ARTICLES from Landscape Architecture Magazine
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Reappearing Act
A 1913 memorial to Native Americans lost to time is re-envisioned for modern Indigenous people. The River and the Real World Cornell students bring visions for climate adaptation down to the Hudson shore. The Thin Green Line Parks along New York City's vulnerable waterfront, like the one recently completed at Hunter's Point South, are both amenity and armor. Home away from No Home Landscape architects can't solve homelessness with just design. As Brice Maryman is finding, they have to grasp the phenomenon — and are only beginning. Almost Wilderness, Maybe Forever The last nearly pristine spread on Southern California's coast is now a nature preserve — and a link in a two-million-acre chain of protected landscape The Dream Seller Amid the contradictions of Mexico City, Mario Schjetnan remains an optimist. Wrong Side of the River Can a wetland park mitigate the endemic flooding of a marginalized neighborhood — and spur its renovation? Landscape Architecture, August 2017 Treasure Island Despite its location at the center of New York, few people have ever set foot on the jewel site where West 8 is making a park. Dissolved at the Edges Nancy Owens answered the call of a childhood friend to blend a bare yard into its woolly surroundings. Radical Optimism Setting up shop just as the sky fell, Marcel Wilson took an unorthodox approach and built a high-minded practice. The Amphibious Edge There's not much need to test whether the new park at Hunter's Point South in Queens will survive flooding. It already has. |
In Their Elements
Stimson takes on the challenges of success by staying true to its New England Roots. Reveal the River A plan to reconnect Metro Atlanta residents to the river without pushing them out. Fair Play Milwaukee measures equity needs in remaking neighborhood parks. Giant Steps In Yosemite National Park, new infrastructure nurtures both the spectators and the sequoias. Downtown, Deliberately In Boise, landscape architecture and 35 years turned a sea of surface parking into a thriving downtown. Editorial Discretion Wagner Hodgson's assignment for a lakeside estate in Vermont required subtle deletions, essential corrections and thematic consistency. The Tool Maker Jack Dangermond built a tech colossus, and a fortune, from GIS mapping. Now he's sharing it all to save the world. Scale Factor Humanizing a university campus in sprawling Monterrey. Fluid Boundaries Wetland restoration on the lower Colorado River yields practical lessons for two countries' arid expanses. Nature's Salary A florida rancher, among others, finds himself enmeshed in conservation's next big thing: payment for ecosystem services. Unearthed and Unforgotten A 19th century freedmen's settlement comes alive again in Brooklyn. Think or Swim In Florida, considering where things will go as the ocean moves closer. The Last Drops An Atlanta building renovation puts a premium on harvesting rain. Zootopia Wondrous new habitats in Philadelphia's Zoo. The Chavis Conversation Finding what a park in Raleigh has meant to its public has taken a whole new set of tools. |