Save the date for the ASLA-NCC’s Annual Giants Nights September 26th, 2025!
by Timothy A. Schuler CREATIVE CROSSWALKS ARE INCREASINGLY POPULAR—EXCEPT AMONG THE DISABLED. Viewed by both designers and departments of transportation as an inexpensive way to improve the public realm, street murals that embellish or sometimes even replace traditional crosswalks have become staples in the placemaking playbook. Over the past two [...]
ASLA-NCC was well-represented at the 2021 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Nashville, Tennessee last fall. Photographer Gary Scharlach documented the excitement and energy of the annual urban sketch tour co-led by Chip Sullivan and other renowned drawing enthusiasts. The colors and textures of the Music City were captured [...]
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) has announced a call for nominations for Landslide, the foundation’s annual thematic report about threatened and at-risk landscapes. Landslide 2022: The Olmsted Design Legacy , timed to the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (1822-1903), widely hailed as the father of landscape architecture, will focus on landscapes designed by [...]
In this year of honoring Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday, this presentation will focus on how Stanford University is building on the Olmsted legacy in historic and contemporary design.
by Nate Berg On the corner of 9th Avenue and Little West 12th Street in Manhattan, a large hexagonal steel planter holds a burst of succulents, ferns, and grasses. Hidden beneath its 2,000 pounds worth of soil and plants are specially designed wheels that allow the planter to do something magical. [...]
by Jared Green In the final decades of the 19th century, the new art of landscape architecture was born, in large part due to the efforts of Frederick Law Olmsted. This new profession offered “very specific responses” to the social, political, and environmental challenges of the time, argued [...]
by Jared Green People living in dense cities are among the least happy. Their rates of depression are 40 percent higher than other populations; and their rates of anxiety are 20 percent higher. Why? Because the built environment is directly linked with happiness and well-being, and too often urban [...]
Thank you to those that joined us for an evening of celebration last month to applaud all our members' efforts and congratulate our 2021 Chapter Fellows, Ron Lutsko and Roderick Wylie. There was also a tribute to Elizabeth Boults for her dedication to the Executive Committee [...]
ASLA-Northern California is excited to be the HOST CHAPTER for the 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture to be held in San Francisco, November 11-14, 2022! There are five primary areas of responsibility for the conference and WE NEED YOUR HELP. This is a great opportunity to share your knowledge and [...]
During the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in Nashville, representatives from ASLA’s Climate Action Committee (CAC) shared how ASLA is advocating for the landscape architecture community to have a voice in the international conversation on climate action, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s recent [...]