Kimely-Horn navigates the university’s rules on salvaging construction waste to pay homage to a campus icon. By Kyle Wurtz The interim landscape recalled both Harrelson Hall and the Piedmont?s ecology. Courtesy Kimley-Horn. Bricks are so...

At Olmsted Woods in Washington, D.C., Andropogon Associates is trying to revive the fragile landscape. By Bradford McKee

A plan to rework the legacy infrastructure that plagues D.C.?s John F. Kennedy Center. By Stassa Edwards

In North Carolina, landscape architects at Coastal Dynamics Design Lab work with small towns on flood mitigation. By Irina Zhorov Hurricane Florence flooded about half of all buildings in Pollocksville. Courtesy Smith Hardy. In 1993,...

The African Ancestors Memorial Garden in Charleston, South Carolina, honors the labor and legacy of enslaved people. The ecology of both the South Carolina low country and the African diaspora feature in the African Ancestors Memorial Garden at the...

Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee provides respite while reflecting on the long history of racial injustice. Once a city dump on the Mississippi waterfront, Tom Lee Park in Memphis, Tennessee, is now a landmark park. The design provides downtown...

Reduce the risk of wildfire in this board game. Forest fires get a bad rap, so students at the University of Pennsylvania worked together to change the perspective, creating a board game that demonstrates how conservation and fire management work...

Two landscape architects create a multimedia platform encouraging Californians to rethink their relationship with fire. This multimedia advocacy platform by two University of  California, Davis professors encourages Californians to rebrand their...

In Seattle, an intricate network of waterways shapes the city and its parks. “Water is a place??a clear statement that summarizes the ethos of this project. Crossed, bounded, and defined in every way by water, Seattle has 142 small ?street-end?...

A group of University of Southern California students spends six days walking the 51 miles of the Los Angeles River and documenting what they found. Once a meandering, transient body of water that brought alluvium-rich soils to the Los Angeles...

?In a delicately illustrated book, two Harvard University students make the case for the humble weed. Americans spend more time weeding their gardens than the 100 largest cities spend on their parks. Students Yuqi Zhang, Student International ASLA,...

?A University of Guelph student makes the case for spontaneous pavement vegetation in urban areas. The volunteer vegetation that grows up in the cracks and edges of city streets is both ubiquitous and overlooked. Yet in his Student Research entry,...

In the Eastern Coachella Valley, where shade is a luxury, the nonprofit Kounkuey Design Initiative focuses on empowering the residents through design. By Mimi Zeiger ? Photography by Michael Todoran/HAPS Agency A chipboard map of the Salton Sea...

Los esfuerzos de la iniciativa de diseño Kounkuey en el Valle Oriental de Coachella animan a las comunidades. Por Mimi Zeiger ? Fotografía de Michael Todoran/HAPS Agency Un mapa de madera aglomerada del Salton Sea es una herramienta táctil para...

Inspired by the Netherlands, Montreal is adopting water squares to mitigate urban flooding. By Katharine Logan Montreal?s Place des Fleurs-de-Macadam is part of the city?s investment inDutch-style water squares. Photo by Roxanne Marcil. ?The main...

Landscape architects seek novel solutions to navigate tricky regulations. By Timothy A. Schuler The ?pond? in Lake County, Illinois, shown in May 2021, is subject to a complex legal and regulatory system. Photo by Practice Landscape. At first...

Philadelphia commissions a public memorial to commemorate a forgotten Black burial ground. By Jared Brey Artist Karyn Olivier (seated) wanted to create a plaza that responded to the weather. Photo by Ground Reconsidered. In 2012, an independent...

Landscape architects will need to consider 3D printing?s carbon footprint. By Timothy A. Schuler Lindsey Heller examines one of several finishes applied to 3D-printed prototypes. Photo by Joey Neff, Local 528. Lindsey Heller sees a lot of...

Mary Miss has filed an injunction against the Des Moines Art Center to protect her work. By Stephen Zacks Mary Miss, pictured in her New York City studio, says the museum did not consult with her on plans for demolition. Photo © Lila...

A new resilience plan for Butte, Montana, is built on bipartisan community support. By Kylie Mohr Community meetings focused on the felt impacts of climate change, such as wildfire smoke, in and around Butte. Photo by Water & Environmental...

30 Trees: And Why Landscape Architects Love Them Edited by Ron Henderson; Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser, 2024; 232 pages, $53.99. Reviewed by Pollyanna RheeA sketch of the ancient Japanese cherry tree, Yamataka Jindai-zakura, speaks to the...

With a new lynching memorial in Fort Worth, DesignJones continues to create landscapes of racial reconciliation. By James Russell Image courtesy DesignJones LLC. Fred Rouse was hanged from a hackberry tree north of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on...

An applied research project in Buenos Aires brings fresh eyes to urban vacancy. By Jimena Martignoni Custom bird feeders are one of the few designed additions in the lot. During “open� days, visitors fill them. Image by Estudio Bulla. In...

Only one obstacle stood in the way of a Long Island retreat: a grove of 100-year-old cedars. By Andrea Timpano A diagram of the property, which also includes a tidal wetland.Laguardia Design Group When an entrepreneur on the hunt for a new home...

Updated and expanded for new grads, with more tech, more cult books, and a few surprising must-haves for the newly minted designer. By the LAM Editorial Advisory Committee* Well, it?s finally happened. You (or your family...