Landscape Architecture in the News

Green Roofs and Green Products
WUSA-TV CBS 9 NEWS NOW– 07/17/2007
The momentum to go GREEN has been steadily growing the last few years. More and more products and building practices are taking conservation and energy use into consideration.
…At the headquarters for the American Society of Landscape Architects at 636 I Street NW is one of Washington DC's first green roofs. Along with the aesthetic and environmental benefits, the roof has lowered electrical usage by 10% and the roof itself is likely to last 2 to 3 times longer than an ordinary roof. The roof has 2 "waves" that are planted with flowers and grasses.

SF: SEVEN LANDSCAPE PROJECTS AND DESIGNERS TO BE AWARDED
KPIX-TV CBS 5 – 07/17/2007
An affordable housing project called the Curran House in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood that offers peaceful green spaces, a sprinkling of gardens and private balconies has drawn national attention to its designer. The Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture firm is scheduled to receive an award from the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Curran House this year, as well as for the design of a private residence in the city.
... San Francisco boasts the highest number of projects or designers to be awarded this year, and has been chosen to host this year's ASLA annual meeting from October 6 to October 9 at the Moscone Convention Center. "We expect the largest gathering of landscape architects in history," ASLA President Patrick W. Caughey said in a statement regarding this year's meeting.

Review: Main Plaza's makeover showing poetic promise
MySanAntonio – 07/14/2007
Place-making is partly a matter of art, and partly of science. Great places are poetic. They impart meaning that is more than the sum of their vocabulary and syntax.
...on the Main Plaza project, won the 2005 Firm Award of the American Society of Landscape Architects. (SWA also won a 2001 national ASLA honor...

Lady Bird's legacy
Houston Chronicle – 07/12/2007
She called this her "forever" place. While many Americans associate Lady Bird Johnson with the Keep America Beautiful highway projects she promoted, her greatest legacy grows at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, an oasis of 279 mostly undeveloped acres in southwest Austin.
...to reforestation techniques. They co-founded (with the American Society of Landscape Architects) the Sustainable Sites Initiative funded by the...

Energy-friendly 'green' roofs taking off in U.S. urban areas
Lawrence Journal-World – 07/12/2007
Succulents, including cactus, are generally the plants of choice for green roof projects, like the demonstration garden on the roof of the American Society of Landscape Architects headquarters building in Washington.
...projects, like the demonstration garden on the roof of the American Society of Landscape Architects headquarters building in Washington. They can...

Merrimon may grow up
Asheville Citizen-Times – 07/17/2007
Those buildings would be among several structures containing about 385 housing units, a 150-room hotel and retail and office space. The project would be a dramatic increase in density for the 8.
...Park Apartments and the Grove Arcade might see, said project landscape architect Stephanie Pankiewicz. Much of the property is zoned highway...

State restarts tree-cutting along Route 100A, pointing to road safety
Lower Hudson Online – 07/17/2007
The state expects to resume tree-cutting along Route 100A as soon as tomorrow after temporarily halting the work Friday because of local environmental concerns.
...be worsened without plantings to prevent erosion. DOT executives sent a landscape architect to the job to evaluate the 100 or so trees slated...

Harnessing the Sun
Business Week – 07/16/2007
A sunny morning at the new Haus der Forschung in Vienna brings more than another days work. Through a system of mirrors, prisms, and fiber cables, sunlight itself is funneled into the foyer.
...of the new Teardrop Park, a 2-acre park designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenberg, that would otherwise escape the path of the sun.

Planting Trouble in Your Garden Your own patch of greenery may be your haven, but what you put in it could be harmful to the environment
Time – 07/16/2007
If you thought composting your organic waste and planting greenery in your garden were enough to earn you a gold star in environmental responsibility, think again.
...problems we are facing right now,' says W. Gary Smith, a landscape architect based in Austin. 'My public enemy number one is the Norway maple.'

Former ISO official cultivates grand gardens
Indianapolis Star – 07/15/2007
From his blue slate patio, Raymond Leppard can see a little bit of England in the garden he's been cultivating for the past 10 years. It's not that the acreage surrounding the home of the former music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is planted in the trees and flowers normally found in British gardens.
...like Barth Hendrickson of Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects and landscape architect Claire Bennett, who helped design and mold the gardens...

Union Grove opening up downtown
JS Online – 07/15/2007
Union Grove opening up downtown Panel seeking ideas for new look of village hubBy KRIS KOCHMANSpecial to the Journal SentinelPosted: July 17, 2007Union Grove - Residents are being asked this week to imagine what they'd like the village hub to look like as downtown redevelopment efforts take shape.
...firm Schreiber Anderson Associates has prepared two conceptual drawings. Landscape architect Bruce Morrow said components of both plans could be...

Crowning achievement
The Item – 07/14/2007
Eagle Scout candidate's project benefits local theater, gallery
...and conversation had lost its ambience. With the assistance of landscape architect Scott McLendon, Bryan decided to undertake the task of making...

A taste of the tropics
Texas Cable News – 07/14/2007
Gardening club helps bring palm collection to Dallas Arboretum elangton@dallasnews.com In a tiny corner of the Dallas Arboretum sits a sliver of the tropics.
...member Tom Wilten, donated matching funds to the club. Landscape architect Johnette Taylor designed the garden layout. The most significant aspect...

OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, July 13, 2007
The Star Democrat – 07/14/2007
Skyr Falcey of Cordova received a BSBA degree during the May commencement ceremonies at the University of Vermont. Falcey was a business major in the School of Business Administration.
...in a full time position while in school. He is now a landscape architect with the Faux Group and plans to pursue a graduate degree from Johns...

Create an Outdoor Party Room
Southern Living Magazine – 07/13/2007
Southern nights are perfect for dinner parties. The curtains on this carport, made with clear plastic and a weather-resistant fabric, are easily drawn to create an intimate atmosphere.
...any alternatives. It was a good call. Don brought in landscape architect Paul Fontenot, and, with their collaborative brainstorming, they soon...

Two trees damaged in protest, UC Berkeley says
Oakland Tribune – 07/13/2007
Here's a bit of irony - the tree sitters who have been living in a grove of historic trees they want to save are being accused of lopping off the top of a redwood and a cedar to make room for at least one sleeping platform.
...responsible will face vandalism charges if caught. Jim Horner, the campus landscape architect, said the 40- to 50-foot tall trees are disfigured.