Landscape Architecture in the News

Read "A Phoenix Rises From Its Own Ashes: Gantry Plaza State"
Landscape Online, 04/02/2007
We've come a long way from the days of Robert Moses’ oligarchy, which gave rise to huge public projects at the expense of small neighborhoods, cars at the expense of people, and the big picture at the expense of the small.
...Waterfront Center 2001 Design Award, EDRA/PLACES Honor Award, ASLA Architectural Award of Excellence, Tucker 2004 Honor Award, NYASLA Design Firm:

Please Walk on the Grass: The Wirth-While Legacy
Landscape Online, 04/02/2007
One hundred twenty years ago in New York’s Central Park, a new forester was stopped by a park policeman while crossing the north meadow. He was firmly directed to retrace his steps, then take the long way home on the sidewalk.
...preserving our national parks and open spaces. As a former ASLA National President, Ted demonstrated his value as a nationally recognized landscape...

Landscape Architecture: Imagine That
Planetizen, 04/02/2007
Rodney Swink, past president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, celebrates the role of landscape architecture in shaping the built and natural environment.
...state's Department of Commerce. For more information on the work of landscape architects, or to see examples of award-winning projects, go to www.asla.org.

WK Dickson's Landscape Architecture Team Gets the “Hat Trick” for ASLA Awards
Business Wire via Yahoo!, 04/02/2007
WK Dickson went three for three for projects submitted for award consideration to the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
WK Dickson went three for three for projects...

Soul of Kincaid Park
Anchorage Daily News, 04/01/2007
Today, the only Nikes at the old missile site are those on the feet of runners on the woodland trails of what we now call Kincaid Park. Kites fly, children sled, anglers troll for trout, churches throw picnics, cyclists wheel past moose, coyotes, and the occasional black bear.
They're little pieces of Kincaid's “soul.” April is Landscape Architecture Month. Find out more at asla.org For Information on the Kincaid Park...

Returning to the Natural Stormwater Management Approach
Land Development Today, 03/24/2007
A look at history provides a glimpse to a better future. By Mark Hieber, ASLA
A verdant, parklike forest, stretching west for 1,000 miles...that's how the eastern half of North America appeared prior to European settlement.
...increase the value of real estate. About the author: Mark Hieber, ASLA, LEED AP is a landscape architect with HarleyEllis (www.harleyellis.com)

Spring GardenFest is Coming in April
Martinsville Reporter-Times, 03/22/2007
The Morgan County Master Gardeners is sponsoring the two-day Spring GardenFest and Pansy Sale. The Gardenfest will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 14 and from noon to 4 p.
...book Indiana Garden's Guide Revised Version. Ben Rawlins, ASLA, who is principal and manager of Landscape Architecture with Odle McGuire and...

On San Francisco Skyline, Architecture Worthy of the Art Inside
Washington Post, 04/03/2007
Occasionally a work of architecture is so compelling, so well crafted, so imaginatively conceived both aesthetically and functionally, that it makes me wish I had designed it.
designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron and landscape architect Walter Hood, interacts with its site in a similar way.

Backyard from Scratch
This Old House, 04/02/2007
Patio Building Know-how “Make sure the patio is big enough,” says landscape architect Paul Maue. “Getting the scale right is the hardest thing—you always need more space than you think.
...Building Know-how “Make sure the patio is big enough,” says landscape architect Paul Maue. “Getting the scale right is the hardest thing...

Cities Learning the Value of Conserving Tree Canopy
Orlando Sentinel, 04/02/2007
Well before the 2004 hurricanes claimed a single tree, Central Florida cities and counties watched their thick canopies of mature oak, cypress, and other trees shrink to accommodate new subdivisions and office parks.
Orlando section chairman for the American Society of Landscape Architects and a landscape architect with Glatting Jackson. "It's a very careful...

The Allure of Asheville
Tacoma News Tribune, 04/01/2007
Cornelius Vanderbilt, known as the commodore because of his investments in shipping and railroads, made $100 million before he died in 1877.
...mere 8,000 today. But the forests and gardens created by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York’s Central Park,

Arts Commission to Break Ground on Park Later This Year
McKinney Courier-Gazette, 04/01/2007
Arts of Collin County Commission plans to break ground on Phase 1 of the arts park and hall by the autumn of this year.
"The meadow will come into the lobby," Mary Margaret Jones, a landscape architect with Hargreaves Associates, said. "The lobby will be like a...

New Name, New Look, New Feel
Colorado Springs Business Journal, 04/01/2007
Mounds of dirt and unearthed steel utility vaults fill the front lawn of the 25-year-old Pikes Peak Center in downtownbut not for long.
...traffic to the building rather than across the lawn, said landscape architect Jim Byers of Landscape Development Consultants. One of the most...

