(Re)making the Grade
At the University of Pittsburgh, a Complete Street caps a series of student-centered outdoor spaces.
By Timothy A. Schuler
North of the student union,...
23-06-2022 21:45
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Sketching the Housing Crisis
A pandemic sketchbook becomes a prompt to design activism.
Text and images by Daniel Winterbottom, FASLA
The endurance of this site is admirable. Tuck...
21-06-2022 21:43
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Line by Line
Local and global, analog and digital, Michael Blier leads Landworks Studio into the wide world.
By Jessica Bridger
A sketch of the Saudi Arabian coast...
16-06-2022 21:41
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The LAM Gift Guide for Landscape Architecture Graduates
Books, tech, and lots of pens to set the newly minted designer up right.
By the LAM Editorial Advisory Committee
Well, it?s finally happened. Your fam...
10-06-2022 21:49
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The Writing on the Wall
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon?s reputation was made at Sea Ranch. A new exhibit shows why she?s a supergraphics legend.
By Zach Mortice
Photo by Iker Gi...
07-06-2022 21:51
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Hawaii Coastline Report Links Resilience with Access
A landscape architect-led study from the University of Hawaii combines climate adaptation and waterfront access.
By Timothy A. Schuler
The industrial ...
02-06-2022 21:44
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Your Stuff Is Coming (Someday)
Supplies are short and prices are bonkers. What’s behind the issues in the supply chain, and when will they end"
By Bradford McKee
An Alpine crew in...
02-06-2022 21:44
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A Canopy Where it Counts
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grabs the opportunity for more equity and biodiversity after a Derecho flattens more than half the urban trees.
By Kevan Klosterwi...
02-06-2022 21:44
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Get Ready to Respond
$1 billion in funding to reconnect divided communities is coming.
By Zach Mortice
Landscape architects are ingrained systems thinkers and experts on h...
18-05-2022 21:43
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A Wilder West
Embracing ?ugly-pretty? ecology on a Camelback Mountain estate.
By Brian Barth / Photography by Caitlin Atkinson
Stormwater runoff from the property ...
17-05-2022 21:45
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Have Van, Will Garden
The radical landscape architecture of Straub Thurmayr.
By Brian Barth
An early concept for the playground at Zaagaate, a daycare facility on a Manitob...
30-04-2022 21:39
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The Lab in the Backyard
USC?s Landscape Justice Initiative aims to give students grassroots perspective on their field.
By Patrick Sisson
Students will continue to monitor th...
29-04-2022 21:39
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Awards Focus: The Death and Life of Great American Barges
LAM is highlighting student and professional winners from the 2021 ASLA Awards by asking designers to share an outtake that tells an important part o...
21-04-2022 21:42
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Work in Progress
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY BRADFORD MCKEE
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19-04-2022 21:44
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Art Director’s Cut, April 14
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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14-04-2022 22:07
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The Year of the Superstudio
BY AARON KING
Yuehui Gong, Courtesy LAF.
Global problems meet regional politics in the field’s most ambitious venture in a century.
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In March of 2...
07-04-2022 22:04
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Placemaking Pitfall
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
A street mural in Asheville, North Carolina, occupies the roadway without interfering with the adjacent crosswalks. Photo by Jus...
05-04-2022 21:41
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April LAM: Designing Policy
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FOREGROUND
In the Tank (Water)
Amid the wetlands and steel plants of Chicago?s Big Marsh Park, a new water recycling syst...
01-04-2022 21:41
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AWARDS FOCUS: AFTER PLASTICS
LAM is highlighting student and professional winners from the 2021 ASLA Awards by asking designers to share an outtake that tells an important part of...
31-03-2022 21:59
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SMALL TOWN, HEAVY LOAD
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...
29-03-2022 21:42
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24-03-2022 21:42
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ALTERNATE REALITIES
BY SEAN LALLY
Ultraviolet wavelength experienced in the video game. Image courtesy Sean Lally.
With the use of a video game platform, the project illu...
17-03-2022 21:51
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UNBUILT TO LAST
BY LYDIA LEE / PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC EINWILLER
A slice of the warehouse was used to define garden rooms.
For more than a decade, the Brooklyn Basin deve...
15-03-2022 21:41
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AWARDS FOCUS: AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
LAM is highlighting student and professional winners from the 2021 ASLA Awards by asking designers to share an outtake that tells an important part of...
