Landscape Architecture

Vancouver Seeks Identity Through Public Square

A contest sponsored by the Vancouver Public Space Network asks the public to find Vancouver's heart, a civic square that best defines the city. Sean Ruthen ponders the city's relationships to the each its primary squares now.

30 October 2008 - 10:00am

re:place Magazine

Brent Toderian

Laneway Housing moves forward in Vancouver

Tue, 10/28/2008 - 14:15

When Vancouver City Council approved the new EcoDensity Charter and Initial Actions earlier this year, among these was a prioritized action to further develop the idea of laneway housing.

The issues and options report relating to this work program is now available for downloading from the EcoDensity website.

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Transforming Landfill Into Landscape

A project to transform a municipal landfill into a terraced landscape wins high honors at the 2008 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain.

27 October 2008 - 6:00am

CNN

Is it 'Over' for the American Landscape?

In this review of Alex MacLean's new book, "Over: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point," Hervé Kempf of Le Monde describes MacLean's book as a photo essay on a nation at the end of an era.

23 October 2008 - 8:00am

Truthout

Rebuilding Underway in Sichuan Province

A California-based architecture firm has been selected by a Sichuan planning department to rebuild the city of Dujiangyan after the deadly earthquake in the province earlier this year.

23 October 2008 - 7:00am

Architectural Record

The Experts' Picks for Prettiest Towns in America

Travel writers, photographers, and an urban designer selected by Forbes have named the 20 prettiest towns in America; their varied definitions of "prettiness" are reflected in their choices.

22 October 2008 - 12:00pm

Forbes Traveler

Public Art Project's Impact at $69 Million

Olafur Eliasson’s "Waterfalls" public art installations around New York Harbor's waterfront generated an estimated economic impact of $69 million, exceeding the initial estimate of $55 million.

22 October 2008 - 10:00am

The New York Times

Legislations Rewards Affordable Housing with Parks

A new piece of legislation rewards local governments in California that build affordable housing with money to build and maintain parks.

22 October 2008 - 8:00am

Marketwatch

Humanizing Spaces

That's how landscape architect Edward L. Daugherty sees his job. “I think if there is a thread in my work, it’s to help people use the space that is available,” he says in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a retrospective of his work opens.

17 October 2008 - 10:00am

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When A Road Is More Than Just A Road

Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway is one of America’s most 'elegant' roads. Designed by landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to replicate the grand European Boulevards; opened in 1876, it was designated a landmark by NYC 100 years later

13 October 2008 - 12:00pm

The New York Times

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Will Praise Mean Anything for Central Park?

New York's Central Park was recently named to the APA's list of the country's 10 best public spaces. Sewell Chan wonders if the designation will really mean anything new for the park.

13 October 2008 - 8:00am

The New York Times

What Copenhagen's Parks Can Learn From New York

Park planners from Denmark recently toured some of New York's parks and found much to be jealous of.

10 October 2008 - 1:00pm

The New York Times

Farming in Skid Row...Vertically

Around Los Angeles' Skid Row, vertical farms have been installed on walls. Its project leaders note that it not only promotes locally grown foods, but it also beautifies areas that "would otherwise just be concrete and steel."

10 October 2008 - 5:00am

Architectural Record

Brent Toderian

Malls needn't wait for failure, to Re-Urbanize

Thu, 10/09/2008 - 15:15

One of Vancouver's most recent significant planning exercises is noteworthy not simply because of the merits of its process or its resulting planning and design vision, but perhaps more so because of the new model it may represent to North American mall owners.

But I'll come back to that.

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The Fight for the Front Lawn

Greg Beato looks at self-expression via the front lawn. In places that lack homeowners associations, he suggests, individualized lawns have great potential to strengthen the surrounding community.

8 October 2008 - 12:00pm

Reason Online

Bench Urbanism

Christopher Hume looks at the welcoming power of benches in seating-heavy Montreal, and argues that other cities need to take the simple step of planting more benches to make urban areas more lively and attractive.

6 October 2008 - 6:00am

The Toronto Star

'Growing Water' Project Gets a Hand

The architecture studio that won The History Channel's City of the Future competition last year has gotten some help making its ideas possible.

3 October 2008 - 10:00am

Architectural Record

New Heights for Seattle's Public Art

Going beyond traditional approaches to public art, Washington's transit authority has launched a program that provides the city with art that expresses Seattle's "core identity."

3 October 2008 - 7:00am

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Computers and Cacti: Saving Energy Together

The University of Notre Dame at Indiana is projecting a savings of $100k in heating and cooling by putting its computer servers into their cactus conservatory, in a technique known as 'waste heat recovery.'

3 October 2008 - 6:00am

WorldChanging