Universities and institutions often rely on private donations to create new buildings or landscapes and it is always good to hear that a landscape master plan will continue to be implemented and so its great to hear that the University of Texas in Dallas has received $7 million in gifts further development of the campus environs will be led . . . → Read More: UT Dallas receives $7 million in gifts to continue Campus Enhancement Project
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 Leave a comment  landscape  campus enhancement, design language, enhancement project, environs, further development, institutions, landscape architect, landscape architecture, landscape master plan, landscapes, laterally, new buildings, Peter Walker, private donations, PWP, universities, university of texas, university of texas in dallas IMAGE CREDIT: Flickr Ron,Ron,Ron Citygarden, the two-block downtown oasis of trees and plants, water and sculpture, has won one of the nation’s most prestigious awards in urban planning, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award. The announcement was recently in Phoenix at ULI’s spring meeting. ULI is a global, Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that . . . → Read More: CityGarden wins Urban Land Institute Award Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is delighted to announce a two-stage competition to transform the centre of Aberdeen. Competitors have until June 13 2011 to enter the competition. Each team needs to be design-led and should include an urban designer, architect, structural, civil and services engineering, landscape architect and a cost consultant. All entrants must follow the registration procedure as . . . → Read More: Aberdeen City Gardens Design Competition Narrated by Peter Walker, Robert Royston, Lawrence Halprin, Garrett Eckbo & Unknown person from Sunset Magazine. Wikipedia – Thomas Dolliver Church – Landscape Architect At the time that Church started practicing, the neoclassic movement was still the design style of choice. Thomas’s education at UC-Berkeley and Harvard, along with his travels to Europe, instilled in him a . . . → Read More: Thomas Church: Remembering his Influence and Career Development in urban, suburban and even rural areas can often limit the variety of plant and animal life in these environments. In some cases, development also means an increase in exotic plants, which can ultimately displace native plant communities, which in turn can disrupt local populations of birds, bugs and other native wildlife. Developers, planners, landscape architects, . . . → Read More: Preserving biodiversity in suburban, rural areas [Event: Workshop] Piet Oudolf from Institute of the 21st Century . . . → Read More: Piet Oudolf’s garden at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale Welcome to 2011. All landscape architects this year need to start leading the discussions. We have lagged for too long on the sidelines being creative and idealistic watching other professions take the lead on numerous areas of design – sustainable design, urban design, water, low-carbon cities, eco-cities, food security, green architecture (vertical & horizontal) and many others. . . . → Read More: Landscape Architects – Welcome to 2011 – its time to lead the discussion |
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