10-03-2022 21:39
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SKY IS THE LIMIT
BY MARGARET SHAKESPEARE
Stepping away from the axial orientation of other Rockefeller Center gardens, Radio Park pathways curve and dip gently, flanke...
03-03-2022 21:38
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MARCH LAM: TERMINAL ENDS, NEW BEGINNINGS
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Foreground
Small Town, Heavy Load (Research)
Urbanites flee to rural areas for the fresh air and open space, but a study of t...
01-03-2022 21:39
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, FEBRUARY 24
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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24-02-2022 21:45
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TAKEN AWAY
BY LYDIA LEE
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22-02-2022 21:41
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, FEBRUARY 17
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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17-02-2022 22:08
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NORTHERN STAR
BY ZACH MORTICE
From the plaza at its center, the space is defined by a series of moderately sized lawns and bioretention basins. Image courtesy Stoss...
15-02-2022 21:42
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AWARDS FOCUS: INDIAN MOUNDS CULTURAL LANDSCAPE STUDY
LAM is highlighting student and professional winners from the 2021 ASLA Awards by asking designers to share an outtake that tells an important part of...
10-02-2022 21:38
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INTER-ACTIVE
BY JENNIFER REUT
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03-02-2022 21:41
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FEBRUARY LAM: QUAD, CANOPY, CONNECTION
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FOREGROUND
A Canopy Where It Counts (Planning)
After a storm devastated the urban forest in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the city recr...
01-02-2022 21:41
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AWARDS FOCUS: CRIMINALIZED FOR THEIR VERY EXISTENCE
LAM is highlighting student and professional winners from the 2021 ASLA Awards by asking designers to share an outtake that tells an important part of...
27-01-2022 21:39
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AWARDS FOCUS: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH
LAM is highlighting student and professional winners from the 2021 ASLA Awards by asking designers to share an outtake that tells an important part of...
25-01-2022 21:45
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ROLL, TIDE
BY JARED BREY
The Lodge at Gulf State Park was rebuilt as a sustainable tourism destination after a previous lodge, a popular vacation spot, was destr...
20-01-2022 21:41
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JANUARY 18
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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18-01-2022 21:43
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PEOPLE AND PASEOS
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
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BY TIMOTHY A. SC...
11-01-2022 21:40
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WONDERLAND
BY LEAH GHAZARIAN
Drawings by the artist and designer Cecil Howell accompany her essay, ?The Lost Flora.? Photo by Daniel Shipp.
Reid is not a strange...
06-01-2022 21:38
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A PARK WITH A HEART OF GOLD
BY KIM O’CONNELL
Druid Heights Green Community Master Plan. Image courtesy University of Maryland Landscape Architecture Studio.
?[Gold Street Park]...
04-01-2022 21:45
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JANUARY LAM: BIG FIXES
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FOREGROUND
?I? Is for Information (Tech)
Focus on the building and the model can overlook the many new approaches landscap...
03-01-2022 21:45
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CLIMBING THE LADDER
BY ZACH MORTICE
Marston, a visiting instructor at Florida International University?s landscape architecture school. Pulling data from professional ass...
22-12-2021 21:39
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THE WRIGHT WAY
BY JOANN GRECO
An aerial view of the floricycle in the early morning light. The semicircular form is organized around the center line of the veranda. ...
16-12-2021 22:14
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RIGHT OF CENTER
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY ROBERTO J. ROVIR...
16-12-2021 22:14
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, DECEMBER 14
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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14-12-2021 21:41
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GREEN MACHINE
BY EMILY SCHLICKMAN
The Miridae Mobile Nursery and parklet in Davis, California, grew out of a project for a flexible, low-cost plant shop. Photo by E...
07-12-2021 21:44
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SWINGS AND SWALES
BY JARED BREY
The park features a stone cascade that directs rushing water to a rain garden in the central basin. Photo by Pashek + MTR.
A contact at ...
02-12-2021 22:06
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DECEMBER LAM: ALONG THE EDGE
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FOREGROUND
The Stranger Territory (Minds)
Julie Bargmann, the inaugural winner of the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
International ...
01-12-2021 22:01
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HIGH PROFILE
BY HANIYA RAE
The highest point of the canal follows two reservoirs in the Front Range foothills. Photo by Evan Anderman.
