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Landscape Architecture Magazine

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FOREGROUND

A CAFÉ IS A COUNTRY • TERREMOTO DESIGNED CAFE OHLONE TO BE AN INDIGENOUS REFUGE IN A COLONIAL WORLD.

FILLING THE SAPLING GAP • SAN FRANCISCO WILL NURTURE NEW STREET TREES IN A LEFTOVER SPACE CARVED OUT BY FREEWAYS.

A GREEN BLUEPRINT FOR RAIN CITY • AS ITS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE MAXES OUT, VANCOUVER IS PILOTING A NEW DIRECTION WITH A ROLE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

A FIRESHED MOMENT • NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF FIRE RISK INFORM AN AMBITIOUS FEDERAL STRATEGY.

TYING BOWTIE TOGETHER • ALONG THE L.A. RIVER, SALT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS MUST BALANCE THE BOWTIE’S FREE-FORM PAST WITH THE NEED FOR CHANGE.

BUILDING BACK BEAVER • NEW FUNDING WILL CREATE DEDICATED STAFF TO SUPPORT COLONIES OF CALIFORNIA’S CLIMATE WARRIOR HERBIVORES.

TOGETHER FOR THE TERROIR • IN CALIFORNIA’S WINE COUNTRY, A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT HELPS FARMERS AND RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR WILDFIRES.

CLEARING THE AIR • MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE MAKING, A PARK IN TAIWAN BY MOSBACH PAYSAGISTES TESTS THE LIMITS OF MICROCLIMATES.

NOW SHOWING • DON’T MISS THE LATEST PRODUCTS AT THE 2022 ASLA EXPO IN SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 12 AND 13.

FEATURES

EXPLORERS AT HOME • PLANT-HUNTING IS ALWAYS IN SEASON AT THE LEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN IN PORTLAND, OREGON, THE STORYBOOK BASE OF THE BOTANIST LILLA LEACH, WHERE LAND MORPHOLOGY HAS BEGUN A NEXT-CENTURY UPGRADE TO THE GROUNDS.

THE LONG GAME • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ARE WORKING WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUILDING NEW NETWORKS THROUGH THE ENGINEERING WITH NATURE PROGRAM. THE IMPLICATIONS COULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR BOTH.

BELOW THE HORIZONS • AT A NEW WATERFRONT TECH CAMPUS, WHAT’S UNDER THE LANDSCAPE IS AS HIGHLY DESIGNED AS WHAT’S ON TOP.

THE BACK

HEIRLOOM VARIETIES • OEHME, VAN SWEDEN BUILT ITS REPUTATION ON THE FOUNDERS’ NEW AMERICAN GARDEN, BUT THE FIRM’S NEXT GENERATION ISN’T RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS.

BE A GUEST • FRESH BANANA LEAVES: HEALING INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPES THROUGH INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

BOOKS OF INTEREST

THE LICENSE MATTERS TO WOMEN OF COLOR • Landscape architecture licensure brings respect and better pay in addition to protecting public safety. But female BIPOC landscape architects, in particular, are less likely to be licensed. Here is a plan to change that.

READY TO LAUNCH • Driven by innovative and sustainable materials – and landscape architects’ project needs – exhibitors at the San Francisco conference introduce new products in every aisle of the EXPO.

THE BACK / BACKSTORY • RESEARCHING THE LANDSCAPE OF SYNTHETIC HORMONE PRODUCTION.