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Placing Martha Schwartz, FASLA, the past decade has been tricky to folks in the US. She has been teaching here, but otherwise has been anywhere else, working away. Now Schwartz has moved back to New York and says she wants to reconnect with her home ground. James Trulove talks with Schwartz in the July LAM about her practice and teaching, a focus on climate hazards, and recent work in China, where Trulove visited two projects in Beijing.
Liz Sargent, FASLA, doesn?t have a slick website or a press packet, but chances are you?ve probably been to one of the cultural landscapes she?s worked on, including nine U.S. World Heritage sites, 33 National Historic Landmarks, and more than 50 National Park Service sites. Kevan Williams takes a deep dive into her work documenting the Blue Ridge Parkway. Being online means consenting to leaving a trail of personal data wherever we go, but what does consent mean when you?re in public space" Data-tracking furniture in our parks and cities can have a lot of community benefits, but is the technology way ahead of the privacy conversation" Brian Barth looks into the systems that are looking into us.
Also in this issue: Podcasts for designers, not just about them; Meg Calkins, FASLA, on new sustainable concrete products; and just in time for your summer road trip, Jane Gillette reviews landscape architect Jack Williams?s Easy On, Easy Off: The Urban Pathology of America?s Small Towns, a book about how highways ...