Landscape Architecture

Artist Olafur Eliasson has installed a cascading waterfall directly under one of the towers of the Brookyln Bridge. In this excerpt, he reflects on the need for public space and the impact of art in public.

June 29, 2008 - Wall St. Journal

A recent conference in Austin, Texas, of real estate appraisers explored how they should incorporate green-building techniques and features into their assessment of properties.

June 27, 2008 - Austin Business Journal

Landscape architect Gary Sexton worked on a tight budget and dodged commissions and regulations to create a beautiful vision for downtown Bremerton (near Seattle).

June 25, 2008 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Despite predictions that the city was dying, St. Louis has just won an "All-America City" award. Neal Peirce looks at how the city turned itself around.

June 24, 2008 - The Washington Post Writers Group

This commentary from the Los Angeles Times calls for creation of a central park for the city, made by putting a "cap" over a section of freeway.

June 21, 2008 - The Los Angeles Times

A report announced by Mayor Michael Nutter estimates that Philadelphia's park system has a combined economic value of $1.9 billion in services, income and taxes to the city.

June 12, 2008 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A city councilwoman in Galt, south of Sacramento, is cited for violating city code rules on watering. That's despite the fact that the City Council had urged the public to water and care for lawns at foreclosed homes.

June 8, 2008 - Lodi News-Sentinel

Canton, Ohio residents and property owners who don't pay close enough attention to their lawns could face jail time. A new law would apply to repeat offenders and to lawns and weeds growing higher than eight inches.

June 4, 2008 - Canton Repository

The installation of a green roof and solar array on the rooftop of the new WGBH building in Boston is captured on video.

May 27, 2008 - The Boston Globe

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is considering a plan to temporarily close down certain streets to car traffic, creating public space for pedestrians -- similar to the successful Ciclovia that takes place weekly in Bogota, Colombia.

May 25, 2008 - The Examiner

A national survey shows that despite the depression in the housing market, landscape architects across the U.S. continue to get work.

May 23, 2008 - Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR

A dazzling wildflower season spells trouble for master-planned communities across the West.

May 16, 2008 - The Next American City

Pubilc art should be guided by public input, according to this commentary.

May 13, 2008 - The Guardian

What do you do when 96 football fields worth of space opens up in a major metro area?

May 8, 2008 - The Los Angeles Times

For thousands of years, fountains always featured a water basin. Then landscape architect Peter Walker designed Harvard University's Tanner Fountain, and a revolutionary new idea was born.

May 2, 2008 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

While cities are focused on promoting green 'buildings', planners and landscape architects need to advocate more green city planning.

April 30, 2008 - BBC News

A former bus and rail yard in park-poor South Los Angeles will be converted into an "urban wetland park".

April 27, 2008 - The Los Angeles Times

Vacant lots and underutilized dirt patches are the the romping grounds of a new breed of activists. Known as "guerrilla gardeners", groups of people all over the world are reclaiming their cities' public spaces and landscapes by planting seeds.

April 27, 2008 - The Guardian

Tacoma, Washington, could become a walkable city, according to Danish architect Lars Genzoe.

April 24, 2008 - The News Tribune

A few eco-conscious -- and business savvy -- suburbanites are ripping up their lawns and growing vegetables to cater to the increasing demand for local produce.

April 22, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal