Landscape Architecture In the News

“Radical” Mitchell Park to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Palo Alto Online, 04/12/07
Even before Palo Alto's J. Pearce Mitchell Park officially opened April 12, 1957, it was attracting pint-sized visitors.
...a rectangle.“ The park was an immediate sensation. The American Society of Landscape Architects created a 20-minute movie about Mitchell Park...

Modern Balinese designs
TheStar.com, 04/14/07
Although elite travelers to Bali may not have heard of Karl Princic, most would be familiar with his beautiful gardens and landscapes. Princic was the master plan consultant for the 100-hectare Bali Golf and Country Club project in Nusa Dua, which opened in 1991.
...and common development area. The project won the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Design Excellence Award in 1993. Not like your...

Landscape Architects' Meeting to Feature Vice President Al Gore
PR-inside, 04/08/2007
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced that former Vice President Al Gore will be the closing keynote speaker for its 2007 Annual Meeting on October 8 in San Francisco.
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced that former Vice President Al Gore will...

Designers Association Presents Awards Program Winners
Lawn and Landscape, 04/04/2007
The Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) held its sixth annual Landscape Design Awards Program. Awards were presented at APLD’s annual conference held March 5–11 at the Hilton Pasadena in California.
...on the Environmental Concerns Committee and is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. W. James Coile, ASLA, APLD- W. James...

With Second Homes, the Outdoors Is In
The New York Times, 04/18/2007
When Kim Melrose looked out at the backyard of his vacation home in Rancho Mirage, California, he envisioned more than a swimming pool, a grill, and a couple of lounge chairs on the patio.
...contractor who specializes in creating outdoor living areas, or hire a landscape architect. The American Society of Landscape Architects (asla.org),…

Expand Your Square Footage with Comforts of Home Outdoors
News 4 Jax, 04/17/2007
The yard work is done and you just want to sit back and admire your surroundings. If you're reclining in an old lawn chair that's seen better days, it's time to treat yourself to something that better complements your outdoor living space.
...complements your outdoor living space. According to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), home owners will be improving or adding to...

LA Guide of the City by the Bay
Landscape Online, 04/14/2007
The Northern California ASLA Chapter is updating Landscape Architecture of San Francisco, a self-guided walking tour. The guide was originally published for the 1986 ASLA annual meeting and is being revised for the 2007 ASLA Expo in San Francisco.
LA Guide of the City by the Bay The Northern California ASLA Chapter is updating Landscape Architecture of San Francisco, a self-guided walking...

Confluence Park, Denver: Where the Waters Meet
Landscape Online, 04/13/2007
The project site, the historic birthplace of Denver located at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River adjacent to 15th Street, was home to an electrical substation since the 1950s.
...staff is highly educated and trained and active in promoting landscape architecture through ASLA and in the Denver community through numerous...

Landscape Architect Profiles
Planetizen, 04/11/2007
In honor of Landscape Architecture Month, we present three profiles of professional landscape architects Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, Melissa Marie Evans, ASLA, and Steve Martino, FASLA.
...Landscape Architecture Month, we present three profiles of professional landscape architects Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, Melissa Marie Evans, ASLA,

Al Gore to Speak at October ASLA Meeting
Landscape Online, 04/10/2007
At the 2007 Annual Meeting for the Society of Landscape Architects, Vice President Al Gore will be presenting An Inconvenient Truth. Al Gore will speak at the American Society of Landscape Architects’ annual meeting this Oct.
At the 2007 Annual Meeting for the Society of Landscape Architects, Vice President Al Gore will be presenting...

Landscape Architects Want to Revive Degree Programs at UH
Pacific Business News, 04/06/2007
When students want to study landscape architecture, they come to Hawaii. The Hawaii Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii, and other members of the landscape architecture community want to change that.
...program for a future school of landscape architecture. “Hawaii and landscape architecture are a natural fit,” said Dawn Easterday, president...

National Landscape Architecture Month Kicks Off
Landscape Online, 04/04/2007
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) kicked off National Landscape Architecture Month nationwide recently. ASLA chapters across the country are celebrating with public outreach activities to help kids “Discover Careers in Landscape Architecture,” the theme for this year.
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) kicked off National Landscape Architecture...

