Landscape Architecture

In Oregon, Students Seek Key to a Sustainable City

Roughly 600 University of Oregon students will take part in the university's Sustainable Cities Initiative, which pulls together students of architecture, planning, law, journalism and business to make a plan to fix downtown Salem.

August 26, 2010 - New York Times/Greenwire

An Urban River Ignored

The James River runs right through downtown Richmond, Virginia. But with few public access points, the river is a largely ignored part of the urban realm.

August 19, 2010 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Urban Cemetery Space Running Out

In crowded New York City, finding a final resting place in one of the city's cemeteries is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive. Other major cities are facing the same crunch.

August 16, 2010 - The New York Times

18 Unusual Examples of Landscape Architecture

Popular Mechanics features a slideshow of fantastic examples of landscape architecture, from Scotland's Garden of Cosmic Speculation to the Growth Chamber on the International Space Station.

August 13, 2010 - Popular Mechanics

The Past and Future of Urban Agriculture

Urban agriculture is not a new idea. Grist's Tom Philpott says the renewed interest in the idea should look for good ideas from its past.

August 10, 2010 - Grist

Designing Urban Areas to Hear the Sounds of the City

Cities make more sounds than just cars driving by or factories humming. Trevor Cox says we should embrace the subtle sounds of cities, and update our urban design to make sure we can.

August 3, 2010 - New Scientist

Reviving Struggling Urban Areas with Parks

Three cities -- St. Louis, Houston and Detroit -- have gained new urban parks that are playing big roles in reviving parts of town.

August 3, 2010 - The Washington Post

Creator of The High Line Describes A "Higher Quality of Urban Life"

Monocle magazine interviews James Corner, the landscape architect responsible for New York's lauded high line and recent winner of Cooper Hewitt Award for best landscape architect.

July 24, 2010 - Monocle

Berlin's Former Airport Opens As Park

Decommissioned Tempelhof Airport in Berlin had been the subject of grand plans for reusing the massive space for the last two years. But with little money in city coffers, officials decided to simply open it to the public as-is.

July 20, 2010 - Los Angeles Times

Dumpster Pools Heading to New York

The City of New York is planning to open three public temporary "dumpster pools" in Manhattan during August.

July 20, 2010 - The New York Times

Reintegrating the Los Angeles River

The Los Angeles River has long been forgotten by many of the city's residents and officials. GOOD's Alissa Walker takes a look at some plans to reintegrate the river into the city.

July 19, 2010 - Good

New Park to Bloom Under Bay Bridge

Where the Bay Bridge touches down in San Francisco, a new plan is in the works to turn a motley collection of underused spaces into a vibrant park.

July 17, 2010 - ASLA's The Dirt blog

Peter Harnik Talks About Innovative Parks for Built-Out Cities

City Parks Blog asked Peter Harnik to answer questions about his new book, Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities, that covers how cities can plan for parks as well as how to create them in 'all built-out' settings.

July 15, 2010 - City Parks Blog

Can A New L.A. Park Please Everyone?

Christopher Hawthorne says that new Civic Park in downtown Los Angeles, which breaks ground this morning, "shows the strain" of trying to reconcile differing visions, but it also has "a coherent aesthetic identity."

July 15, 2010 - The Los Angeles Times

2nd Section of The High Line to Open in Spring

The High Line park in New York has been an enormous success, attracting 2 million visitors so far. Tom Topousis got to take a tour of the 2nd section of the park under construction, stretching from 20th to 30th Sts.

July 8, 2010 - The New York Post

An Urban Forest

A white box labeled "Unlimited Urban Woods" stands in the plaza of a modern office building in Amsterdam. Step inside, and an endless vista of trees stretches out before you.

July 3, 2010 - WebEcoist

L.A.'s High Line West

A new linear park project near L.A.'s port seeks to ride the success of New York City's High Line park.

July 2, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper

CalTrans Shells Out $17 Million to Rename Pasadena Freeway

The first freeway in California is being renamed back to its original designation, the 'Arroyo Seco Parkway.' Known more recently as simply 'the 110,' it was considered a "marvel of engineering," when construction began in 1938.

June 27, 2010 - Los Angeles Times

How Yorkville Ended Up With So Much Dead Public Space

Martin Pedersen of Metropolis Magazine explains how a city ordinance termed the 'plaza bonus,' lead to the creation of more than five hundred "privately financed, privately owned, but public spaces."

June 26, 2010 - Metropolis

Behind the Design of the Brooklyn Bridge Park

The new Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York is opening bit by bit. Places talks with Matthew Urbanski, one of the principal designers behind the park about its design and impact.

June 22, 2010 - Places

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