-03-2021 21:49
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CRACKING UP
BY JAMES DUDLEY AND JOHN PAYNE, ASLA
Craze cracking forms along the surface of a concrete slab. Photo by John P...
09-03-2021 21:47
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READY FOR FOOT TRAFFIC
BY ALEX BOZIKOVIC
The street as it is today, with a planted median and an existing public square. Image courtesy Michael Muraz.
Layton says the bigges...
04-03-2021 21:42
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, MARCH 2
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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02-03-2021 21:43
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MARCH LAM: RECLAIMED
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FOREGROUND
Cracking Up (Materials)
Concrete cracks inevitably, but there are steps designers can take to help alleviate s...
01-03-2021 21:42
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PLANTS AREN’T NEUTRAL
BY ZACH MORTICE
An illustration of Edmond Albius, by Antoine Roussin, 1863. Image courtesy of Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York...
25-02-2021 21:42
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ON TRACK
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY JANE MARGOLIES
F...
23-02-2021 21:44
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ART WORK
BY HANIYA RAE
The illuminated sculpture is designed to encourage climbing and play. Photo by Todd Manning, the CKP Group.
Mihalic spent months testing...
19-02-2021 21:43
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, FEBRUARY 16
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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16-02-2021 21:52
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A LOSS WRITTEN ON THE LAND
BY BRIAN FRYER
The ecology of the site of the massacre has been altered by decades of farming and ranching. Photo courtesy GSBS Architects.
?There use...
11-02-2021 21:47
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WHO’S AROUND UNDERGROUND"
BY ZACH MORTICE
Republic Square is one of the original four public squares dating back to the city?s founding. Photo by Erika Rich, courtesy Downtown ...
09-02-2021 21:45
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, FEBRUARY 4
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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04-02-2021 21:46
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WINTER WARMERS
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Teams were tasked with providing warmth and comfort without creating enclosures. Image courtesy Colorado Restaurant Association....
02-02-2021 21:48
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FEBRUARY LAM: BENEATH THE SURFACE
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FOREGROUND
Who?s Around Underground" (Soils)
At Republic Square in Austin, Texas, the landscape architecture firm dwg. fin...
01-02-2021 21:46
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WEAVING PLACE
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY KATHARINE LOGAN
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28-01-2021 21:46
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A MONUMENTAL TASK
BY JARED BREY
Karyn Olivier?s mirror-wrapped monument (rear) was part of a citywide exhibition to collect ideas curated by Monument Lab. Photo by Mich...
26-01-2021 22:00
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FUTURE WEST VIRGINIA
BY ZACH MORTICE
presentation on January 27 on the team?s findings along with several of the contributors. In addition to Chase, the Appalachia Rising ...
21-01-2021 21:44
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JANUARY 19
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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19-01-2021 21:58
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FIRE AT THE DOORSTEP
INTERVIEW BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
A series of maps of the Santa Monica Mountains explores the relationship between topography, ecology, historic wildfir...
14-01-2021 21:45
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MAKING THE BEST OF THE LEAST
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
On a cramped site, Superjacent conjures a forest and one of L.A.?s first shared streets.
FROM THE JANUARY 2021 ISSUE OF LANDSCAP...
05-01-2021 21:44
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JANUARY LAM: NETWORK CONNECTIONS
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FOREGROUND
A Resilient Renewal (Maintenance)
After Hurricane Sandy upended a planned redesign, Joanna Pertz Landscape ...
04-01-2021 21:46
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FIRST ON THE GROUND
BY ZACH MORTICE
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22-12-2020 21:43
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THE DARK SIDE OF LIGHT
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHU...
17-12-2020 21:47
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RECOVERING, AGAIN
TEXT BY MIMI ZEIGER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHAD RESS
Santa Ana River Mainstem, Chino, California.
Although deadpan in composition, Ress?s photographs reveal...
15-12-2020 21:48
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PAINED PLAZA
BY JARED BREY
The plaza forms the podium of the Municipal Services Building and hosts public art such as Jacques Lipchitz?s Government of the People, ...
10-12-2020 21:46
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COPYCATS WANTED
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
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08-12-2020 21:44
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SUPERNATURAL
BY PATRICK SISSON
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03-12-2020 21:49
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DECEMBER LAM: IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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FOREGROUND
Pained Plaza (Planning)
Three public spaces from midcentury Philadelphia have been earmarked for reinvention. Two...
01-12-2020 21:42
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THE EMERGENT EPITAPH
BY ZACH MORTICE
called St. Marcus Commemorative Park) in 1977 after bankruptcy and years of neglect, but only families that paid for perpetual care or...
24-11-2020 21:42
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A COLLECTIVE FOR THE CULTURE
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish. For a full list of tr...
