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City Shaping VI: In 21st Century Toronto, There is Momentum
Jun 3, 2013
Canada's largest city is undergoing the most ambitious level of development in generations and landscape architecture is leading the charge.
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From Parking Lot to Paradise - the Revenge of Urban Agriculture
Mar 18, 2013
Embracing home food production, urban farming, productive gardens and more, urban agriculture has evolved - and it's hot.
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Dan Kiley - Almost Famous
Feb 11, 2013
Kiley was among the most important, influential and personally idiosyncratic landscape architects of the 20th century and designer of more than 1,100 projects - yet today he is not well known.
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2012's Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture
Dec 18, 2012
There are many reasons why landscape architecture "has gained stature in the public's imagination..." With that said, here are 2012's notable developments in the field.
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Museum Tower: "attack" on the Nasher Sculpture Center's garden, building & art
Nov 26, 2012
As landscape architect Peter Walker sees it, the intense light reflecting off Museum Tower, onto the Nasher Sculpture Center is an attack on the center's garden, building and art.
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A New Philanthropic Threshold -- The Significance of Central Park's Gift
Nov 2, 2012
John Paulson's recent gift to New York's Central Park, the largest bequest ever to a city park, has drawn considerable praise and, surprisingly, some blowback.
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The Big Task of Managing Nature at New York's Central Park
Sep 12, 2012
It may come as a shock to some, but New York's Central Park is not an act of God.
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New Jersey's "Done Deal": Destroying a Historic Resource with False Choices
Aug 9, 2012
How does demolishing a site-specific sculpture honoring their land conservation program make New Jersey green?
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The Real High Line Effect: A Transformational Triumph of Preservation and Design
Jun 18, 2012
The success of New York's High Line has generated much conversation about the so-called "High Line effect."
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UCLA Violates Regent's Bequest and Endangers Rare Private Japanese Garden
May 2, 2012
The garden is among the rarest examples of post-World War II Japanese private gardens in the country.
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