Landscape Architecture

A planner reflects on one of New Mexico's great planning successes, the Santa Fe Railyard.

November 11, 2016 - Santa Fe New Mexican

At the height of the California drought, a group of water suppliers offered rebates for people willing to remove lawns. Now, it's time to figure out if the experiment worked.

November 10, 2016 - AP via San Jose Mercury News

What Happens When A Beverly Hills Developer Decides A Ballot Initiative Is Easier than the Planning Process?

November 3, 2016 - The Planning Report

Faced with a surging population and a need for big new ideas, Crain's recently tasked 12 design and planning firms to conjure up creative ideas for the city.

November 2, 2016 - Crain's New York Business

The Chicago River is attracting some of the city's most creative visions for the future. The second plan in recent months proves the potential of the river as an open space asset.

October 25, 2016 - Chicago Tribune

Curbed surveyed landscape architects specializing in drought-resistant lawns for their best "tips and tricks."

October 25, 2016 - Curbed

A river flows through Atlanta, but few of the city's residents have any access to it. A new vision plan produced by the advocacy group Chattahoochee Now aims to change that.

October 12, 2016 - WABE

Providence, Rhode Island is looking ways to make Kennedy Plaza, located in the city's downtown, safe for all users. Increased law enforcement in only one way to achieve that goal, according to an op-ed in the Providence Journal.

October 10, 2016 - Providence Journal

As summer temperatures rise and heat waves roll through, cities can take steps to keep cool. But shedding the heat may be difficult for urban areas designed to retain it.

October 2, 2016 - The New Yorker

Welcome, President Obama, to the NIMBY wars.

September 30, 2016 - Planetizen

All is not well at the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, after two prominent board members, including Ryan Gravel, who originally proposed the idea for the BeltLine, resigned this week.

September 29, 2016 - SaportaReport

Advancing the politics of public transportation and public spaces is not easy. Danish architect Jan Gehl and his firm Gehl Architects, however, have a track record of success with cities around the world.

September 28, 2016 - Lily Song

The Curbed team has compiled a laundry list of creative and effective ways for people to give some love to their cities.

September 26, 2016 - Curbed

More than one city made big planning news this week. You only need two minutes and thirty seconds to find out more.

September 24, 2016 - Planetizen

KaBOOM! announced the winners of the Play Everywhere Challenge this week.

September 23, 2016 - The New York Times

There's still a lot to be excited about for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project in Oregon City. A whitewater park just isn't one of them.

September 21, 2016 - The Oregonian

In the mid-1980s, a tug-of-war over the future of one of Melbourne, Australia's most important streets took place with those wanting full pedestrianization realizing their vision for one brief, shining moment.

September 19, 2016 - Kill Your Darlings

The Urbanist is publishing a series of articles focusing on the leadership of women is shaping the past, present, and future of Seattle.

September 17, 2016 - The Urbanist

The city of Los Angeles has been improving its parks resources for several years, and a new funding mechanism should help continue that trend.

September 11, 2016 - KPCC

The current plan for a renovated Lytle Park lacks $6 million in funding it could have had if voters had approved a parks levy in November 2015.

September 9, 2016 - Cincinnati Business Courier