Category: resources
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Veg.itecture #34
Time for another installment… a good amount of new projects, both interior and exterior vegetation. The first, shown a while back in Veg.itecture #31 has gotten a lot of press of late (and some new images) – under the moniker Xeritown. Sounds kind of dry…? :: images via Xeritown A little bit of greenery atop…
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A Trio of Landscape Sites
These may not be new to everyone, but a few new links added to the sidebar under ‘Blog Check’. As landscape architecture gains more visibility on the web, it’s exciting to see more sites pop up to offer information and criticism around the profession. This builds on the solid work of sites such as Pruned…
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Design the 21st Century Street
Well, it’s time again for another competition – gleaned via Death by Architecture. Sponsored by Transportation Alernatives, the Designing the 21st Century Street Design Competition challenges entrants to envision: “…new conceptual and physical approaches to the planning of public streets.” :: image via 21st Century Street The competition focuses on an intersection in Brooklyn, at…
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‘Agriculture’
This old(er) post from Tropolism offers some great maps of the US in relation to agricultural production. Linked from radical cartography (a great site!), this work by Bill Rankin: “Where does our food come from? (And where should we expect to find the “meat lobby”?) But notice the marked discontinuity in soybean production between the…
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Stupid Plant Tricks
This site features a lot of great, inventive ways to use landscape materials in urban areas. On the flip side, there are a lot of very, very strange ways to use plants as well. Read on for a summary of some of the more ‘odd’ varieties of plant manipulations I’ve gleaned. Grass ‘photographs’ at Wimbledon,…
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Living Walls: Systems Approach
We’ve all seen them in action (sort of), so now it is time to check them out on a new level and get at least a cursory look at the different off-the-shelf options out there for living walls. A few select companies are offering systems that are available to North American buyers and beyond. Here’s…
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The Power of Wind
Not particularly focused on landscape per se, but the idea of building integrated wind is fascinating, and there are a bunch of interesting examples I thought I would compile here, with some minimal explanation. Much like urban ag, wind is a hot topic, specifically small(er)-scale turbines technology. Check these out. A Portland project for a…
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Urban Ag: The Pulse
It’s been a while since I’ve done a significant post on urban agriculture. This is somewhat purposeful – for one everywhere you look the topic has caught fire. A quick summary shows recent articles in the LA Times, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, American City, CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, Globe & Mail, Granville, Dwell, Slate…
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Veg.Arch Daily
Definitely take some time to check out a new(?) blog [at least to me] ArchDaily – with rich content related to Architecture with some really great features – including many, many pictures. I’ve had only a chance to take a peek (and look at another ranking of ‘Architecture’ sites – which I’m again pissed not…
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Spotted: Pay Phone Planter
We’ve all seen them, although less and less with the popularity of cell phones – the ubitquitous phone booth. Recently on a site visit, I was walking by an adjacent property and spied some great makeshift plastic planters. I’d been looking at prefab products to use for rooftop agriculture, so did a double-take on these.…