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James Corner and Santa Monica are made for each otherI agree... let's see how much rope the City will give to Corner to redesign the public spaces of its civic center.
Formosa Pocket ParkA few photos of a new pocket park in West Hollywood, California designed by Katherine Spitz Associates adjacent to a new building by Lorcan O'Herlihy. Oh, and BTW if you don't know, Curbed isn't a design website... just setting up your expectations...
Float OnWe already Clipped this park a while back... but this write up is better... and has more pics. Victor Civita Plaza in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Anna Dietzsch with Levisky Arquitetos.
Thanet Earth and the Crystal Palaces of the Coming Salad Crisis EraMusing on Britain's gargantuan greenhouse complex, the size of 80 football pitches (that'd be soccer fields, to us Yanks).
Beyond the (High Line) HypeWe've hyped the High Line... 'cause the design team lead by Field Operations is just good... but not everyone was convinced that the result would live up to the hype. Here is one such reporter who has changed her mind, "this might be a truly rare phenomenon: a widely anticipated event actually better than its hype."
Video: GSD Landscape Architecture Student Addresses Harvard CommencementHarvard GSD graduate of the Landscape Architecture program Joseph Claghorn gave the "Graduate English Address" at Harvard's Commencement. He is the first student from the GSD to be awarded this honor.
Queens Plaza: Infrastructure ReframedHere is a very cool project that goes beyond the High Line to transform a network of working transit infrastucture into an functional urban oasis. An interview with members of the multi-firm design team: Margie Ruddick, Sandro Marpillero and Linda Pollak.
Son of StinkyThe 'Amorphophallus titanum' is a huge flower (reaching more thank 6 feet tall when it blooms, opening to a diameter of up to 4 feet), but its claim to fame is its stench; it smells like rotting flesh. One specimen of this rare and raunchy flower is due to bloom any day now at the Huntington Botanical Garden near Los Angeles.
On the High Line at LastMore High Line coverage; some different photos views than I've seen elsewhere.
Not just High, but LIT!Check out these photos of the High Line at night! Lighting design by L’Observatoire International. Awesome.
On High, a Fresh OutlookThe High Line reviewed; "They have given New Yorkers an invaluable and transformative gift."
2009 Topos Landscape AwardCongrats to McGregor+Partners of Sydney, Australia, for being honored with the biennial Topos Landscape Award. The firm, run by Adrian McGregor and Philip Coxall, will change its name to McGregor + Coxall on the date of the award ceremony. Their work will be documented in Topos 67, due out on 20 June 2009.
An international embarrassmentThat's what the ASLA’s Blue Ribbon Panel said of the current state of the National Mall in Washinton D.C. Ouch.
Dune: Arenaceous Anti-Desertification ArchitectureMagnus Larsson, a student at the Architectural Association in London, has proposed a 6,000km-long wall of artificially solidified sandstone "bio-architecture" structure architecture across the Sahara Desert offering a combination of refugee housing and a "green wall" against the future spread of the desert.
Urban gardening in Skunk TownNeighbors in the Windy City (sorry for the skunk comment) have created a gardening club to improve the quality of life for the whole neighborhood. They clear snow and mow lawns for those for whom that's a hardship, they have planted a modest urban garden, and they act as a rake-wielding neighborhood watch.
Vancouver Convention Center’s Six-acre Green RoofThe largest non-industrial green roof in North America. Deisgn by LMN Architects.
Private yards become community gardensCommunity garden space is at a premium in Santa Monica--try years on a wait list. A new program proposes to match willing homeowners with gardeners.
São Paulo Eco-ParkBrowfield turned eco-park in São Paulo, Brazil designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas and Levisky Arquitetos Associados.
Hugh Pearman gets High on the Line"I think it's going to be OK" states Pearlman after seeing the High Line in Manhattan as the design takes shape. Designed by Field Operations with Diller Scofidio and Renfro.
Interview: Mario SchjetnanMario Schjetnan, FASLA, spoke with ASLA about his work on the Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, his own garden in Malinalco, and environmental justice in Mexico City.
Martha, Martha, Martha!Martha Schwartz, Landscape Architect, has really ruffled the feathers of Britons. This article was actually written at the end of January, before her recent comments at Kew.
Pedreres de s'HostalA masssive quarry turned heritage park on the island of Minorca, Spain. Stunning.
SYNTHe: An Urban Rooftop Garden Prototype in Los AngelesA topographic green roof armature by architect Alexis Rochas designed to grow edible plants for building residents and the restaurant on the ground floor. Looks like harvesting some of those beds might be a daredevil act.
Interview: Laurie Olin"One of the world’s best known landscape architects, discusses the ideas and processes behind award-winning projects, such as the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Olin also add his thoughts on landscape architecture’s relationship with sustainability, and the effects of globalization on his practice."
Roberto Burle MarxSome props given to our man, the Brazilian landscape architect, Roberto Burle Marx. [slideshow]
Grieving over your garden"If you've put years into a garden and watched plants grow from a tiny seed or a small plant into a three-story tree, your sense of grieving will be great," said Teays, chairwoman of the philosophy department at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles and an avid gardener. "It's a form of separation anxiety."