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Green Infrastructure Goes Large in New York

Posted in Ecosystem Services, Landscape Architecture, Urban Revitalization, Waste, Water Management on 04/04/2012 | 1 Comment »

In 2010, New York City released an ambitious green infrastructure plan to spur investment in green roofs and streets, bioswales, and other natural systems to manage stormwater. Just last month, New York State and city officials announced a broad-reaching financing agreement was reached that will commit more than $2.4 billion in public and private investment towards [...]

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D.C. Could Break the Mold with a New Bridge-Park

Posted in Active Design, Landscape Architecture, Public Spaces, Sustainable Transportation, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 03/29/2012 | 1 Comment »

In Washington, D.C., the 1,600-foot long 11 street bridge over Anacostia River is being pulled down and redesigned because it’s structurally unsound. Part of the redesigned bridge will include a new “local bridge” with bicycle lanes and 16-feet wide sidewalks, offering stops to look out over the river. While this new local bridge alone is a great improvement, D.C. planners [...]

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Rebuilding Infrastructure

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Urban Revitalization, Water Management on 03/27/2012 | 3 Comments »

After a full day dedicated to defining infrastructure and how we understand it, the Landscape Infrastructure conference at Harvard Graduate School of Design closed with an afternoon mega-panel examining landscape, infrastructure, and ecological systems. Eight speakers from the world of landscape architecture and engineering discussed their work. Introducing the panel, Chris Reed, ASLA, StoSS Landscape Urbanism asked how [...]

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Pierscape, a Wild Vision for Chicago’s Navy Pier

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Design, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 03/22/2012 | 1 Comment »

Just off the release of the new design concepts for the third segment of the High Line, James Corner, ASLA, and his talented team at Field Operations, who have done more than their share to raise the profile of landscape architects, now have another big win under their belts: The Chicago Navy Pier. The organizers of the [...]

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Landscape: The New Infrastructure

Posted in Ecosystem Services, Landscape Architecture, Opportunities, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization, Water Management on 03/21/2012 | 1 Comment »

Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s landscape architecture department has organized a two-day symposium that seeks to change the lens through which we look at infrastructure and cities. Instead of viewing infrastructure as simply the domain of civil engineers and transportation planners and something that needs to be centrally planned and administered, the focus will shift to the role many design disciplines [...]

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Here Comes the High Line Part 3

Posted in Gardens, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 03/13/2012 | 3 Comments »

What else can the intrepid High Line team possibly do that they haven’t done before? It turns out the upcoming 3rd segment, the final stretch of the revamped historic freight rail line, which will run from 30th street through 34th street and wrap around the new Hudson Yards redevelopment project, will offer a performance space, an awesome new [...]

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From Street to Sculpture Garden

Posted in Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Materials, Urban Design, Urban Revitalization on 03/02/2012 | 1 Comment »

So few cities have great outdoor sculpture gardens, but, lucky for us, Montreal is soon to join that exclusive list. Later this year, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) will open an expanded sculpture garden, making it one of Canada’s largest collections of public art. A key piece of the project is transforming one street along the museum into a new pedestrian [...]

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Restored Wetlands: Not as Good as the Original

Posted in Ecosystem Restoration, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Urban Revitalization, Water Management, Wildlife on 03/01/2012 | Leave a Comment »

New research published in the online journal, PLoS Biology, argues that wetlands are some of the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. Mangrove forests and boreal peatlands mitigate the impacts of storms and flooding on coastal communities, limit erosion, store carbon, and provide habitat for lots of fish and bird species. Unfortunately, many communities have never realized this. [...]

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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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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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