Landscape Architecture Transforms Old Missile Site into Beloved Public Park
Anchorage Daily News
05/04/11
“Thirty years ago, the hills of West Anchorage bristled with killing machines: Nike missiles, 41-foot-long, rocket-powered javelins designed to carry nuclear bombs. The former fortress is probably the city’s most beloved in-town recreation area, a transformation guided by people with the odd-sounding job title of landscape architects. Instead of the beams and bricks of building architects, landscape architects’ materials include the terrain, ecology, and history of a place.”
Landscape Architects Add Color to Riverfront
The Charleston Gazette
04/30/11
“Members of a local landscape architectural group tilled, weeded, and planted along the walking paths at Magic Island on Saturday in an effort to add a little color to Charleston's riverfront park with a variety of wildflowers. In about four weeks, black-eyed Susans, purple coneflowers, and a mix of perennials will blossom along the park's trails, said Rob Dinsmore, president of the American Society of Landscape Architects’ West Virginia chapter.”
National Landscape Architecture Month
INCNow
4/22/11
“The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) encourages students and parents to ‘Discover Careers in Landscape Architecture’ this April as part of National Landscape Architecture Month.” Sustainable Garden Tour Set for May 20
The Tennessean
05/04/11
“Landscape architect Kevin Guenther and his wife Katie have retrofitted their 1/3-acre suburban residential lot with sustainable design. The Design Resource Office and Demonstration Gardens have been chosen by the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) to be one of the first pilot sites across the country to test the nation’s first rating system for green landscape design, construction, and maintenance.”
Clark Student Designers Plan Park Improvements
Anchorage Daily News
05/04/11
“Doniere and Chad Taylor partnered with McIntyre’s class to redesign Lyons Park (not to be confused with Lions Park on Mountain View's east end). Both are volunteers of the American Society of Landscape Architects.”
Keep Your Garden and Wallet Happy
The Bulletin
05/02/11
“Praise for the art of gardening is abundant and broad: It’s therapeutic; it saves money at the grocery store; it’s good for the environment; it raises the value of your home. Nancy Somerville, chief executive of the American Society of Landscape Architects, notes that opting for native species will result in the biggest cost savings. ‘They’re great energy, time, and money savers because they’re fully adapted to the conditions around here,’ she says.”
ASLA Earns Environmental Excellence Award
Hospitality Design
05/02/11
“The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has been named a Partner of the Year for the 2011 Mayor’s Environmental Excellence Awards. The award recognizes the organization’s work in educating the public on sustainable practices in landscape design and construction.”
River District Tour Held
Sacramento Press
05/03/11
“Those attending the event then broke into groups to tour three new landmark projects under construction: the new Lottery campus and the Greyhound bus terminal, and to learn about landscape architecture plans at the site of the future Township 9.” Landscape Architecture Students Dig in to Beautify Eroded Slope on Campus
Philau Today
04/19/11
“Pedestrians walking along School House Lane near the Ravenhill Campus will notice that brand new pavers have been placed along the sidewalk—the result of a project by the Landscape Architecture Program.” TBG Partners Top Landscape Architecture Firm in Austin
Austin Business Journal
04/22/11
“TBG Partners Inc. retained its No. 1 ranking on the Austin Business Journal’s annual listing of the largest landscape architecture firms.” Immersive Learning Class Works on White River
BSU News Daily
04/25/11
“Landscape architecture students pile bricks, smooth out gravel, and hammer posts into the earth on a warm April morning as part of their immersive learning design and building class.”
FYI: Business
Tulsa World
05/01/11
“The Oklahoma American Society of Landscape Architects recently presented three professional awards to LandPlan Consultants Inc. at its annual awards banquet in Guthrie.”
Follow Industry Trends to Get the Latest Landscaping Looks
Burlington Free Press
04/30/11
“Last month, the Garden Pavilion was awarded a 2010 Vermont Public Space Award by the Vermont Planning Association, the Vermont Urban Forestry Council, and the state chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects, and the American Society of Civil Engineers.”
Visually Impaired Take Time to Smell and Feel the Flowers
Philly.com
04/29/11
“In fact, sensory gardens are becoming ever more popular, according to Mark Epstein, a Seattle landscape architect and advocate for more accessible garden design. He cites several factors: the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, a push by the American Society of Landscape Architects and other professional groups, and a growing emphasis on personal health and fitness.”
Students Design Big Changes for Bardstown Road
The Courier-Journal
05/04/11
“Residents consider options at design workshop by students from the University of Kentucky's Department of Landscape Architecture.”
CSU Grad: Don't Be Afraid of Taking Risks
The Coloradoan
04/30/11
“A CSU graduate, Phillips discussed his career as a landscape architect and real estate economic consultant that led to his current position at ULI.”
Hilly Long Beach Nature Area Has Had Many Lives
Press-Telegram
04/30/11
“Now former oil field, current dumping place, could become a park. Merilee Atkinson, a Bixby Terrace resident who is working on a master’s degree in landscape architecture, said after touring the property with Johnson that it has potential.”
Landscape Architecture’s Obscurity
Planetizen
05/03/11
“L.A.’s landscape architects are relatively obscure compared to their architect counterparts. Is this obscurity the reason landscape architecture isn’t as protected as architecture?”
Six New Majors Being Offered at NWCC
The Commercial Appeal
05/01/11
“Northwest Mississippi Community College recently added six new majors to its Academic Education offerings for the coming fall—recreation, pre-communicative disorders, pre-landscape architecture, pre-landscape contracting, pre-horticulture, and pre-veterinary medical technology.”
Students Look to Create Disc Golf Field Near Ball State
Ball State Daily News Online
04/28/11
“Sophomore landscape architecture major David McCarel is collaborating with landscape architecture professor Malcolm Cairns to create an on-campus playing field for local and student aficionados of the seemingly unusual, yet budding sport of disc, or Frisbee, golf.”
Penn State Students to Install Playground Features at Local School
Penn State Live
04/27/11
“Students at Corl Street Elementary School in State College are getting some new—and educational— playground features, thanks to the efforts of Penn State landscape architecture students.”
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