Landscape Architecture Magazine - The Magazine of the American …
WEBThe African Ancestors Memorial Garden in Charleston, South Carolina, honors the labor and legacy of enslaved people. The ecology of both the South Carolina low country and the African diaspora feature in the African Ancestors Memorial Garden at the International African American Museum in Charleston. The garden covers two and a half acres at Gadsden’s Wharf, the port of arrival for nearly ...
About Us - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBLaura Iverson, Senior Production Manager Laura joined Landscape Architecture Magazine as the senior production manager in 2022. She brings more than 25 years of experience in publishing to her role. After working for a regional publisher in New Orleans, she served as production director for CFO magazine, a member of the Economist Group, for 12 years. . She joined the American Dental Education ...
Mind the Gaps (and Curves) with Precast Concrete
WEBJul 15, 2022 · Getting the best from precast concrete requires a little flexibility. By John Payne, ASLA, and James Dudley The first prototype of the precast piece is what will determine the mold form.
The Wright Way - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBDec 15, 2021 · Bayer Landscape Architecture brings Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House back into full bloom. By Joann Greco Photo courtesy Bayer Landscape Architecture. Daylilies and phlox are thriving along the terrace with the pergola in the background .Darwin and Isabelle Martin were getting tired of waiting. “We want a garden,” Darwin wrote to their architect, Frank
Theater Revival - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBRobert Royston’s 1967 Quarry Amphitheater has been carefully rebuilt in all its modernist glory. By Lydia Lee Like the classical theaters of Greek and Roman antiquity, Quarry Amphitheater at the University of California, Santa Cruz is an open-air venue with tiered seating. But what would the Greeks and Romans have made of the irregular rows,
Whose Eyes on the Street? - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBMay 11, 2021 · Designers and advocates reckon with the uneasy history of safety in environmental design. By Karl Krause In 1285, King Edward of England issued the Statute of Winchester—a sweeping reform of law enforcement to curb rising crime across the country. To address highway robbery, the statute required a change to the environment: All landowners had to
Re-Growing Detroit’s Urban Edge - Landscape Architecture …
WEBApr 3, 2018 · The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's competition has drawn innovative ideas. By Zach Mortice Update 4/10/2018: The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy has chosen Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates' plan as the competition winner. At 22 acres on a prime Detroit River site southwest of downtown, the future West Riverfront Park could become the city’s new civic front yard.
A Lake and a Long History - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBOct 15, 2020 · In Akron, Ohio, investment in the civic commons sparks a dialogue about social equity. By Rachel Dovey Summit Lake in Akron, Ohio, is a glacial landmark shaped like a lopsided figure eight. It sits along a continental divide, so its waters flow both north toward Lake Erie and south toward the Mississippi River. “Not many
People and Paseos - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBJan 11, 2022 · This article is also available in Spanish Culdesac Tempe, a car-free development in Arizona, turns to Floor Associates to design the neighborhood. By Timothy A. Schuler It’s likely a fantasy of any number of landscape architects: designing an entire neighborhood without having to consider a single car. Housing blocks separated not by wide, traffic-choked streets
The Big Sprig - Landscape Architecture Magazine
WEBJul 19, 2016 · Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway has finally gotten what it always needed—time. By Mark Hough, FASLA / Photographsy by Sahar Coston-Hardy Call it the Emptyway. That was the headline of a 2009 Boston Globe article lamenting the perceived failure of Boston’s Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, which had opened a year earlier atop the city’s infamous “Big Dig.”