Landscape Architecture

New public space has opened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in an unlikely place. The new park sits a few feet above the contaminated grounds of a deactivated municipal incinerator.

August 4, 2009 - Metropolis

Urban sounds can have an effect on people -- both physically and mentally. This sonic tour through New York City examines how sounds affect urbanites.

August 3, 2009 - Discover

Outside Magazine ranks the top 10 U.S. cities for people who like to exercise and be outdoors.

August 1, 2009 - Outside

Nat Turner Park is Newark's newest, and largest, city-owned park. The city bought the lot in the 1970s but didn't get around to developing it until now.

July 31, 2009 - Newark Star-Ledger

Community activists in the South Bronx are working to "daylight" a long-buried stream and re-integrate some natural water treatment processes into the dense urban atmosphere.

July 21, 2009 - The New York Moon

Prague's temporary riverfront beach gives locals a summer destination and a view on the city's iconic architecture.

July 21, 2009 - The New York Times

This post from The Architect's Newspaper looks at the park that just opened in St. Louis, and finds it effective at emphasizing the public art and public space that exist in the city -- even beyond the park's edges.

July 20, 2009 - The Architect's Newspaper

A review of The Wayfinding Handbook: Information Design for Public Places by David Gibson finds it rich with great ideas for designing new systems, but lacking in ideas for fixing old ones.

July 17, 2009 - re:place Magazine

This piece looks at a public art project that placed 30 pianos in public places throughout London in an effort to encourage more public interaction.

July 13, 2009 - The New York Times

Fighting gang crime in Los Angeles is as easy as leaving the lights on at neighborhood parks.

July 13, 2009 - The New York Times

The 1909 Plan of Chicago is widely credited to Daniel Burnham. But Burnham's right-hand-man, Edward Bennett not only played a big role in writing the plan, he also helped put it into action.

July 7, 2009 - Chicago Tribune

Empty lots are scattered throughout San Francisco, sites of would-be towers that have been temporarily put off by the building bust. Instead of letting these lots sit empty until construction, some are finding ways to utilize them in the meantime.

July 7, 2009 - San Francisco

Two vacant lots in downtown St. Louis have been revived as an urban art park, featuring works by world-renowned artists.

July 3, 2009 - ArchNewsNow

Managing Editor Tim Halbur reviews The High Line, the much-lauded new linear park in Manhattan.

July 2, 2009 - Tim Halbur

A local committee in Easton, Connecticut, has made a suggestion on the location of a 9/11 Memorial Site -- the same site that was denied by the Planning and Zoning Commission six months ago.

June 26, 2009 - Connecticut Post

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Landscape Improvement Project of Queens Plaza is intended to create a gateway to Long Island City.

June 26, 2009 - THE DIRT

A public art piece at the University of Alabama represents the end of the iron industry in the surrounding region, portrayed a as a sleeping, rusted robot.

June 24, 2009 - University of Alabama

Downtown Indianapolis' revitalization created several thriving cultural districts, but gaps in the urban fabric made them seem distant and unconnected. Planners' solution? The Indianapolis Cultural Trail.

June 20, 2009 - The Architect's Newspaper

A NY-based landscape architect, Thomas Balsley, FASLA, has created a new type of green roof using Austrian pines.

June 19, 2009 - THE DIRT

David Brewster can image four possible locations in Seattle where a High Line-style blight-to-park revitalization could occur.

June 12, 2009 - Crosscut.com