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INSIDE

FOLLOW THE PLANTS

LAM/LETTERS

FOREGROUND

RESILIENT APPALACHIA • NEW APPROACHES TO FUNDING LOOK TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES IN CLIMATE AND CONSERVATION PLANNING.

LOGGED ON • DECAYING LOGS BECOME ROOFTOP HABITAT FOR SAN FRANCISCO’S MIRA TOWER.

CHIPPING IN FOR VETS • A NEW PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LENDS SUPPORT FOR A VETERANS HOSPITAL HEALING GARDEN BY VIREO.

A SALMON PLAN • STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTS THE WINNEMEM WINTU TRIBE IN RESTORING ANCESTRAL LANDS.

INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED • SURFACEDESIGN’S SENSUOUS LANDSCAPE FOR A VINEYARD IS AN EXPERIMENT IN LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.

CORNELIA HAHN OBERLANDER, 1921–2021

ON THE SAFE SIDE • AMPLE TRAINING AND COLLABORATION CAN PROTECT LANDSCAPE WORKERS FROM RISK.

GLOW UP • TRANSFORM AN OUTDOOR SPACE WITH LAMPS AND LUMINAIRES.

FEATURES

SMALL FIRM, BIG LEAP • THE PROS AND CONS OF ADOPTING BIM HAVE OVERSIZED IMPACTS ON SMALLER FIRMS.

MINE, OURS • AN EASTERN GERMAN REGION LONG SUPPORTED BY INDUSTRIAL COAL MINING LOOKS TO MOVE ON FROM FOSSIL FUEL.

THE BACK

TAKING BACK THE TABLE • A STUDIO PROJECT TO ANALYZE LAND USE AND INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE ENDS WITH A COOKBOOK, RECIPES INCLUDED.

LANDSCAPES OF PREINDUSTRIAL URBANISM • EDITED BY GEORGES FARHAT; CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020; 312 PAGES, $65.

BOOKS OF INTEREST • INSIGHTS FROM A LIFE SPENT DESIGNING AND CHAMPIONING NATIVE LANDSCAPES.

REVIVE AND REBOOT • A NEW DESIGN FOR SAN FRANCISCO’S HARVEY MILK PLAZA MAY SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS HAVE FALLEN SHORT.