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Resources & Blogs Galore
It was time for some reevaluation of the goals and objectives of the site, which should actually begin to take shape. In the interim, this just in… a bevy of recent readings that have required some study to determine if they are worthy… still a dearth of landscape blogs.1. Rumors have been floating around, so…
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Local Urban Agriculture
I’ve been reading Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, as well as continuing my work with a great and inspiring group called Verde, and it has put ephemeral site use and urban agriculture on the brain in some interesting new forms. Verde is a non-profit dedicated to [improving] “…the economic health of disadvantaged communities by creating…
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The Carbon Question
The Carbon Question is on everyone’s mind these days, due in no small part to Al Gore an the shockingly good An Inconvenient Truth and a steadily growing acknowledgement of the problems associated with global warming and it’s causes. This has been addressed as well in the architectural press, and the role that building occupies…
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LU Top 8: Recap 2007
While this blog has not been around long enough to warrant a year-end (or month-end) recap, I did spend some time sifting through the list of blogs and assorted sites that I look at regularly, and found some great stuff. While there are good sites that touch on landscape issues, like BLDGBLOG, Pruned and others……
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Reading List: Blue Monday
Mondays aren’t that bad… specifically when you start off with a wonderful book. The Architecture Urbanism Design Collective (AUDC) based out of Los Angeles published the book Blue Monday: Stories of Absurd Realities and Natural Philosophies. :: image via AUDCLed my Robert Sumrell & Kazys Varnelis, the site focuses on producing not built works, but…
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Helvetica | Manufactured Landscapes
These documentary films have been in theaters for a bit. I recently was able to get both for home viewing, and found that they were definitely focused, at least tangentially, on design and landscape – both urban and rural. HELVETICAAs a self-described font nerd, the first documentary Helvetica did not disappoint. Spanning the history of…
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Landscape Urbanism Bullshit Generator
It’s friday, so for a little humor, I’ve included this gem – The Landscape Urbanism Bullshit Generator, which is a simple interface that comes up with verb-adjective-noun combos using the lingo we’ve all come to love to parse. :: image via Ruderal My favorites for the evening:@ intensify scalar meshworks @ enable interstitial networks @…
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Artifice and Landscape
Everyone is publishing their best of 2007 blogs, and there are a number of interesting items of note. The amount of imagery showing buildings and landscape integrated was notable. My current interest is in seeing how many of these ‘green’ roofs and facades are actually feasible – and how many are merely the ‘green mantle’…
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Best Careers 2008
The year starts off with news that we’ve all know for years. US News and World Report issued their Best Careers of 2008, which includes Landscape Architect in the listings. Also included for 2008 from the design world are Urban Planner, and Engineer. While perhaps over-simplifying the profession, here’s Marty Nemko’s description of a typical…
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Living Walls
A theme that will recur often, is the idea of meshing landscape and architecture, particularly related to building skin. This approach has recently been showcased with the work of Patrick Blanc – specifically related to the Musee du quai Branly in Paris which has been extensively documented elsewhere… A few recent versions: Referenced in the…