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Gehry Unveils Design for Eisenhower Memorial

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Memorials, Public Spaces on 03/31/2010 | 2 Comments »

The Eisenhower Memorial Commission has released the designs for a new monument to President Dwight Eisenhower that will sit near the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. Frank Gehry won the design competition organized by the GSA’s design excellence program. The Eisenhower Memorial is just the seventh one constructed for a U.S. president. The Washington [...]

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9.5-acre Pier One Turns Brooklyn Bridge Park Plans into Reality

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Public Spaces, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization, Water Management on 03/31/2010 | Leave a Comment »

Pier One, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s new 9.5-acre pier park, the largest of a set of six planned for the Brooklyn waterfront, has just opened. Designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the new park is built on the original landfill-based pier infrastructure, and features sustainable design elements that enable the site to take care of 70 percent of its own water needs. Instead of requiring significant [...]

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The Earth Awards: A Global Search for Sustainable Innovations Designed for the 21st Century

Posted in Opportunities, Sustainable Design on 03/31/2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Earth Awards invites invites design submissions from around the world in six categories: Built Environment, Fashion, Products, Systems, Future and Social Justice. The Earth Awards Web site adds: “Ideas, great or small, realized or prototypes, will be considered but must distinguish themselves in six criteria: Achievable, Scalable, Measurable, Useful, Original and Ecological.” In contrast with other ideas [...]

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Interview with Andrea Cochran, FASLA, on Her Award-winning Landscape Architecture

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Residential Design, Sustainable Design, Water Management on 03/31/2010 | 4 Comments »

Andrea Cochran, FASLA, is principal of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture. In a recent book on your work from Princeton Architectural Press, Mary Myers writes, “Like Luis Barragán, Andrea Cochran is able to convey a forceful sense of volumetric space.” Please describe your unique approach to space in your landscapes. What are your main influences? I [...]

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Landscape Architects Sweep HB:BX Awards

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Opportunities on 03/29/2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its HB:BX ideas competition, which generated concepts for an arts center that “culturally reinforces the physical connection between the Manhattan and Bronx Highbridge communities of New York City.” According to the ENYA, the competition was developed in cooperation with Artists Unite [...]

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Greening Geneva: Expense-paid Summer Internship

Posted in Education, Opportunities on 03/26/2010 | 3 Comments »

What are you doing this summer? How about greening the grounds of the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland…at their expense? Apply now to be considered for two expense-paid weeks redesigning this symbolic landscape. ASLA has partnered with the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, on a very special internship opportunity. The Mission is looking to “green” [...]

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Sustainability Toolkit: Environmental Models

Posted in Environment, Green Buildings, Landscape Architecture, Policy and Regulation, Smart Growth, Sustainable Design, Urban Design on 03/25/2010 | Leave a Comment »

Tools are needed to put sustainable design theory into practice. To complement an earlier series of thematic resource guides organized around climate change, sustainable urban development, transportation, livable communities, and green infrastructure, a new three-part “Sustainability Toolkit” series from ASLA will provide online toolkits, assessment tools, checklists, modeling software, and case studies designed to aid policymakers and [...]

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World Urban Forum in Rio Focuses on Sustainable Cities

Posted in Policy and Regulation, Smart Growth, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 03/25/2010 | 2 Comments »

The World Urban Forum, a global event organized by UN-Habitat, began this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 21,000 delegates from around the world are meeting to discuss the role cities can play in sustainable development. For the first time, more than half of the world lives in cities. This number will only grow, argues Anna Tibaijuka, Director of UN-Habitat: ”Just over half [...]

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The White House Says Climate and Energy Legislation up Next on Capitol Hill

Posted in Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Technology on 03/24/2010 | Leave a Comment »

During a panel organized by U.S. News & World Report entitled “Going Green: America’s Cities and the Role of Government,” Carol Browner, Director, Office of Energy and Climate Policy, The White House, said now that healthcare has been tackled, President Obama will focus on a comprehensive climate change and energy program. A new climate and energy plan is critical if the [...]

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Turning CO2 into Cement

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainable Materials, Technology, Waste on 03/24/2010 | 2 Comments »

The New York Times highlights a new technology that turns carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants into the basic inputs for cement. Calera, the Silicon Valley start-up creating the approach, has received some $50 million in financial support from venture capitalist Vinod Khosla. Peabody Energy, one of the world’s largest coal company, has put $15 million [...]

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