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Landscape Architecture Magazine

CONTRIBUTORS

LAM / LETTERS

LIGHT READING

FOREGROUND

FOR LAWNS MORE LIVELY • A MINNESOTA PROGRAM SUPPORTS HOMEOWNERS INTERESTED IN MORE ECOLOGICAL GARDENS.

YOURS, MINE, AND OURS • A SMALL CITY COMBINED CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH PUBLIC ACCESS AND BECAME THE EXAMPLE THE GREAT LAKES NEEDED.

DREDGING UP DOUBT • HOUSTON RESIDENTS WORRY THAT THE WIDENING OF THE SHIP CHANNEL WILL PUT THEIR COMMUNITIES AT RISK.

THE SHOW WILL GO ON • MARVEL AND MECANOO GIVE A STORIED DANCE THEATER IN THE BERKSHIRES A SECOND LIFE.

THE AMBIENT MUSIC OF DNA • AIR QUALITY MONITORS HAVE RICH BIODIVERSITY DATA, IF WE CAN HARVEST IT.

CARS TO THE SIDE • A NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT BY LOLA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS DEMONSTRATES WHAT’S POSSIBLE WHERE CARS AREN’T KING.

MIRROR MIND • DIGITAL TWINS COULD CHANGE THE WAY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS MONITOR THE LIFE CYCLE OF PROJECTS.

RAINY-DAY SAVINGS • SYRACUSE’S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM CAPTURES STORMWATER AND SAVES THE CITY MILLIONS.

SHOW STOPPERS • FIND THESE EXHIBITORS AND MORE AT THE 2023 ASLA EXPO IN MINNEAPOLIS ON OCTOBER 28 AND 29.

FEATURES

GRAND STAND • A PARK WAS CONCEIVED AS A CIVIC HEART FOR A SPRAWLING SUBURBAN CITY. THEN CAME THE STORM.

PLANT LIST

FAR AFIELD • IN ALABAMA, EMILY KNOX AND DAVID HILL, ASLA, TRY AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH TO REESTABLISHING A LOST SOUTHERN LANDSCAPE.

THE ART OF SMALL MOVES • WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, SAW A GREAT HOLE AT THE CENTER OF TOWN, TALLGRASS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SAW A CHANCE FOR SOMETHING BIGGER.

THE BACK

HERE’S HOW SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECTS YOUR TASTE • PINTEREST’S POWERFUL AI-DRIVEN RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM PROBABLY INFLUENCES YOUR AESTHETICS. DOES THAT MATTER?

LITTLE THRILLS • LETTING PLAY BLOOM: DESIGNING NATURE-BASED RISKY PLAY FOR CHILDREN

BOOKS OF INTEREST • DISCOVERING MEANING FROM SEEDPOD TO SILK ROAD.

INDUSTRY PARTNERS ESSENTIAL IN THE CLIMATE EQUATION • Landscape architects are focused on nature-based ways to decarbonize and forestall climate change. Product manufacturers are a big part of making it happen.

BACKSTORY • TLÂL-LI COLLABORATIVE MAKES ROOM AT THE TOP.