19-11-2020 21:48
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AWARDS FOCUS: PEAS AND CARROTS PATHWAYS
This fall, LAM will be highlighting professional and student winners from the 2020 ASLA Awards by asking designers to dive deep into one image from th...
17-11-2020 21:45
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THE SCRIPTED SURFACE
BY JESSICA CANFIELD, ASLA
Parameters within the script can be easily modified to generate alternatives. Image courtesy DAVID RUBIN Land Collective.
Th...
10-11-2020 21:49
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DISMANTLING THE DESIGN SYLLABUS
BY ZACH MORTICE
distributing guides on anti-racist pedagogy and mandating classes on anti-Black racism.
But many landscape architecture programs are p...
06-11-2020 21:48
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SCHOOL IN SEASON
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
A total of 21 volunteers worked with teachers and administrators to create plans for Portland?s 15 public schools. Image courtes...
03-11-2020 21:44
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NOVEMBER LAM: WHAT WAS HIDDEN
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FOREGROUND
The Scripted Surface (Tech)
For a complex paving pattern that was less of a chore to design, DAVID RUBIN Land Coll...
02-11-2020 21:46
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TO THE CORE
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29-10-2020 21:47
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A WAY OF WALKING
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KATHERINE JENKINS
The meadow and adjacent cornfield at dusk in July 2020.
And yet, spending time outside has never felt more c...
27-10-2020 21:48
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AMERICAN GOTHIC 2.0
BY PATRICK SISSON
The AppHarvest facility during construction in the summer of 2020. A key argument for this kind of concentrated, tech-heavy agricult...
22-10-2020 21:49
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AWARDS FOCUS: A WIDER AUDIENCE WITH WEBTOONS
This fall, LAM will be highlighting professional and student winners from the 2020 ASLA Awards by asking designers to dive deep into one image from th...
20-10-2020 21:58
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A LAKE AND A LONG HISTORY
BY RACHEL DOVEY
A map of the Ohio & Erie Canal Summit Lake Trail. The area has a long history of racial segregation. Image courtesy the Ohio & Eerie C...
15-10-2020 21:50
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AWARDS FOCUS: INVESTIGATING PALUDICULTURE
This fall, LAM will be highlighting professional and student winners from the 2020 ASLA Awards by asking designers to dive deep into one image from th...
13-10-2020 21:50
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THE PLUS SIDE
BY LYDIA LEE
Once the data is input, the app calculates the number of years for the project to become carbon positive. Image courtesy CMG Landscape Ar...
08-10-2020 21:48
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, OCTOBER 6
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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06-10-2020 21:45
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OCTOBER LAM: DATA HARVEST
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FOREGROUND
Miami?s Next Wave (Water)
In Miami Beach, Savino & Miller wrangles with local regulations that are designed to pr...
01-10-2020 21:47
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AWARDS FOCUS: ALLEYWAYS AT THE CENTER OF PUBLIC LIFE
This fall, LAM will be highlighting professional and student winners from the 2020 ASLA Awards by asking designers to dive deep into one image from th...
29-09-2020 21:46
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AWARDS FOCUS: LAND USE FOR A RIVEN WEST BANK
This fall, LAM will be highlighting professional and student winners from the 2020 ASLA Awards by asking designers to dive deep into one image from th...
24-09-2020 21:41
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AWARDS FOCUS: TALKING TO COMMUNITIES ABOUT WILDFIRE
This fall, LAM will be highlighting winning projects from the 2020 ASLA Awards by asking designers to dive deep into one image from their winning proj...
22-09-2020 21:44
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GOAL: NOTHING FANCY
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Though landscape improvements were minimal, the landscape architects played a pivotal role in planning for the building?s adapti...
17-09-2020 21:42
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TINKERING WITH A “TOTAL WORK”
BY ZACH MORTICE
The Hirshhorn’s long, rectilinear window looks out over the reflecting pool. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
In the proposed plan,...
15-09-2020 21:46
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MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
BY KAMILA GRIGO
Linear drains direct roof and sidewalk runoff into the rain gardens that line this neighborhood street in Copenhagen?s core. Photo by ...
10-09-2020 21:46
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DRAWN CONCLUSIONS
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
At the parcel scale, existing conditions are juxtaposed with more compatible land management practices, such as no-till farming....
08-09-2020 21:45
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SEPTEMBER LAM: THE 2020 ASLA AWARDS
here and share it with your clients, colleagues, and friends. You can also buy this issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine at more than 250 bookstor...
03-09-2020 21:44
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THE TWIN PANDEMICS
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish. For a full list of tr...
