The discussion with Rosa T. Sheng, FAIA, Principal at SmithGroup will focus on evaluating an intentional intersection of disciplines - Architecture, Landscape, Urban Planning in developing a critical discourse to fuel strategic actions in the civic realm. The call to action will inspire a new set of practices [...]
by John King First things first: The restaurants that are converting parking spaces to dining patios in cities across the Bay Area aren’t focused on aesthetics. With local governments’ blessing, they’re trying to survive the coronavirus-ravaged times in which we live. But as the parklet-like nooks proliferate — [...]
The second workshop in our summertime series of free, participatory webinars on the topic of Creativity! Our “doodle-a-long” will be led by landscape architect and artist Eddie Chau who will share some tips and tricks for sketching people in the landscape. Grab your pencils, pour yourself a beverage, [...]
By Allison Torres Burtka ASLA is developing resources and initiatives that will help landscape architects design communities that mitigate climate change. Sustainability • American Society of Landscape Architects You might not expect to find landscape architects in the army of professionals fighting climate change. But there they are, [...]
Stanford scientists discuss obstacles for large-scale green initiatives and what it takes for sustainability efforts to deliver lasting benefits across borders, sectors and communities. BY JOSIE GARTHWAITE Humanity is on a road to more extinctions, shakier food supplies, longer droughts and more frequent spillovers of dangerous viruses from [...]
The Urban Studio is a Washington DC based 501(c)(3) organization created in 2019 with proven capacity to equitably engage diverse communities. They are an organization owned and operated by a cohort of designers of color committed to addressing racial and environmental disparities through the discipline of landscape architecture. [...]
Landscape architecture needs to rethink our climate impact. By understanding the carbon emissions we put into the atmosphere through the built environment and how we can remove it is at the core of how landscape architects can contribute to solving the climate crisis. By empowering landscape architects, property [...]
Creative Release: Pop-Up Gardens! ASLA-NCC held its first virtual summer salon on June 25, 2020. Chip Sullivan, FASLA, demonstrated the basics of paper engineering as participants crafted their own imaginative pop-up gardens. A fun time was had by all! Be on the lookout for an announcement about future [...]
E. Byron McCulley, FASLA, has been witness and instigator to some of the most exciting innovations and developments in bay area landscape architecture for nearly five decades. His contributions through teaching and professional practice have helped shape the trajectory of the profession. He sat down with ASLA-NCC Secretary, [...]
Following the ASLA-NCC statement in support and solidarity with Black people and Black Lives Matter, (read the full statement here), the Chapter has worked to establish an understanding of the current state of our Chapter, acknowledged our strengths, weaknesses and opportunities surrounding Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and [...]