Skatepark Glides Forward
Kent County Daily Times, 04/18/2007
Work on the skatepark at Riverpoint Park will soon begin.
...selected as the new location. Most recently, the town hired landscape architect George Gifford of Gifford Associates to create design sketches. Kent...

Moment of Silence—Gerald Garner, ASLA
Landscape Online, 04/17/2007
Gerald Garner, 64, founder of Gerald Garner Associates—Landscape Architects in San Diego, Calif.
…2007 from cardiac-respiratory failure. Mr. Garner’s career in landscape architect spanned 44 years. His firm’s work included the Sheraton at...

Green Roof Study Results Offer Positive Surprises
Engineering News-Record, 04/16/2007
Magnusson Klemencic Associates Engineers ran a study to prove the value of green roofs to communities. A green roof has the potential to lower stormwater runoff from 65 to 94percent.
Additional local contributors include Cedar Grove, for soil; landscape architect Gustafson Guthrie Nichol for consulting on planting and reports...

Franklin to Begin Visioning Process
The Hawk Eye, 04/16/2007
Franklin's visioning committee will have its first meeting at 6:00 PM Wednesday at city hall. Community members will be introduced to Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning Program and its visioning process.
Franklin's plan and feasibility study will be developed by Al Bohling Landscape Architect with Shive-Hattery Inc. and a student intern from...

Work on Parks, Ball Field, Trails Starts Soon
Bellingham Herald, 04/15/2007
Work will begin soon on building the ball fields, restrooms, and trails that will become Squalicum Creek Park.
...some work will begin around April 23, said Jonathan Schilk, landscape architect for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. The city awarded...

FDOT Speeds Up Landscaping Plan on Biscayne Blvd.
Miami Herald, 04/15/2007
The Florida Department of Transportation reversed its plans to landscape a 30-block stretch of Biscayne Boulevard in two years, saying this week that it would begin the work in March 2008—moving the work up by 16 months.
...between Northeast 37th and 67th streets. In December, FDOT landscape architect Steven Craig James told business owners and residents the agency...


Sight Lines: Witold Rybczynski, Architecture Writer, Wants to Make It Known the 'burbs Don't Deserve Such Disrespect
The Oregonian, 04/14/2007
Over the past two decades, Witold Rybczynski has written about the world of architecture, particularly American architecture, with a simple, rare clarity.
...work of Frederick Law Olmsted, America's most historically influential landscape architect. His slide-show essays for Slate tackle subjects as...

Landscape Architects Share Visions for UM Arboretum
Missoulian, 04/14/2007
Usually, it takes more than a few hours to design an arboretum, but Friday afternoon a group of landscape architects and students sowed the seeds for a design they hope will eventually grow into a master plan.
...for which landscape architects are uniquely qualified, said Missoula landscape architect Kent Watson. When most people think of landscapers,…

“Last Harvest”
Los Angeles Times, 04/13/2007
Witold Rybczynski, architect, professor, and author of more than a dozen books, made a name for himself in the late 1980s as a man who brought architectural criticism to the masses, who could explain to readers the inner world of designers and builders and bring us all to question (and then accept) the tropes we live by: the comfort
...meddling interest of one of the township's indecisive commissioners, a landscape architect named Tim Cassidy. Clearly, a story could be told here...

At Home Nature of Design
Carroll County Online, 04/13/2007
By understanding principles of design such as form, repetition, line, texture, perspective, and color, you can learn to compose a garden, he said. What colors do you want? What kind of foliage? How tall or short should the plants be? This will narrow your choices until you can head to the nursery with confidence to buy what you need to fit your overarching scheme.
...Architectural and Horticultural Approach for Creating Mixed Bed Plantings,” landscape architect Scott Scarfone divides the year into six seasons: winter,

ON THE JOB: 7 Great Careers
Kiplinger, 04/13/2007
If someone asked me which careers were best, I wouldn't cop out and simply say, “It's a matter of what fits you.” But here are seven careers that I believe, for many college-educated people, provide an ideal combination of money, status, sense of fulfillment, and good quality of life, and have good job market prospects for the foreseeable future.
...Aspirations & Expeditions: Advancing Your Career in Higher Education. Landscape Architect. With just a bachelor's degree, you can be designing...