27-08-2020 22:11
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DISTANCE EARNING
BY ZACH MORTICE
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26-08-2020 22:13
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, AUGUST 20
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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18-08-2020 21:43
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, AUGUST 13
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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13-08-2020 21:44
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RAISE SOME GREEN
BY JARED BREY
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11-08-2020 21:41
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04-08-2020 21:44
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AUGUST LAM: EQUITY AND ACCESS
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FOREGROUND
Raise Some Green (Water)
With a $30 million investment, the City of Buffalo is joining a small group of ci...
03-08-2020 21:42
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FINAL TESTAMENT
BY ZACH MORTICE
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was the nation?s first rural cemetery, the synthesis of pastoral and carefully plan...
30-07-2020 21:39
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LEASES TO DESTROY
BY KATHARINE LOGAN
Formerly part of Bears Ears National Monument, the valley?s Cedar Mesa Sandstone monoliths date back 250 million years. The Navajo,...
23-07-2020 21:43
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LAM WINS SIX EXCEL AWARDS
Landscape Architecture Magazine won six EXCEL Awards for association publishing last week. The Association Media & Publishing EXCEL Awards are hosted ...
21-07-2020 21:43
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SUPERFUND SLUMP
BY MADELINE BODIN
Piles of lead mining waste in Oklahoma captured by Nancy Goldenberg as a part of the photographer?s Tar Creek Superfund series. Phot...
16-07-2020 21:42
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CURBSIDE COLLECTOR
BY ZACH MORTICE
Sediment that flows along roadways often contains toxins and metals such as copper, zinc, cadmium, and grease. Image courtesy Halina S...
14-07-2020 21:42
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AFTER EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS
TEXT BY SARAH COWLES / PHOTOGRAPHY BY DINA OGANOVA
Georgian Orthodox parishioners line up on social distancing grids to worship in front of Tbilisi?s ...
07-07-2020 21:47
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JULY 2
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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02-07-2020 21:42
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JULY LAM: BETWEEN TWO CRISES
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FOREGROUND
Law in the Land (Interview)
The author and legal scholar Jedediah Purdy?s new book, This Land Is Our Land, si...
01-07-2020 21:40
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GROW YOUR OWN
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish. For a full list of tr...
30-06-2020 21:39
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EVERYBODY IN
BY ZACH MORTICE
New York City Department of City Planning’s Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, and the Hunter’s Point South is a WEDG-verified waterfr...
25-06-2020 21:40
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BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK COMMUNITIES MATTER.
A mural of George Floyd, near the spot where he died while in police custody in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews.
Public spaces have always been ...
25-06-2020 21:40
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ENVELOPED IN AMERICAN GARDENS
BY ZACH MORTICE
The Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. Image courtesy the U.S. Postal Service.
The 10 botanic, country estate, and municipal gard...
25-06-2020 21:40
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SIGNS OF UNREST
BY CHERMAINE LEE
Temporary barriers became a part of the Hong Kong streetscape after antigovernment protesters dismantled the existing metal fencing. ...
25-06-2020 21:40
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A SPRING OF SURPRISES
BY JARED BREY
Unable to perform some site visits, landscape architects are relying on updates from contractors. Image courtesy OLIN.
There?s no questi...
25-06-2020 21:40
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ALL OURS
THE THEFT OF A HISTORIC SITE FOR FREE EXPRESSION CASTS LIGHT
ON THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SPACE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAHA...
25-06-2020 21:40
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LAMCAST: KOFI BOONE ON BLM?S CHALLENGE TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITEC
The latest episode of the Landscape Architecture Podcast from Michael Todoran, ASLA, takes a small step toward addressing what the profession of land...
25-06-2020 21:40
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DISTANCE OVER TIME
BY ZACH MORTICE
A path separates a managed shrubland and a planted meadow. Photo by Larry Weaner, Affiliate ASLA.
In managing native meadows, Weaner s...
25-06-2020 21:40
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LAST REFUGES
BY ZACH MORTICE
The grounds of the Clark Art Institute. Image courtesy Clark Art Institute/Tucker Bair.
Smaller, potentially densely populated sculptu...
03-04-2020 21:53
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APRIL LAM: LANDSCAPE FOR LIFE
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FOREGROUND
The Bricks Are Back (Materials)
A beloved theater and public plaza are reimagined for accessibility and diversity....
01-04-2020 22:01
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IN PUBLIC: LONDON
BY TIM WATERMAN
Pelicans in St James?s Park. Photo by Tim Waterman.
What this holiday from other people?s holidays has shown us, though, is how hollow...
31-03-2020 21:58
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THE OFFICES: EVERYTHING CHANGES
BY BRADFORD MCKEE
With regular business upended by the novel coronavirus, landscape architecture principals plot, wait, and wonder.
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There was a mom...
28-03-2020 21:56
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In Public: Honolulu
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Public drinking fountains were covered, and public facilities, such as bathrooms, were closed. Photo by Timothy A. Schuler.
It?s...
25-03-2020 22:01
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