Author: Jason King
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Tonight: Habitats/Veg.itecture
integrating habitats defining veg.itecture asla oregon – mt. hood section lecture 1515 SE Water Street – Suite 100 April 14, 2008 – 5:30pm Two current trends that offer myriad opportunities for landscape architecture include trends towards truly integrated habitats and definitions of veg.itecture, the insertion of vegetation into architectural form. Jason King, ASLA LEED and…
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Vancouver CC Green Roof Videos
As promised some more coverage of the new Vancouver Convention Centre and it’s massive green roof – this time in a pair of videos. First, a video featuring extensive interviews with the landscape architect, Bruce Hemstock from PWL Partnership, as well as Reece Rehm, planting supervisor for Holland Landscapers. Enjoy. Thanks James from Radar DDB…
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VIVA + VIA Sneak Peek
The inevitable issue with taking a break, even for a couple of weeks, from blogging, is that the flows of project ideas and concepts wait for no one and begin to pile up in a somewhat annoying fashion… so I have a massive backlog of projects to show off… and as it’s late – a…
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Food for Thought Winners
The winners for the competition ‘Food for Thought’ sponsored by 24-7 sandwich shop have recently been announced, and it seems as if the organizers were successful in providing some provocative visions of a new culture of food. The winning entry ‘Connection Wall’ comes from Milos Milivojevic from Serbia and envisions a digital diner where virtual…
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Fungi Perfecti
Greetings… after a short pause from posting due to conference presentations and work (both paid and yard) – a breather to drop a few lines as a retrospective on the Soak it Up conference from last week. More to post in coming days, but a chance to rave about a pioneer and his book related…
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Soak it Up
I’m currently working away on an upcoming presentation for a conference happening next week down at the beautiful Oregon Garden. Sponsored by Sprout (Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach), the conference “Soak It Up: Phytotechnology Solutions for Water Challenges” focuses on some fo the functional aspects of plants as vital components in addressing small and large-scale…
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33 Blogs
One of the L+U favorites, A Daily Dose of Architecture (archidose) recently posted a list of their 33 Favorite blogs, and we happily find ourselves amidst the chosen few. This is some good company, and good reading – so check all of these out for your responsive, thoughtful, and visually stunning inspiration. :: Arch Daily…
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Delirious Detroit: Land of UnReal Estate
After a brief, work induced break from blogging, I’ve amassed a collection of posts from Detroit, which seems to be getting a lot of attention of late as perhaps the poster child of urban voids. The report that we worked on in last falls SDAT is slowly nearing publication, so definitely check back here for…
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Freshkills Park Blog
A recent discovery via blog linking, the Freshkills Park Blog, offers some insight into the workings of the major large-scale and long-term landscape urbanist project of North America. “Freshkills Park Blog is compiled by members of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation team working to develop Freshkills Park. Blog entries represent the…
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The 21st Century Park & The Contemporary City
Via ASLA’s blog The Dirt, an announcement of an upcoming event that resonates with recent resurgence in thinking and discussion about the role of large civic parks. Happening in New York City and sponsored by The Forum For Urban Design some info from the Forum’s website: “In the past few years, there has been huge…