Landscape Architects in the News

Design Center to hold forum on Bells Landing
The Nashville City Paper (Nashville, TN)
The Nashville Civic Design Center will sponsor a forum on January 19 regarding the proposed Bells Landing residential development in northwest Davidson County. Landscape architect Kim Hawkins, ASLA, will present.

Those playgrounds in the sky  
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
Rooftop getaways, like the ones designed by Mia Lehrer, ASLA, offer a place to party, relax or work out—with great city views of Los Angeles. 

Home briefs - 1/13/2006
North County Times (San Diego, CA)
Guest speaker, Dick Rol, ASLA, will discuss “Introduction to Bioengineering” at the California Native Plant Society in San Diego, CA.

Hermann Park planner to speak
Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)
Master planner for the ASLA Award Winning Hermann Park, Laurie Olin, ASLA , will be the featured speaker at the River Oaks Garden Club's 16th Annual Sadie Gwin Blackburn Environmental Seminar Thursday.

S.P. Council approves 173-Lot subdivision
Southern Pines Pilot (Southern Pines, NC)
Robert Hayter, ASLA, landscape architect for the Arboretum project, urged the council to pass a vote approving a conditional-use permit to allow a Charlotte company to develop a subdivision on 83 acres.

Parks and recreation board eager to hear from public
The Benton County Daily Record (Bentonville, AR)
David Cox, ASLA, of Studio3C is working with the Bentonville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to update the master plan for the future of its parks and recreational facilities.

Outback exhibit always hot
Canoe (Web Publication)
It's always spring in Baltimore aquarium's new Australian exhibit, where Elliot Rhodeside, ASLA, is pictured enjoying a media preview of the exhibit.

Parks ready for new master plan
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA)
Douglas Orcutt, ASLA, speaks about wanting to add a new aquatics facility and trails and to relocate the skatepark from the playground in Curtis Memorial Park.

Impassioned Canadian artist, Douglas Coupland, commissioned to design eight-acre urban park at Concord CityPlace
CNW Group (Canada NewsWire)
Douglas Coupland will work in collaboration with widely regarded landscape architect Greg Smallenberg, ASLA, on the design for the most significant privately funded downtown Toronto park in decades.

Community diary
Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
The Hattiesburg Arts Council will present a luncheon and lecture garden series starting Wednesday with landscape architect Ed Blake, ASLA, of The Landscape Studio.