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
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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21-09-2021 21:43
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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
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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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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12-08-2021 21:43
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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
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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08-07-2021 21:46
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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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22-06-2021 21:45
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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
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
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10-06-2021 21:47
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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
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish.
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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WHOSE EYES ON THE STREET"
BY KARL KRAUSE
Mature trees provide vital shade at the Red Hook Houses, one of the largest public housing developments in Brooklyn. Photo © OLIN/Karl ...
11-05-2021 21:47
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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
...
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.
...
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
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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
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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
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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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