The canal meanders in and ou...
30-11-2021 22:07
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WHEN STARS ALIGN
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY JARED BREY
FROM ...
18-11-2021 21:46
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, NOVEMBER 16
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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17-11-2021 21:39
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HOME BREWED
BY BRIAN BARTH
New Belgium Brewing Company. Mills?s firm, Russell + Mills Studios, is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, the brewery-laden city where Ne...
11-11-2021 21:41
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ONE BIG PICTURE
BY LISA OWENS VIANI
Greater water efficiencies in the Imperial Valley have led to less water entering the Salton Sea. Image courtesy the Babbitt Cente...
09-11-2021 21:44
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS POISED TO LEAD A NEW ERA OF INFRASTRUCT
BY ROXANNE BLACKWELL, HON. ASLA
Hunter?s Point South Waterfront Park Phase II: A New Urban Ecology, ASLA 2019 Professional General Design Honor Award,...
08-11-2021 21:41
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, NOVEMBER 4
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04-11-2021 21:42
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BETTER EDGES FOR EELS
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Image courtesy Seferian Design Group.
As a living shoreline, it?s experimental, blending traditional and ecological approaches. ...
02-11-2021 21:42
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NOVEMBER LAM: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE SOUTHEAST
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On the Cover: Students perch on an overlook at the Tennessee River.
?When Stars Align,? by Jared Brey. Thanks to years of...
01-11-2021 21:39
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THE PROVOCATEUR
BY ZACH MORTICE
Julie Bargmann and her Core City Park in Detroit. Left photo courtesy Barrett Doherty, The Cultural Landscape Foundation; right photo ...
16-10-2021 21:42
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THE 2021 ASLA AWARDS
The 2021 ASLA Awards issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine showcases 75 winning projects selected out of the 926 submissions to this year?s awards ...
04-10-2021 21:43
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THE 2021 ASLA AWARDS ISSUE IS ALMOST HERE
ASLA will reveal the winners of the 2021 ASLA Student and Professional Awards on October 4, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The October issue of Landscape A...
01-10-2021 21:43
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A CAMPAIGN FOR KILEY
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
The suspended structure running parallel to the Hillsborough River used to be a water feature. Photo by Foto Bohemia.
The space ...
30-09-2021 21:43
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, SEPTEMBER 28
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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28-09-2021 21:41
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THAW-SCAPE SCRUTINY
BY ZACH MORTICE
Utqiagvik, Alaska, where the researchers will be examining surface hot spots where melted ice pools. Photo by Andrew Shea/Arctic Desig...
23-09-2021 21:45
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, SEPTEMBER 21
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FINDING COMMUNITY IN THE FLOODWATERS
Designers from SCAPE?s New Orleans and New York offices talk about the lessons from Hurricane Ida, in and out of the office.
Volunteers worked alongsi...
18-09-2021 21:38
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LICENSURE ON THE LINE
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY STEPHEN ZACKS
FR...
14-09-2021 21:41
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, SEPTEMBER 9
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09-09-2021 21:41
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BIG TREE, SMALL WORLD
INTERVIEW BY BRADFORD MCKEE
Timber Press), puts his message through a different prism, that of the genus Quercus, which includes 435 species of oaks a...
07-09-2021 21:42
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FORCE AND COUNTERFORCE
BY MARGARET SHAKESPEARE
An early digital rendering of the installation gives a sense of scale and the surrounding environment. Image courtesy Miguel H...
02-09-2021 21:43
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SEPTEMBER LAM: HIDDEN VIEW
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FOREGROUND
Big Tree, Small World (Interview)
The author and entomologist Doug Tallamy?s new book, The Nature of Oaks: The Ric...
01-09-2021 21:44
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IMAGINE THAT
BY ZACH MORTICE
?Dream Big with Design: A Showcase of Landscape Architecture and Pre-K?12 Design Learning,? ASLA?s two-day session of design introduct...
25-08-2021 21:46
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i, DESIGNER"
BY PHILLIP FERNBERG, ASSOCIATE ASLA, AND BRENT CHAMBERLAIN
The authors? conceptualization of future AI integration into landscape practice. Image by P...
