Landscape architects have been working on issues of sustainability and resiliency for the last century. Reporting on projects and approaches to sea-level rise, extreme drought, urban heat islands, flooding, and wildfires has raised public awareness of the vital work landscape architects are doing to help communities adapt to climate change.

Oct 15, 2024 · A plan to rework the legacy infrastructure that plagues D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center. By Stassa Edwards An aerial rendering of the National Capital Planning Commission’s design vision.

Aug 24, 2021 · What landscape architects need to know. Dream Big with Design meets kids where they are to help them find their place in landscape architecture. By Zach Mortice Jennifer Mok doesn’t have a job like most landscape architects. “We build worlds,” she says. Mok, a landscape architecture studio executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, designs theme …

Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee, provides respite while reflecting on the long history of racial injustice. Once a city dump on the Mississippi waterfront, Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee, is now a landmark park. The design provides downtown Memphis with a destination playground, water features, hammocks, art installations, new climate-adaptive trees and native shrubs, and a restored ...

Sep 12, 2024 · “You do work, you learn something, you do more work, you stay involved.” —Wes Michaels, ASLA, in "How to Grow a Greenway." Recent comments. Windbloom – Houston Arts Alliance on Windbloom Maps the Breeze; Recordando al arquitecto paisajista que abrazó la ciudad – AHVIA on So It Flows; Michael on Book Review: A Monstrous Anthem; Kevin W Burke on As sustainable landscapes become the ...

Sep 1, 2022 · What landscape architects need to know. By any count, Presidio Tunnel Tops had an unusual number of women in construction and project leadership. They say there are good reasons for that. By Anne C Godfrey An unexpected amount of rain fell on the Presidio Tunnel Tops construction site this past October. The rain was a …

Founded in 1910, Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) is the monthly magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It is the magazine of record for the landscape architecture profession in North America, reaching more than 60,000 readers who plan and design projects valued at more than $140 billion each year. LAM is a benefit

Jan 28, 2025 · Nursery growers in western North Carolina are persevering in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. By Bradford McKee Plants at Botanical Treasures, a perennials wholesaler in Fletcher, North Carolina, in Helene’s aftermath.

“You do work, you learn something, you do more work, you stay involved.” —Wes Michaels, ASLA, in "How to Grow a Greenway." Recent comments. Michael on Book Review: A Monstrous Anthem; Kevin W Burke on As sustainable landscapes become the norm, maintenance isn’t keeping up; Elizabeth Solomon on As sustainable landscapes become the norm, maintenance isn’t keeping up

“You do work, you learn something, you do more work, you stay involved.” —Wes Michaels, ASLA, in "How to Grow a Greenway." Recent comments. Windbloom – Houston Arts Alliance on Windbloom Maps the Breeze; Recordando al arquitecto paisajista que abrazó la ciudad – AHVIA on So It Flows; Michael on Book Review: A Monstrous Anthem; Kevin W Burke on As sustainable landscapes become the ...