Green with Envy
Raleigh Business Journal, 04/01/2007
If it surprises you to learn that Dusty Miller is a silvery ornamental plant, not an up-and-coming country singer, it might be time for professional help.
...Triangle. At Governors Club, a luxury community near Chapel Hill, landscape architect Dana Staats' projects typically range in scale from $30,000...

“Outdoor Living” Rooted in History
Kentucky Post, 03/31/2007
Where is the garden heading? Quite possibly to the distant past, to AD 1404, and the garden of the Central Asian prince Timur. In the ancient city of Samarkand, he built a garden where he received visitors while reclined on an embroidered mattress set on a dais.
...whistle. “Everybody is wanting these things,” said Sandy Clinton, a landscape architect in Hyattsville, Md. “I always say to my clients who ask...

“Sustainability,” “Green” Becoming Key Words in Architectural Design
Des Moines Business Record, 03/31/2007
The first modern sustainable building in Iowa was constructed on the University of Northern Iowa's campus in the mid-1990s, about the same time the U.S.
...treated, placing stricter standards on city development, said Doug Adamson, landscape architect and founder of Site + Inc., a landscape architecture...

Carson Valley Children's Center Nears Completion
Lahontan Valley News, 03/30/2007
Shannon Litz/The R-C Project coordinator for the Carson Valley Children's Center Terry Palmitier talks about one of the common areas and the five bedrooms that open into it at the center in Sunridge on Wednesday.
...where they can ride their bikes,” said Palmitier. Minden landscape architect Sandra Wendel is doing the landscaping, Peter Beekhoff of West Ridge...

$160M, 400,000-SF Office Project Launches
Globe St, 03/29/2007
Developer Charles S. Cohen of New York City broke ground Thursday for the long awaited “Red Building,” the third and final phase of the Pacific Design Center at the corner of Melrose Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard.
with Area Design Inc. as interior architect and Thomas Balsley Associates as landscape architect. The Red Building's 400,000 sf of office space...

“Visualizing Density'' Book Illustrates How Good Design Is Critical to Success of Compact Growth
Smart Growth Online, 03/29/2007
''We have two real choices for future development: We can grow more compactly or we can continue to sprawl across the landscape at great economic, environmental, and social cost,'' commented Urban Land Institute (ULI) Senior Resident Fellow Ed McMahon on ''Visualizing Density,'' a 160-page book written and richly illustrated by landscape architect-land planner Julie Campoli and pilot-aerial photographer Alex S.
...Density,'' a 160-page book written and richly illustrated by landscape architect-land planner Julie Campoli and pilot-aerial photographer Alex S.

Arroyo Beautification
Landscape Online, 03/29/2007
Arroyo Simi (Simi Valley, Calif.) runs 12 miles from here in Corriganville (picture is after a fire) to Moorpark. This was quintessential Hollywood filming country.
...to bring landscaping and parks to the area. Jeff Ferber, a landscape architect and principal with the RRM Design Group, hired by the city to...

Lower Saucon Holds Meeting Al Fresco
Morning Call, 03/28/2007
Lower Saucon Township officials took a field trip of sorts Tuesday afternoon. They left the township building to study plans to convert a two-acre parcel of land into a recreation and educational complex.
...''passive recreation and educational use,'' according to landscape architect Richard Tralies' blueprint for the property. It would allow for...

Top Prize for Rogers, Iconoclastic Architect
New York Times, 03/28/2007
Three decades after his Pompidou Center in Paris turned the architecture world upside down and brought him global fame, the British architect Richard Rogers has been named the 2007 winner of the Pritzker Prize, the profession's highest honor.
designed in collaboration with Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP Architects and the landscape architect Ken Smith. "The idea is to create a seamless,

Homewood Soccer Complex to Be Ready to Field Teams on Monday
Birmingham News, 03/28/2007
The City of Homewood's $4.2 million soccer complex, under construction on South Lakeshore Drive, will be ready to field teams on Monday, says Holli Watts, city park and recreation director.
...director. The two fields are regulation size, says Ed Norton, landscape architect with Holcombe Norton Partners Inc. The fields are divided by a...

Pier Expansion Project Frustrates Bar Harbor Planning Board
Bar Harbor Times, 03/28/2007
For the second time in as many meetings, members of the Planning Board last week expressed frustration over not having all the plans, drawings, and other documents they feel they need to evaluate the proposed Harborside Marina pier expansion.
who represents marina owner Tom Walsh, and Perry Moore, the landscape architect for the project, said they were still pulling together the requested...

