Category: News
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Landscape Architects Take Centre Stage in Climate Crisis
Last week the website Sourceable published an article highlighting the increasing importance of landscape architects to addressing the issues of climate change. They claim that ‘Landscape architects are integral in climate change mitigation and work with regional and national planning departments to implement strategies and mitigation designs.’ Check out the full article for more.
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High Line founders ‘redefine public space’
The founders of the High Line, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, have been awarded the prestigious Vincent Scully Prize. Read about the ‘impossible park’ on Sustainable Cities Collective.
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How do you shut down a National Park?
Since midnight last night the National Park Service in the US has been shut down. Due to the Federal shutdown caused by the latest budget impasse the parks themselves have been closed and even the website turned off. In accord with the Interior Department’s contingency plan: “All areas of the National Park and National Wildlife…
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Planting the new Governors Island park
The new 30 acre park on Governors Island, New York, is taking shape. As reported in the New York Times this weekend, the design by Landscape Architects West 8 offers views across the bay while simultaneously playing with elevations and landforms. The island that sits just off the southern tip of Manhattan is managed by The Trust…
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New Capability Brown website launched
A new website has been launched for the Capability Brown 300 Celebration and Festival. The website is sponsored by many of the landowners and interest groups concerned with historic landscapes in England, including: English Heritage, the National Trust and the Landscape Institute.
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Grand Theft Auto framed by extraordinary landscapes
The latest release of Grand Theft Auto, the fifth version of Rockstar’s computer game, is becoming as famous for its graphic landscapes as it is for its game play. Jonathan Jones, on the Guardian blog, explains more…
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New Kings Cross Square feels old
Kings Cross Square has officially opened today. The stone paved area on the doorstep of Kings Cross railway station in London is one of the key public spaces in the Kings Cross regeneration. The 75 000 square feet square was part of a competition that attracted entries from landscape architects like Gustafson Porter and Field Operations.…
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