The Cultural Landscape Foundation announces What’s Out There Denver – Inaugural Free Web-based, City-focused Guide That Covers More Than 150 Years of Denver’s Designed Landscapes
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Guides are an expansion of free What’s Out There database of the nation’s shared landscape legacy – currently features more than 1,700 sites, 900 designer profiles and 10,000 images
Washington, D.C. (November 18, 2014) – The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) today announced that What’s Out There Denver, the first in a new series of free Web-based, city-focused guides, will be unveiled Friday, November 21 at a reception at the Denver Botanic Gardens in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The series is an expansion of the free, profusely illustrated What’s Out There online database of the nation’s shared landscape legacy, which currently features more than 1,700 site, 900 designer profiles and 10,000 images. This is the first phase in the series and will be upgraded over time to allow users to build individual itineraries, create links between cities based on designers, the types and styles of landscapes, and other features. The guide, made possible by Project Partners ASLA, the Colorado ASLA Chapter, and the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver, and support from Design Workshop, will continue to grow as additional sites are added to the What’s Out There database. The guide also features What's Nearby, a GPS-enabled function that locates all sites in the database within a 25-mile radius of any given location.
“The Denver parks and open space network is an unrivaled local design interpretation that leverages the unique geography of the surrounding Rocky Mountain range and expansive American Prairie grasslands,” said TCLF President and Founder Charles A. Birnbaum. “The goal of this guide, which spans more than a century of landscape architecture design, is to make this legacy visible and easily accessible through laptops, iPhones, tablets and other devices.”
The guide, designed by Oviatt Media, includes an introduction to Denver’s distinct designed landscape legacy, an initial 64 sites, each accompanied by six to eight images (many taken by Denver-based photographer Brian Thomson) and a 250-word description, and 23 profiles of associated designers. This is the latest expansion of the What's Out There program, one of TCLF’s main initiative, and joins What’s Out There Weekends, featuring free expert-led tours in different cities and regions nationally, and What’s Out There guidebooks – for destinations including Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, VA, and other locations – that are available through TCLF’s Web site for purchase as print publications or as free downloadable PDF’s.
About the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. The Society's mission is to lead, to educate and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environments. Members of the Society use their "ASLA" suffix after their names to denote membership and their commitment to the highest ethical standards of the profession. Learn more at www.asla.org.
About the Colorado Chapter of ASLA
The Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA Colorado) was founded in 1973 under the direction of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). ASLA Colorado promotes the development, education and awareness of the landscape architecture profession throughout Colorado. ASLA Colorado members are dedicated to inspiring the public through work that enhances natural and built environments. For more information about the organization or to find a landscape architect, call 303.830.6616 or visit http://www.aslacolorado.org/.
About the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver
The College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver is the only college in Colorado offering comprehensive programs in the design and planning of the built environment, from undergraduate through accredited professional masters degrees to the doctorate. We cover architecture, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, urban design, and historic preservation. We take full advantage of our status, aligning our programs with our special opportunities in Denver, and with our view of what students in our fields will need to flourish in the next few decades.
About The Cultural Landscape Foundation
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) is a 16-year-old non-profit foundation that provides people with the ability to see, understand and value landscape architecture, its practitioners and our shared landscape legacy, in the way many people have learned to do with buildings and their designers. Through its Web site, lectures, outreach and publishing, TCLF broadens the support and understanding for cultural landscapes nationwide to help steward this heritage for future generations. TCLF makes a special effort to heighten the awareness of those who impact cultural landscapes, assist groups and organizations working to increase the appreciation and recognition of cultural landscapes, and develop educational tools for young people to better connect them to their cultural landscape environs.