Landscape Architecture

Modernism's Olmsted

Famed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin died this week at the age of 93. Halprin is highly regarded in his field, but in terms of urban planning many of his designs have not stood up to the test of time. Managing Editor Tim Halbur explores his legacy.

29 October 2009 - 10:13am

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The Gardens of Baghdad

This piece from The New York Times looks at the role of private gardens and public-facing landscaping in the city of Baghdad.

3 November 2009 - 10:00am

The New York Times

Good Parks Make Good Cities

That's Lynden Miller's motto, an artist and garden designer with a new book, Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape. The Wall St. Journal has a profile.

20 October 2009 - 2:00pm

Wall St Journal

Connecting New York City's Immigrants With Parks

This piece from Urban Omnibus looks at a collaborative effort in New York City to get immigrant populations better engaged in the city's public parks.

18 October 2009 - 11:00am

Urban Omnibus

Toronto Street Furniture Program Blasted

The city of Toronto is rolling out a new street furniture program. Lisa Rochon calls the new additions to the city's sidewalks an "assault on civic life".

18 October 2009 - 9:00am

The Globe and Mail

5,000 New Acres of Parks

U.S. cities added 5,000 new acres of parkland over the past year, according to a new study by the Trust for Public Land.

16 October 2009 - 6:00am

Sustainable Cities Collective

To Save Water, Developers Ditch Lawns

Developers of Sterling Ranch, a proposed master-planned community in Colorado, want its future residents to curb their water use. One way they're ensuring this is by nixing traditional, lush lawns from their plans.

15 October 2009 - 11:00am

The Wall Street Journal

Reclaiming Alleyways

Office workers in Seattle's Pioneer Square area are claiming their network of alleyways as social spaces.

8 October 2009 - 10:00am

Northwest Hub

Secrets of Vancouver's Green Streets

The American Society of Landscape Architects interviews Sandra James, City and Greenways Planner with the City of Vancouver, about her city's innovative practices.

5 October 2009 - 6:00am

ASLA's The Dirt blog

Big Plans in the O.C.

Ken Smith won an international design competition to turn a 1,300 acre former military base in Orange County, CA into an urban park to rival Central Park in NY. His plan is ambitious, and could be sunk by politics and finances.

2 October 2009 - 8:00am

The Los Angeles Times

Urban Sports Creating New Life in Civic Spaces

Urban sports like bike polo and urban golf are taking off in Germany, and are beginning to bring life back to formerly uninhabited concrete spaces.

26 September 2009 - 9:00am

Der Spiegel

Park(ing) Day 2009

Last Friday was Park(ing) Day 2009, a growing movement where city parking spaces are transformed into miniature parks as a comment on public space (and the lack thereof). Here's a glimpse into Seattle's version.

22 September 2009 - 6:00am

Northwest Hub

San Francisco's Fast Park Movement

New parks are popping up with a quickness in San Francisco, where planners have fast-tracked the conversion of street spaces into pedestrian parks.

22 September 2009 - 5:00am

The Architect's Newspaper

Getting Creative About Finding Places for Parks

New York City is developing a handful of new parks on industrial lands and otherwise underused spaces. Urban Omnibus talks with Adrian Benepe, the city's commissioner of parks and recreation about the new projects.

21 September 2009 - 9:00am

Urban Omnibus

What Today's Cities Will Look Like in the Future

Imagining cities of the future can bring about some pretty wild predictions. But when they're visions of existing cities, these futuristic predictions can be almost realistic.

19 September 2009 - 5:00am

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