19-08-2021 21:44
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PATHS FORWARD
BY KATHARINE LOGANThe plan proposes a range of site infrastructure and interpretation, including a downloadable app with narration by Tr?ondëk Hwëch?i...
17-08-2021 21:43
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, AUGUST 12
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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THE OUTSIDE TRACK
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY JAMIE MASLYN LAR...
10-08-2021 21:41
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, AUGUST 5
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
Image courtesy Cameron Gillie Photography.
From “Piece by ...
05-08-2021 21:43
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WATERSHED MOMENTS
BY ZACH MORTICE
An installation for Exhibit Columbus by Derek Hoeferlin, Affiliate ASLA, exaggerates the vertical dimensions of the Mississippi waters...
03-08-2021 21:45
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AUGUST LAM: TRAILS TO THE PAST
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FOREGROUND
Piece by Piece (Planning)
Wisconsin?s Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a glorious homage to the state?s geology an...
02-08-2021 21:46
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LEAVE IT BETTER
BY ZACH MORTICE
Nantucket Island, where impending sea-level rise hasn’t done much to slow the real estate market. Photo by Maggie Janik.
In the face...
29-07-2021 21:44
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JUST ADD WATER
BY ZACH MORTICE
Tilly designers spend two to three weeks on each project. Image courtesy Tilly.
Tilly?s answer to this question is defined by the tech...
22-07-2021 21:45
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ON THE SAFE SIDE
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
BY LESLIE WREN, ASL...
20-07-2021 21:43
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SMALL FIRM, BIG LEAP
BY AIDAN ACKERMAN, ASLA
Strategic Planning Guide for Adopting BIM in Landscape Architecture with Vectorworks Landmark, specifically mentions considera...
15-07-2021 21:55
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IN MEMORIAM: CORNELIA HAHN OBERLANDER
BY SUSAN COHEN, FASLAChildren?s Creative Center at Montreal?s Expo 67, as she never lost her playful spirit and her sense of joy?until her dishearteni...
13-07-2021 21:45
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JULY 8
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REVIVE AND REBOOT
BY LYDIA LEE
SWA incorporated strong neighborhood feedback about community values. Image courtesy Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza and SWA Group.
The cata...
06-07-2021 21:47
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JULY LAM: TENACIOUS JOY
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Foreground
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, 1921?2021 (In Memoriam)
Remembering the life and career of the celebrated landscape arch...
01-07-2021 21:45
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TRADING FACES
BY KIM O’CONNELL
Baseball-style cards inform kids about real-life landscape architects, civil engineers, and other design professionals. Image court...
29-06-2021 21:44
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LET THE GRAVEYARD GROW
BY TOM STOELKER
Mausolea seemingly nestle amid wildflowers in full bloom, an attractive maintenance solution for steep terrain. Photo by Green-Wood/Ar...
24-06-2021 21:44
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JUNE 22
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SOLDIER STORIES
BY KIM O’CONNELL / PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAHAR COSTON-HARDY, AFFILIATE ASLA
Three new landscapes in Washington, D.C., honor the common soldier and fill gap...
15-06-2021 21:52
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JUNE 10
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THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE
BY JENNIFER REUT
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FROM THE JUNE 2021 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.
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This spring, the Atlantic published an essay by David Treuer, the ...
08-06-2021 21:52
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POWER PLAYER
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BY NICHOLAS PEVZNER...
08-06-2021 21:52
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ONE STITCH IN TIME
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
The path will connect the Greenwood Cultural Center with John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, previously separated by the I-2...
03-06-2021 21:41
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JUNE LAM: NEW WAYS TO REMEMBER
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FOREGROUND
Talking Points (Planning)
The WELL Community Standard is touted as the new sustainability checklist, but is it jus...
01-06-2021 21:49
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27-05-2021 21:47
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WHOSE PLAN"
BY LYDIA LEE
FROM THE MAY 2021 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE
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As landscape architects push the profession to become more equitable, some...
25-05-2021 21:49
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
BY ZACH MORTICE
This one-bedroom, one-bath ADU is part of Los Angeles’ ambitions effort to relive the need for affordable housing through ADUs built...
20-05-2021 21:47
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ALTERNATE ENDING
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER
Without a natural water source, groundwater will be pumped from a well in the San Fernando Valley to maintain a consistent water...
18-05-2021 21:52
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, MAY 13
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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13-05-2021 21:47
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