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Landscape Architecture Magazine

CONTRIBUTORS

LAM / LETTERS

BOUNDARY WORK

FOREGROUND

A LAKE AT ITS LIMIT • HISTORIC FUNDING FOR UTAH’S GREAT SALT LAKE WILL SUPPORT WATER USE REDUCTIONS WITHIN AGRICULTURE AND THE URBAN LANDSCAPE.

HIGH-IMPACT HELP • A RECENT LAW AIMS TO PROTECT MIGRATING BIRDS FROM HAZARDS IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE.

LIVING LIGHT • FOR 50 YEARS, ARCOSANTI’S BLEND OF ARCHITECTURE WITH ECOLOGY HAS HELPED CONSERVE A PORTION OF THE ARIZONA LANDSCAPE.

ROADBLOCKS REMAIN • A SURVEY SHEDS LIGHT ON WHY MIDCAREER WOMEN LEAVE DESIGN FIRMS.

CREATURE COMFORTS • THE DESIGN FOR A NEW WORLD-CLASS EQUESTRIAN CENTER IN OCALA, FLORIDA, BALANCES THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND HORSES.

THE BREAKUP • TO MAXIMIZE CARBON CAPTURE ALONG THE RIVER DEE, A LITTLE DECONSTRUCTION IS REQUIRED.

WET AND WILD • SURPRISING AND SENSIBLE WAYS TO MOVE WATER.

FEATURES

LISTEN AND UNLEARN • UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS FIND WORKING WITH THE NAVAJO NATION REQUIRES RESTRAINT AND HUMILITY.

THE SEDGE INSURGENCY • THE “TRUE SEDGES” OF THE GENUS CAREX HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE IN ORNAMENTAL LANDSCAPES. DESIGNERS ARE SEDUCED BY THEIR BEAUTY, BUT THAT’S JUST THE START OF WHAT SEDGES PROVIDE.

THE BACK

THE AGE OF THE MEGA-ECO PROJECT • CAN LARGE LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS DELIVER ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION BETTER THAN THEIR INDUSTRIAL PREDECESSORS?

THE RULE BOOK • EDITED BY B. CANNON IVERS; BASEL, SWITZERLAND: BIRKHÄUSER, 2021; 512 PAGES, $34.99.

BOOKS OF INTEREST • AN UNEXPECTED APPROACH TO THE SENSORIAL AS DESIGN ELEMENTS.

IN THE ARENA WITH CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP • Industry partners in landscape architecture are part of a complex, changing picture. The advantage goes to professionals who understand all the pieces and players.

FOR A PUBLIC GARDEN IN GUJARAT, INDIA, A LARGE-SCALE TOPIARY THAT SPARKLES.