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The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated a public health crisis that has existed for decades. Rising rates of chronic disease, which can be partially attributed to the design of our built environment, have exacerbated the impacts of infectious disease on many segments of our population. This discussion with Sara, [...]
From my earliest days in private practice I was frustrated with how poorly conceived land use regulations “straight jacketed” my design work; I knew there had to be a better way to design communities. This has proven to be a driving force in my career and a key [...]
Landscape architects are expanding our reach, tackling complex issues of resiliency, equity, and social justice. By working more upstream in the design process, we are developing regional strategies with robust civic engagement, thinking in non-traditional ways about how to design traditional landscapes, acting as champions of biodiversity [...]
New challenges have materialized over the past 20 years of the firm's practice however that has required more sophisticated analysis and the ability to quantify benefits for clients, design partners, and regulators. With a heavy focus on both human and ecological health, Sherwood is pushing into new territories [...]
2020 has been a pivotal year at ASLA and change is growing. 2020--2021 ASLA President Tom Mroz reviews the major accomplishments of 2020 and a look ahead to what is coming in 2021. Your Content Goes Here
In 2009 EDAW AECOM produced a book documenting our practice vision and global portfolio. We called the book the Bigger Picture and the opening sentence of the book was “Climate change has emerged as the defining issue of our time”. When reflecting back 11 years, and then much [...]
This talk would facilitate a discussion on how we as Landscape Architects are trained (and thrive) in multidisciplinary practice. We are designers, facilitators, advocates, economists, scientists, engineers…I’ll share my personal journey within our profession focusing on how it has helped me change my own perception of what we [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]