This year is the 30th anniversary of your book, The Granite Garden, which argued that cities are part of nature and should be designed with nature. Since 1984, how much progress have we made? Where ...

Analysis of insurance claims data found that extreme heat contributes to approximately 235,000 additional emergency ...

Recently, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) circulated a draft of a sweeping rewrite of the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (36 C.F.R.

Historically, in the U.S. burial grounds served as public spaces. They were spots for contemplation and reflection as well as recreation and celebration. In fact, the practice of landscape ...

Plants alter and create the spaces that surround them; different species respond to the ground in different ways. This work reconsiders the role of tree roots in the landscape and the way urban spaces ...

The “read” sculpture is a simple, yet powerful installation that has transformed the image and identity of a small town’s public library. Consisting of four, wood letters in a 20’x100’ garden, the ...

With 70 million Americans retiring over the next decade, it is essential for landscape architects to explore how we can more effectively design our communities to engender healthy aging. Equally ...

The airport landscape from its early pastoral scenes has evolved through its various wildlife and human security measures to become one of the most regulated and unparalleled landscape typologies.

Information & Action Items for ASLA Chapter Presidents ...

Sixty miles north of New York City, we’ve transformed a postindustrial site into a popular riverfront park, where art, recreation, and environmental education enable visitors to forge deeper ...

Last year, during Hurricane Sandy, Hunter’s Point South, your new park in Long Island City, Queens, was submerged under four feet of water as it was being constructed. Amazingly, the park survived ...

This damaged ocean side site presented numerous ecological restoration and aesthetic challenges that our team worked to create a holistic design unifying nature with architecture. Working ...