Landscape Architecture is…

When I first decided to study landscape architecture, I am quite sure that my father had a vision of me driving around in a pickup truck stocked with shovels and hoes planting and tending to my various garden projects. Twenty five years later, I hope that my father knows that I don’t spend [...]

Reclaiming for the Future. Part 2

A closer look…

The restoration of the High Line, an abandoned elevated train line in NYC into a new public park, has been widely heralded in design circles. Earlier this summer, my husband and I were in NYC and visited the park in person.  The park opened in June of this [...]

Reclaiming for the Future. Part 1

In times like these, we need to critically examine the way we have designed in the past and how we can be more economically and environmentally sustainable in the future. For instance, what if developers had spent their money rehabilitating and revitalizing existing city centers rather than expanding development [...]

Your Daily Dose

photos courtesy of terragrams.com

Grab a cup of coffee and settle into your favorite chair for your daily dose of design brilliance.  Terragrams is a podcast that regularly interviews prominent landscape architects from around the world.  Each show is approximately one hour and discussions focus on a wide variety of topics [...]

Observations on Landscape as a Place of Healing

Bruce is a clinical psychologist who tends to the most acute mentally disturbed patients –the schizophrenic, homeless, and hopeless. Many of his patients have lost the ability to feel anything – physically, mentally, and emotionally. In an effort to reach his patients and help them find balance and connection, Bruce turns to the [...]