Landscape+Urbanism

Category: landscape architecture

  • Living Buildings 2.0

    Early last week, on the heels of the Sustainable Sites Initiative updated system launch, the International Living Building Institute offered the updated version of the Living Building Challenge, v2.0 – which offers a comprehensive building rating system for not just green, but regenerative buildings. :: image via ilbi The new system offers a much more…

  • PlastiCity FantastiCity

    The fabulous RMIT based journal KERB has recently announced a new competition called PlastiCity FantastiCity, to envision a new urbanism. From the site: “The competition re-envisions city systems to explore fantastical opportunities that enable groundbreaking and fun projects which shake the design world. A multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged though not required and we are sure…

  • Sustainable Sites – Update

    From some sneak peeks of the latest update to the Sustainable Sites Initiative (more from L+U here), I was both excited about the next iteration and establishment of more rigorous set of criteria, and a bit curious how it was going to maintain some of the necessary distance, inclusivity and poetry that is lacking in…

  • Remembering Lawrence Halprin (or at least some of his projects)

    In the blogosphere, this is old news now. It’s been a week since I heard about the death of landscape architectural icon Lawrence Halprin – actually the day after while in a meeting where part of the topic was discussing the iconic nature of his park sequence in Portland as inspiration for a small plaza…

  • Bilbao Jardín Garden

    A wonderful addition to the International Urban Garden Competition “Bilbao Jardín 2009”, by Diana Balmori of New York-based Balmori Associates and a design that literally ‘climbs the stairs’ with a undulating vegetated strip and cor-ten walls splaying out in a wider planter at the lowest landing. :: image via Bustler – Photo: Iwan BaanSome of…

  • Terragrams

    Just when I think Twitter is a roiling mass of wasted time and energy, I get a link or two that make me reconsider. One of these, spotted by @landmatters is for a site that obviously has been under my radar called Terragrams – an ongoing podcast series for landscape architecture hosted by landscape architect…

  • Off Grid 2.0: Healing the Damaged Edge

    The ideas competition Off Grid 2.0, sponsored by the California Architecture Foundation, recently announced a slate of winning entries under the theme ‘Healing the Damaged Edge’. Definitely take some time to get into the full size PDFs as these thumbnails don’t give one the full picture, and there aren’t any project statements. A range of…

  • LEED Sustainable Sites

    I was fortunate enough recently to be chosen for the US Green Building Council’s Technical Assistance Group for Sustainable Sites (SS TAG). This appointment will allow me to be directly involved in defining how sustainable site strategies are integrated in existing determinations and future iterations of various LEED rating systems. The following is an interview…

  • DailyLand: Pier 57

    This project has been around the blogs lately, and it’s an interesting meshing of site and architecture – driven by the unique opportunity of creating space atop a pier in New York City. Via Bustler, the team includes LOT-EK, with developer Young Woo & Associates The project “…foresees a rooftop park crowning a small shopping…

  • Linx: 08.05.09

    L+U LinkFest: 08.09.09A collection of links from the past two weeks. See the entire list via delicious > landscapeurbanism :: Crisis Modes – image via ArchidoseLandscape+Urbanism: A Daily Dose of Architecture: Crisis Modes Art for Urban Planners – Part One | Planetizen Maps are all around us Franklin & Marshall – Public Parks and the…