Architectural Record has an interesting piece out this week, coinciding with Major League Baseball’s World Series. Famed Fenway Park in Boston, the oldest stadium in baseball, is getting a green upgrade in time for its centennial in 2012. From the article: The Red Sox are planning to add photovoltaic panels and make additional green improvements [...]
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The Green Sox? Sports Stadiums Try for Sustainability
Posted in Sustainable Design on 10/26/2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Student Perspective on the 2007 Annual Meeting
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/22/2007 | Leave a Comment »
This letter from ASLA National Student Representative Paul Fusco appears in the latest issue of LAND Online. Please let your voice be heard by using the comment system below. The 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco had a record-breaking attendance and an amazing selection of lectures, exhibitors, and tours. A full and eclectic weekend offered [...]
UW-Madison LA Students Help Make Green Affordable
Posted in Education on 10/18/2007 | Leave a Comment »
News out of Madison today, where UW landscape architecture students have joined together to form a “green team” to make sustainability an affordable option for Wisconsin’s American Indian tribes. From the article: With a three-year grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Foundation, UW’s “Green Team” has developed a program to train local builders from reservation [...]
Mia Lehrer, ASLA, On Orange County Great Park
Posted in Landscape Architecture on 10/12/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Metropolis magazine online has just posted an interview with Mia Lehrer, ASLA, on her work on turning the abandoned El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine, California into the Orange County Great Park. Lehrer is working with Ken Smith, ASLA, on the very large project. Here Lehrer discusses the sustainable aspects of the park: [...]
Vice-President Al Gore, Honorary ASLA, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Posted in Climate Change on 10/12/2007 | Leave a Comment »
News from Oslo this morning–Vice President Al Gore, Hon. ASLA, and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for their work raising awareness about man-made global climate change. The group was selected by the Nobel Committee from a field of 181 candidates. In a statement released [...]
AIA Releases Latest Economic Survey Results
Posted in Real Estate Development on 10/12/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our friends at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have just released their most recent component survey of business conditions for 2007. According to their survey, demand for architects remains fairly strong compared to 2006, though several of AIA’s regions are experiencing economic upheaval. Particularly hard-hit are Michigan and Florida/Caribbean. The demand for residential projects [...]
The 2007 Solar Decathalon Shines on the National Mall
Posted in Green Buildings on 10/11/2007 | Leave a Comment »
In October, a section of the National Mall in Washington, DC, is converted into a mini city of the future. Small, sustainable houses covered in solar panels sit soaking up sunlight, while small electric cars zip up and down the temporary street. Crowds of tourists line up to take house tours and to learn about [...]
The Sustainable Sites Initiative
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/08/2007 | 1 Comment »
At the ASLA Annual Meeting in San Francisco ASLA announced the Sustainable Sites Initiative, the development of a new rating system for sustainable landscape design. ASLA made this announcement along with the University of Texas at Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the United States Botanic Garden. Just as the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED [...]
The ASLA Annual Meeting Begins!
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hello from sunny San Francisco and the beginning of the ASLA Annual Meeting. The Dirt will be live-blogging the major events, speakers, announcements, and more for the next 5 days. If you are attending the Meeting, please leave your thoughts in the comments and us all know about what you’re most excited about at this [...]
San Francisco Media Sings the Praise of ASLA
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
With the Annual Meeting kicking into high gear today, local San Francisco media outlets are highlighting the good work of the Society and our members. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the SF Examiner have covered the meeting (and local ASLA Award Winners) this week in print and online. The Chronicle’s piece “Bay Area landscape [...]
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