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JobLink Member Login Home About About Landscape Architecture About ASLA Climate Action Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center for Landscape Architecture Council of Fellows Donate to the ASLA Fund Green Roof Honors & Awards Careers at ASLA Governance and Leadership News Advocacy Interviews LAND Landscape Architecture in the News Landscape Architecture Magazine The Dirt The Field Videos Chapters Find a Chapter Find a Student Chapter Chapter Operations Workbook Chapter Leaders Chapter Reports Chapter Outreach Conference and Events Conference on Landscape Architecture 2019 Conference on Landscape Architecture EXPO Sales Conference Sponsorships World Landscape Architecture Month Center for Landscape Architecture Events Advocacy Summit Diversity Summit Public Awareness Summit Become a Landscape Architect Start Your Path Study Landscape Architecture Apply for Scholarships Prepare for LARE Become Licensed Tools for Teachers Accreditation and LAAB Join Join Renew Member Benefits Member Discounts Member Testimonials LA Students Emerging Professionals My ASLA Find a Member Learn Continuing Education Requirements LA CES Online Learning LATIS Opportunities & Events Advocate iAdvocate Water & Stormwater Transportation Planning & Design Parks & Recreation Design Climate Change & Resilience Licensure Advocacy Advocacy FAQs Practice Climate Change and Resilience Health and Well-being Universal Design Sustainable SITES Initiative® (SITES®) Sustainable Landscape Case Studies Sustainable Planning and Design Sustainable Residential Design Professional Practice Networks JobLink FirmFinder Opportunities, RFQs & Events Business Toolkit Historic Landscapes (HALS) Library & Archives Shop LAM 2019 Product Directory LAM Subscriptions LAM Single Issues Salary Survey Standard Contracts Books by ASLA Members Software About About Landscape Architecture About ASLA Climate Action Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center for Landscape Architecture Council of Fellows Donate to the ASLA Fund Green Roof Honors & Awards Careers at ASLA Governance and Leadership News Advocacy Interviews LAND Landscape Architecture in the News Landscape Architecture Magazine The Dirt The Field Videos Chapters Find a Chapter Find a Student Chapter Chapter Operations Workbook Chapter Leaders Chapter Reports Chapter Outreach Conference and Events Conference on Landscape Architecture 2019 Conference on Landscape Architecture EXPO Sales Conference Sponsorships World Landscape Architecture Month Center for Landscape Architecture Events Advocacy Summit Diversity Summit Public Awareness Summit Become a Landscape Architect Start Your Path Study Landscape Architecture Apply for Scholarships Prepare for LARE Become Licensed Tools for Teachers Accreditation and LAAB Join Join Renew Member Benefits Member Discounts Member Testimonials LA Students Emerging Professionals My ASLA Find a Member Learn Continuing Education Requirements LA CES Online Learning LATIS Opportunities & Events Advocate iAdvocate Water & Stormwater Transportation Planning & Design Parks & Recreation Design Climate Change & Resilience Licensure Advocacy Advocacy FAQs Practice Climate Change and Resilience Health and Well-being Universal Design Sustainable SITES Initiative® (SITES®) Sustainable Landscape Case Studies Sustainable Planning and Design Sustainable Residential Design Professional Practice Networks JobLink FirmFinder Opportunities, RFQs & Events Business Toolkit Historic Landscapes (HALS) Library & Archives Shop LAM 2019 Product Directory LAM Subscriptions LAM Single Issues Salary Survey Standard Contracts Books by ASLA Members Software 2020 Awards Nominations Due February 7 These prestigious awards recognize individuals and organizations for their lifetime achievements and notable contributions to the profession. Photo Credit: EPNAC The Case for Sustainable Landscape Materials Read a wide-ranging interview with Meg Calkins, FASLA, department head and professor of landscape architecture at North Carolina State University. Flowering pink and yellow Ipe trees in the Brazilian rainforest / istockphoto.com Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learn how you can help expand access to the landscape architecture profession. Explore ASLA’s consolidated resources. Hayden Plaza, New Orleans / Design Jones LLC Interview with Patricia O’Donnell The founder of Heritage Landscapes, which won the 2019 ASLA Firm Award, argues that "culture and nature are entangled and inseparable." Bloedel Reserve / Heritage Landscapes, LLC, Preservation Landscape Architects and Planners Support the ASLA Fund The ASLA Fund relies on your support. Please consider making a donation today. ASLA 2019 Professional General Design Award of Excellence. Heritage Flume. Stimson / Ngoc Doan Members: Create Your Free FirmFinder Profile Promote your business. Login to your account and click on "Manage FirmFinder Profile." Add a description and upload up to four photos of your firm’s work. ASLA FirmFinder This is Landscape Architecture: Parks Campuses Memorials Reuse Residential Design Urban Revitalization Rain Gardens Ecological Restoration Green Roofs Transportation Parks In Queens, New York, the next generation of waterfront park is here. Hunter’s Point South by Thomas Balsley Associates and Weiss Manfredi shows how cities can transform their industrial waterfronts into healthy community magnets that will outlast any storm. ASLA 2014 General Design Honor Award. Hunter’s Point South. Thomas Balsley Associates and Weiss Manfredi / image credit: Wade Zimmerman Campuses At Salem State University in Massachusetts, a new residence hall offered the perfect opportunity for WagnerHodgson Landscape Architect to improve the campus’ ecological health. A courtyard and green roof absorb stormwater runoff, protecting the nearby marsh from pollution. ASLA 2014 Professional General Design Honor Award. Salem State University – Marsh Hall, Salem, Massachusetts. WagnerHodgson Landscape Architecture / image credit: Robert Benson Memorials In Beirut, Lebanon, the scene of decades of violence, a new memorial by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture honors Gebran Tueni, a journalist assassinated by a car bomb. Stones etched with his name are meant to be taken, as they are continuously replenished. ASLA 2014 Professional General Design Honor Award. Gebran Tueni Memorial. Beirut Central District, Beirut, Lebanon. Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture / Image credit: Matteo Piazza Reuse The Navy abandoned Philadelphia’s Navy Yard in the mid-1990s but left a rich legacy of infrastructure and buildings that became the headquarters for Urban Outfitters. D.I.R.T. Studio salvaged left-over materials, reworking them into something boldly new. 2014 ASLA Professional General Design Honor Award. Urban Outfitters Headquarters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. D.I.R.T. Studio / D.I.R.T. Studio Residential Design In Sagaponack, New York, the Atlantic Ocean is slowly encroaching due to climate change. To escape rising tides, a couple moved their house 400 feet inland. There, LaGuardia Landscape Architects recreated the historic coastal landscape of dunes and meadows. ASLA 2013 Professional Residential Design Award of Excellence. Sagaponack Residence. Sagaponack, New York. LaGuardia Design Landscape Architects / image credit: Eva Cocco Urban Revitalization Through an ambitious new plan, a multi-disciplinary team at Sasaki Associates is helping to revitalize TechTown, a knowledge district in midtown Detroit. The goal is to create a hub for innovation and collaboration through improvements to the public realm. ASLA 2014 Professional Analysis and Planning Award of Excellence. Midtown Detroit Techtown District. Detroit, Michigan. Sasaki Associates, Inc. / image credit: Sasaki Associates Rain Gardens Caddo Parish, Louisiana, gets 5 to 6 feet of rain every year. Instead of flushing that water out into a ravine, Jeffrey Carbo Landscape...