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Suburbia Tansformed: One Garden at a Time
A competition for built residential landscapes


The James Rose Center for Landscape Research and Design has released a call for entries for a design compettiont to explore "the aesthetics of landscape experience in the era of sustainability." The competition is focued on solutions to the ubiquitous small-lot, detached single-family, residential condition. Entries should employ sustainable strategies and tactics to create human landscape experiences that are beautiful, inspiring, perhaps profound; and which might serve as examples for transforming the suburban residential fabric.

This is a juried competetition open to all, including landscape architects, landscape designers, architects, individuals, teams, or firms. Submission deadline is April 16, 2010.

Link: Suburbia Transformed Competition
Link: James Rose Center
Related: James Rose: landscape theorist, author, and practitioner (L+L 5/12/2004)

 Comments (2)
Dougiefresh  — March 29, 2010
The submission requirements state, "Distance from an urban center is not relevant for the purpose of this competition." The term green-washing comes to mind.
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clea walford  — April 22, 2010
thanks
thanks for the interesting post!
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