Women in Landscape Architecture (WILA) in cooperation with NCSU Department of Landscape Architecture invite the community to attend “The Infrastructure Revolution: Adaptation to Climate Disruption in Coastal Cities”: a public presentation by Kristina… Continue reading
Monday night’s lecture by Alan Berger, associate professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture from MIT, entitled “Exterial Landscapes” is now available (for free!) not available at NCSU’s College of Design’s iTunes U… Continue reading
This article illustrates why an Intro to Ecology class should be a requirement for all Landscape Architecture students. We are positioning ourselves to be the purveyors of sustainable communities, yet from my experience… Continue reading
Students at the Prague Institute descended on Cesky Krumlov, or the Crooked Meadow for a weekend of exploration and discovery. Here is an excerpt from Shoshanna’s excellent account… The streets are mostly cobblestones, and many are… Continue reading
Our cities are living systems, evolving over time, mutating and undergoing constant processes of change. Why are we using relatively permanent and inflexible building methods to craft such a dynamic environment? When building… Continue reading
Vancouver’s will be on global display during the upcoming Winter Olympics. This LA – Times article gives a great summary of their efforts, both pro and con. In the article a Vancouver city… Continue reading
I ran across this article in last month’s Economist titled “Detroit’s Emptiness: The Art of Abandonment” . It outlines the current state of the city’s many economic afflictions – massive population loss, 28%… Continue reading
It’s December, a season of extra emphasis on issues of many faiths. That’s got me thinking on Faith’s role in the shaping our future landscape. Faith has been the driving force behind icons of landscape architecture for millenia, from… Continue reading
The following article is about Waterpleinen, a redesign of Rotterdam’s stormwater management system. Beautiful indeed, but be sure to check out a contrarian’s opinion about this and the like. ——- In Florian Boer and Marco… Continue reading
Everybody’s got a great idea and a good many of us are drawn to landscape architecture because of the opportunity to fix problems that evolved from development patterns over the last century. But … Continue reading