South Maui Preschoolers Will Grow Up Without Regional Park
Maui Weekly, 03/28/2007
Good intentions spread over too many years leave the community feeling frustrated, but both the citizens and the park designer continue to believe a park will be built.
...years. I was reminded as I came in, said Chris Hart, landscape architect for the park, that we were here during the Kimo Apana administration,

Summersville Company Awarded Bid for Exhibition Mine Project
Fayette Tribune, 03/28/2007
Summersville construction company has been awarded a $3 million contract for construction at the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine.
...unanimous vote from council. Project Manager Molly Davis, a lead landscape architect for Parsons Brinckerhoff in Lexington, Ky., recommended the...

Great Price for Great Park
Landscape Online, 03/27/2007
The site of the “Great Park” is, at the moment, an uninspiring great expanse. In the Feb. 2006 issue we presented the feature, “A Great Park Needs a Great Process: Choosing the Next Olmsted”
...the site of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. New York landscape architect Ken Smith won the commission and leads the design team. The park...

Backyard Retreat
Greater Milwaukee Today, 03/27/2007
Lori Sommervold never claimed to have a green thumb, but her backyard garden in the Enderis Park area of Milwaukee is breathtaking all the same.
Fortunately, their neighbor and friend Brian Boeding is a landscape architect with Paragon Design Group in Milwaukee. The Sommervold sisters...

1930s-era Lawn Fete, Dinner Benefit New Palm Cottage Gardens
Bonitanews, 03/27/2007
Attired in white from hat to toes Saturday, event chair Cherry Smith epitomized the modish mesdames of a long-ago era.
...century-evoking gardens designed and created over the last three years by landscape architect Ellin Goetz was the major focus of the festivities for...

Miami Commission Will Seal Vizcaya Skyline's Fate
Miami Herald, 03/26/2007
One of South Florida's most influential developers will go head-to-head today with Miami's only National Historic Landmark, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.
...Park, surrounded on all sides by skyscrapers. One Vizcaya backer, landscape architect Laurie Olin, wrote in a recent letter to the museum that...

Culture Sparks Real Estate
Business Week, 03/25/2007
Jean Nouvel's bold design for the Guthrie Theater has sparked a real estate boom in Minneapolis
...Medal Park, a much-needed green space, completes the riverfront scene. Landscape architect Tom Oslund reworked a 7.5-acre parking lot next...

Keeping the Dream of Ownership Alive
SignOn San Diego, 03/25/2007
The dream of owning a house, one of the most cherished of American ideals, is fading for many middle-wage households in San Diego County.
...many communities. Why do people fear density so much? asks landscape architect and land planner Julie Campoli. They have trouble imagining a...

Victor Board OKs $3.9 Million Parks Plan
MPNnow.com, 04/03/2007
The vote followed some debate over the cost, even though the plan has been trimmed from an earlier $8.5 million price tag. After debating the $3.
picnic shelters." In early 2006, the Town Board hired McCord Landscape Architects to create the master plan. The firm has worked closely with...

Nix Center to Provide "Portals to Nature" Beginning March 17
Orange County Register, 03/29/2007
Scheduled to open to the public March 17, the James and Rosemary Nix Nature Center will display science, art, and history exhibits related to the surrounding coastal sage scrub habitat.
...by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects Inc. and Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects, the nature center incorporates such “green” design elements...

$30M Project Set for Round Rock
Austin Business Journal, 03/23/2007
Austin has made a name for itself in the sustainable-building industry, but the push to go green is now noticeably spreading to Round Rock. In the coming months, Round Rock will see the start of construction on Green Square, a 135,000-square-foot, $30 million office park development.
...design firm behind Hotel San Joseand Carolyn Kelley, one of the landscape architects of Austin's City Hall, to bring the offices to life.

Leonardo Fiore Model Open in Mediterra
News-Press.com, 03/21/2007
The Leonardo Fiore, a custom single-family model home built by Bordeaux Homes by Vision Builders, is now open at Mediterra. The four-bedroom, four-and-one-half-bath model, located in the Amarone neighborhood, represents the most recent collaboration between Bordeaux Homes and Interior Elements by Valentine & Stone, and features original artwork and contemporary interior design by Michael Valentine.
...array of astrological references, was awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects' Florida Chapter Award of Excellence. The community's...

Stantec Completes Acquisition of New York City-Based Firm Vollmer Associates
Market Wire, 04/03/2007
The designers of high-profile projects like the Columbus Circle Reconstruction in Manhattan and the light rail transit systems in Phoenix, Calgary, and Edmonton announced today that they have officially become one team.
...employees. Vollmer provides engineering, architecture, planning, landscape architecture, and survey services focused on the transportation sector...

