Landscape Architecture

May issue highlights the environmental crisis and people across a variety of professions committed to education and change.

April 21, 2006 - Vanity Fair

Congress for the New Urbanism honors 17 diverse projects in affordable housing, transit-oriented development, high-density infill plans, wilderness preservation, and freeway-taming strategies, with the 2006 Charter Awards.

April 5, 2006 - Abhijeet Chavan

April 3, 2006 - Frank Barbour

While options for what to do with Seattle's obsolete waterfront Alaskan Way Viaduct may seem limited, another plan has been thrown into the mix.

March 28, 2006 - The Seattle Times

We usually look at familiar urban places as our habits dictate, rarely changing from our default viewpoint. This narrowed perspective limits our effectiveness as designers and planners, writes Bruce F. Donnelly.

March 26, 2006 - Terrain: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

Arlington County, Virginia, and the City of Alexandria approved a plan for restoration of a 2.3-mile stretch of Four Mile Run; the vision would transform the neglected urban stream into a natural amenity and destination in the D.C. area.

March 24, 2006 - The Washington Post

As the city struggles with garbage collection, an all-volunteer force rises to the challenge.

March 22, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Environmental historian Ted Steinberg explains American's fascination with the perfect lawn.

March 20, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times editorial supports property rights in a dispute between a landowner and a group that has created a sustainable community garden in Los Angeles' South Central area.

March 13, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Even though Southern California has a reputation for being a concrete jungle, the vast urban region is also home to one of the nation's most diverse bird populations.

March 9, 2006 - Abhijeet Chavan

L.A.'s South Central Farm, hailed as a model for sustainable living, faces destruction in the face of questionable motives.

March 8, 2006 - From the Wilderness

Former associates reveal a darker side to Thomas Kinkade, a popular artist who has inspired some suburban developments.

March 6, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Planners look to connect the nation's third largest park system through a vast array of greenways.

February 24, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Landscape architect Ken Smith is in charge of designing the transformation of the abandoned El Toro military base in Irvine, CA, into a park bigger than New York City's Central Park.

February 13, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Students demonstrate how to create community spaces with sensitivity.

February 7, 2006 - MetropolisMag.com

The nation's largest urban park needs some sprucing up, and Melendrez landscape architects has recently submitted its draft master plan.

February 2, 2006 - The Planning Report

At 1,300 acres, the Orange County Great Park, to be built over the ruins of the El Toro Marine base, may bring greater identity to the sprawling region.

January 26, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles needs to use zoning, land swaps, tax breaks, and imagination to ensure green space for its residents says Patt Morrison.

January 20, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

PPS offers striking images of great places (and a few not-so-great) from around the world. [Includes photos.]

January 6, 2006 - Project For Public Spaces

In order to inspire better urban development, the Project for Public Spaces has honored some of the best public squares in American and Canada.

December 23, 2005 - Making Places