Landscape Architecture In the News

Landscaping for Increased Property Value  
BobVila.com
Date: 03/10/08 

>>>The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)<<< recommends that homeowners invest 10 percent of the home's value in landscaping. Landscape architecture goes beyond plantings, or softscaping, to include structural features like lighting, fences, garden paths, fire pits, swimming pools, and ponds. Outdoor rooms, terraces, and decks are also high-yield structural or hardscaping investments. A landscape architect can work with the client to generate a detailed plan. Typically, the homeowner then hires a general contractor, landscape contractor, or subcontractor to perform the installation.

Asymmetry Just a Way of Achieving Balance
Edmonton Journal (Canada)
Date: 03/10/08 

A quote from Dennis Carmichael, president of >>>the American Society of Landscape Architects<<<: 'Asymmetry doesn't mean chaos. It means a different way of achieving balance.' Today there is a return to natural landscape design. If we imitate nature, we can achieve a beauty that is guaranteed to appeal. Another way to do this is to create pools of colour in your bed. For example, group seven purple petunias next to five yellow petunias next to nine white petunias. In the back of the bed, group 11 red petunias. This bed will be a blast of colour that is certainly not symmetrical and yet has a balance that is unmistakable. 

Pepsi Installs Second-Largest Northwest Solar Electric System
OregonLive.com 
Date: 03/10/08 

…said they've worked with and learned from EWEB, >>>landscape architect<<< Brad Stangeland, and Advanced Energy Systems, which has installed most of the Northwest's major commercial solar projects. The local franchise owners said they've also received the support of PepsiCo, their corporate parent in Purchase, N.Y., which plans to spotlight their efforts in the company's annual report. PepsiCo made a splash last year by ranking among the largest and most prominent users of renewable energy sources, according to the EPA. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Eugene is owned by the Moore and LeFevre families. 

Trying to get Columbia on the Right Foot
Baltimore Sun 
Date: 03/10/08 

…what's lacking in downtown Columbia, the >>>landscape architect<<< and urban designer working on the Town Center master plan will tell you that it's pedestrians, along with a sense of connection and vitality as you walk. "What's missing is an urban, residential environment," Ward, a principal with Sasaki Associates Inc., said in an interview last week. "There are pockets of residential, but it doesn't add up to the street life like you'd expect in an urban neighborhood. I think the expectations are to make it more lively and to make it more of a destination." Ward kicked off a series of public forums Wednesday night to introduce the design… 

Aging War Memorial May be Refurbished
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Worchester Telegram & Gazette
Date: 03/10/08 

plans have been completed by Leslie D. Fanger, >>>landscape architect<<< from BSC Group of Worcester. Ms. Fanger will show two conceptual designs at next week’s presentation. One would keep the eagle where it is and construct a new base and patio and other improvements. The other design would add lighting and other upgrades and relocate the eagle memorial on the same site to give it more prominence. “It is an incredible piece of art, but you’d never know it was there,” said Ms. Fanger. “We want the sculpture to take on a much higher profile, instead of languishing in obscurity.” The veterans in the Greendale area are pretty committed to keeping…