Green Roof Project Looking Up
Arkansas Traveler, 04/03/2007

Mark Boyer, associate professor of landscape architecture, examines the growth on the green roof near The Gardens.

Palominas District’s Coronado School Raises Funds for Outdoor Project
Sierra Vista Herald, 04/02/2007
Children and parents, mostly from Coronado Elementary School, participate in the 1.
...service/outreach arm of the University of Arizona’s College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. CALA offers nonprofit organizations as well as...

Fine Living: Marin Entries Praised at Flower and Garden Show
Marin Independent Journal, 03/31/2007
Sausalito landscape architecture firm SWA Group received the top award from the prestigious Pacific Horticulture magazine, as well as a gold award, at 22nd annual San Francisco Flower & Garden Show.
...Living: Marin entries praised at flower and garden show Sausalito landscape architecture firm SWA Group received the top award from the prestigious...

Sidwell Friends School First K-12 to Receive LEED Platinum
FMLink, 03/30/2007
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded its highest rating of Platinum certification to a new middle school building at Sidwell Friends School.
...architecture firm KieranTimberlake Associates, Philadelphia-based landscape architecture firm Andropogon Associates, GreenShape, Integrative...

Urban Areas Benefit from Development of Green Spaces
San Antonio Business Journal, 03/30/2007
Amid the densely packed buildings of our cities, verdant green spaces offer inviting places for people to gather, engage in recreation, and escape from the world's hectic pace.
...reached by e-mail at brent.spraggins@tbg-inc.com. TBG Partners is Texas' largest planning and landscape architecture firm www.tbg-inc.com.

Going Green: UF Garden Spans Entire Rooftop
Gainesville Sun, 03/28/2007
The University of Florida has its own version of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The green roof over the Charles R. Perry Construction Yard might fall short of being one of the world's seven wonders.
...green roofs on the campus,” said Glenn Acomb, a landscape architecture lecturer spearheading the project. Workers finished planting the 2,600-square-foot...

Downtown Northville's $1.6-million Makeover to Have European Flavor
The Detroit Free Press, 03/28/2007
If Northville city officials get their wish, a new European-style town square could be ready in time for the city's Victorian Festival in September. Downtown Development Manager Lori Ward knows that's a lot to hope for, considering that there are parts of the project that need to be tweaked.
...hired to oversee the project. Grissim Metz Andriese Associates, a landscape architecture company, has come up with designs that have a European...

City Considers Routes Toward Environmental Sustainability
Indianapolis Star, 03/26/2007
Most people strolling on the manicured lawn in front of the Indianapolis Museum of Art don't realize they're walking across a roof. It's not just a grass-covered roof, either.
...footprint is rooftops, said Jeffrey L. Bruce, owner of a landscape architecture firm and the keynote speaker of a green roof symposium planned for...

S.F. Garden Show Gets a Pruning
San Jose Mercury News, 03/24/2007
This year's San Francisco Flower & Garden Show is smaller and easier to navigate. Is this a good thing? Well, yes and no. On the ”yes” side, the 21 show gardens provide plenty of innovative, take-away ideas that you can steal for your own gardener hire a professional to re-create.
...this lovely and wild. Students in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at University of California-Berkeley collaborated...

Intrigued by the Waterfront: Alexandria's New Planning Chief Brings Land-Use Expertise
Washington Post, 03/22/2007
The development of Alexandria's waterfront, booming growth in Potomac Yard, mansionization, and the loss of affordable housing will be at the top of Faroll Hamer's agenda next month as she assumes her post as the city's new director of planning and zoning.
...$136,000-a-year job, holds a master's degree in landscape architecture from Morgan State University and a bachelor's degree from Smith College. She...

Gardeners Cultivate Ideas, Soak in Beauty of Nature at S.F. Horticulture Show
San Francisco Chronicle, 03/22/2007
Thousands of flowers and plants, four acres of gardens, seminars, and exhibits await visitors to the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, which runs through Sunday at the Cow Palace.
...through a display on Wednesday designed by the SWA Group, a landscape architecture firm with members in San Francisco, Sausalito and London.

Architects Look into Park Plans
The News & Advance, 3/31/2007
Plans for a proposed recreation trail in Appomattox linking the town to two nearby parks are moving closer to reality.
…Richmond-based landscape architects Doug Cole and Shane Cusick will volunteer their time and services through an agreement with the National Park Service Rivers and Trails program, park service project manager Ursula Lemanski said.