Landscape Architecture
A Showcase of Innovative Climate Change and Resiliency Design Projects
A competition in the San Francisco Bay Area highlights projects considering new ways to design for impending environmental changes.
Five Key Data Sources for Park Planning
Park planner Clement Lau discusses five (plus one in Los Angeles) key data sources for parks and recreation planning.
Connecting a Park Separated by a Highway
The 311-acre Phil Hardberger Park, opened in San Antonio in 2010, is bifurcated by the Wurzbach Parkway. A new landbridge will connect both sides of the park.
At $125 Million Per Acre—New York's Most Expensive Park Ever
A financing plan for a park near Hudson Yards would blow away precedent.
New Park, Now Under Construction, Would Be Atlanta's Largest
The Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry could eventually become the city of Atlanta's largest park.
Walkable Suburbia
It's not impossible to reshape the suburbs to be more walkable, but it does require careful planning and design.
ASLA Announces 2018 Professional and Student Awards
Celebrating the year's best from the landscape architecture profession.
Riverfront Trail Takes Shape in Atlanta
Open space and mixed-use developments could make the Chattahoochee River, where it runs along the border of Atlanta, more accessible. A proposed trail along the river took a tangible step forward recently.
$489.6 Million Redevelopment of Former Sports Stadium Breaks Ground in D.C.
RFK Stadium, former home to professional football, soccer, and baseball teams, is done. A massive redevelopment has begun, starting with new sports fields for kids.
Will Innovative Financing Solve California's Housing Shortage?
Are housing and housing finance two separate problems? California Assemblymember David Chiu and others in housing discuss how available finance tools could be employed to expand the capital pool for affordable housing projects.
The Next Step in the Evolution of Detroit's Waterfront
A groundbreaking ceremony for Atwater Beach on Detroit's east waterfront is just one of many ongoing construction projects that will add open space and recreation facilities to formerly industrial areas.
Transit Shelter Modernization Plan on the Shelf in Seattle
Transit advocates thought a public-private partnership to modernize transit shelters and enhance the public realm was a done deal.
The Landscape Architect’s Guide to Sustainable Transportation
How to design a transit system that is safe, green, and beautiful.
Working to Include Equity Along the Atlanta BeltLine
The tax allocation district set up to capture development value created by the Atlanta BeltLine has fallen short of its intended goals for creating and preserving affordable housing.
San Francisco Taking a Proactive Approach to Poop
The problem of feces in the public realm is rampant in San Francisco, so the city is launching a new "Poop Patrol."
'Tower of Voices,' Final Piece of the Flight 93 Memorial, Set to Open in September
The memorial to the heroes of United Flight 93 is nearing completion in Pennsylvania.
Can a Bus Stop Be Pretty?
A local bus stop offers the setting for an experiment in beautification.
Can a Park Transform Tulsa?
A new park in Tulsa, Oklahoma designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh could transform the city
The Vancouver Model of Traffic Safety Includes Trees
Vancouver combined environmental goals and traffic safety goals.
Skateboarding Is Good for Cities, But Some Cities Don't Realize It
Some cities treat skateboarders like a plague, and that's a planning faux pas, according to this article.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Smith Gee Studio
City of Charlotte
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
