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Nature and Structure Are One

Posted in Ecosystem Restoration, Forests, Landscape Architecture, Public Spaces, Residential Design, Water Management on 02/29/2012 | 5 Comments »

When we think of paths through nature, we may first think of somewhat muddy trails carved out willy-nilly through the trees, covered in leaves. But a few landscape architects and architects have been showing how paths can be designed, set-apart, yet also enhance the experience of being surrounded by nature while carefully protecting natural habitat. Reed Hilderbrand, a landscape architecture firm, created [...]

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A Memorial for the Witches

Posted in Land Art, Memorials on 02/28/2012 | Leave a Comment »

Vardø, a tiny town in northern Norway with a population of just 2,200, is the site of one of the world’s most haunting contemporary memorials: the Steilneset Memorial for the Victims of the Finnmark Witch Trials. In this spot, in the 1600s, 91 men and women were tried and burned at the stake for the “crime” [...]

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Thinking About Attending a Conference?

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Opportunities on 02/28/2012 | Leave a Comment »

If you want to delve into the complexities of sustainable water management, multi-modal transportation systems, or ecological restoration, there may be a conference for you coming up this year. In an effort to aggregate all conferences in the U.S. related to sustainable design, ASLA has created a new guide to upcoming conferences, a tool for landscape architects, planners, architects, [...]

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Walk the Green Carpet

Posted in Land Art, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 02/27/2012 | 2 Comments »

Public artists Gaëlle Villedary helped the French village of Jaujac celebrate the 10th year of its arts and nature trail programs by cutting a new green path through its city center. Using some 168 rollers of turf grass, spanning 420 meters (or nearly 1,400 feet), the public artists wound 3.5 tons of natural material through the streets of the old town. [...]

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The Star Maze

Posted in Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Public Spaces on 02/22/2012 | 1 Comment »

In northern Netherlands, the historic Groot Vijversburg park is not only expanding physically but also going contemporary with the addition of a new Star Maze, which will be designed by LOLA landscape architects, Deltavormgroep, and Piet Oudolf, plant designer for the High Line Park and last year’s Serpentine Gallery pavilion. According to Bustler, the idea is to use new works of landscape architecture to transform Groot [...]

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Sonja Hinrichsen’s Snow Drawings

Posted in Land Art on 02/22/2012 | 4 Comments »

The east coast may not be getting much snow, but Sonja Hinrichsen, a land artist and photographer, has been putting what snow has fallen in the west to good use, creating a massive drawing stomped into the drifts at Rabbit Ear Pass, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. An installation reminiscent of Andy Goldsworthy’s land art or even Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, Snow [...]

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Videos: The Second Wave of Modernism

Posted in Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 02/17/2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) put together The Second Wave of Modernism II: Landscape Complexity and Transformation, a powerhouse conference held last fall at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NYC, which featured some of the top landscape architects around. Now, TCLF has posted full videos of the entire conference online. Above, check out the conference introduction by Charles [...]

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Shoo! Teenagers, Shoo!

Posted in Public Spaces, Urban Design on 02/16/2012 | 6 Comments »

As you come up the escalator in the Gallery Place / Chinatown Metro in Washington, D.C., you are serenaded by loudspeakers playing Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven. But why? It turns out that certain sounds really annoy teenagers and cities are now using them to keep young people out of public places. As an effort to control crime or reduce vandalism, though, the use of high frequency noises, [...]

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A Valentine for Times Square

Posted in Land Art, Public Spaces, Urban Design on 02/14/2012 | Leave a Comment »

Does Times Square need a large pulsating interactive heart sculpture? Perhaps no, but BIG, the architecture and urban design firm led by Bjarke Ingels, thought so. Kicking off a “month of romance” in New York City, BIG’s installation is another example of the total transformation of Times Square from seedy peep-show central into a tourist-friendly entertainment center and outdoor mall. [...]

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With Transportation Enhancement Funds, Communities Can Create Smarter Options

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Transportation on 02/13/2012 | Leave a Comment »

Three separate communities in Vermont recently planned new pedestrian and bicycle connections thanks to federal Transportation Enhancement (TE) funds and are ready to move forward with several projects: The Town of Shelburne, Vermont used TE funds to find the most appropriate means of linking two existing sidewalks on either side of a narrow bridge on a curve at [...]

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