Landscape Architecture

Moscow Begins Construction Of A City Within A City

A site for a proposed airport near downtown will instead be developed as a mixed-use project.

September 9, 2003 - Moscow Times

Frank Lloyd Wright May 'Build' Baghdad

In 1957, Wright traveled to Iraq and produced an ambitious, multibuilding scheme for the city -- none of which was ever built.

August 21, 2003 - Wall St. Journal

Do Landscape Architects Deserve Their Title?

Is landscape architecture an environmental profession?

August 20, 2003 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

East Side Story

Manhattan activists get what they wanted: along the degraded, industrial waterfront, a sinuous new park and an environmental center.

August 1, 2003 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

ASLA Recognizes 35 Outstanding Landscape Architects

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will induct 35 new members into the Council of Fellows.

July 28, 2003 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

Planning For Shade

Planners, architects and dermatologists discuss how planning for more shade can help prevent cancer in Toronto.

June 29, 2003 - The Toronto Star

ASLA Announces 2003 Professional Awards

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2003 Professional Awards, the Community Service Award, and the Landmark Award.

June 28, 2003 - PRNewswire

ASLA Elects New President

American Society of Landscape Architects Elects President-Elect, Three Vice Presidents

June 21, 2003 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

ASLA Medals And Firm Award Recipients Selected

The American Society of Landscape Architects announces the recipients of the 2003 Medals and Firm Award.

May 15, 2003 - Yahoo! Newswire

The Phenomenon Of Residential Density

Julie Campoli and Alex MacLean have developed a catalog of more than 300 aerial photographs that illustrate a wide range of density neighborhoods around the country.

April 23, 2003 - Land Lines, Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy

Honoring Olmsted

Seattle, considered by some to have one of the best-preserved Olmsted park systems celebrates the legendary landscape architect.

April 3, 2003 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ASLA Awards: Call For Entries

The American Society of Landscape Architects has announced a Call For Entries for its 2003 Awards in design, analysis and planning, research, and communications.

March 19, 2003 - Lawn And Landscape

Tokyo's Secret Underground City

Seven riddles suggest that there is a secret city beneath Tokyo -- and a government plot to keep it secret.

March 18, 2003 - The Japan Times

Architect Of Urban Open Spaces

Landscape architect Robert Hanna designed Pennsy Battery Park City and its waterfront and the Westlake Square revitalization in Seattle.

March 15, 2003 - The New York Times

Daring Design To Transform America's Avenue

A daring design by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh could transform the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

March 3, 2003 - The Washington Post

British Government Rejects Big Box Sprawl

Ikea's plans for a megastore are blocked.

February 4, 2003 - Home Town Advantage Bulletin

Creative Stealth

Can landscape architects really camouflage the ubiquitous cell tower?

January 24, 2003 - Landscape Architect

Battery Park Landscaping To Be Reimagined

Centuries after the Dutch created New York's Battery, a Dutchman is asked to give Battery Park a needed makeover.

January 18, 2003 - The New York Times

Documenting The Urban Forest

For two decades David Paul Bayles has been recording pictures -- beautiful, sad, and humorous -- of trees in the city.

November 18, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

Prominent Planners Search For Their Roots

On a visit to designed to help their Upstate New York hometown find its future, prominent planners discover their own past.

November 18, 2002 - Auburn Citizen

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