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Frederick Law Olmsted’s personal collection of papers published for free online!
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"While you're daydreaming on a park bench, landscape architects consider every detail of that space, from traffic flow and stormwater management to every plant and where exactly to situate that bench."
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We look forward to working with President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris to make progress on policies that affect the built and natural environments and ensure a better future for our nation.
#LandscapeArchitects
stand ready to do our part.
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Today starts World Landscape Architecture Month
#WLAM2021
! This year, ASLA will focus on how landscape architects help communities around the globe in
#growingtogether
. See how you can help celebrate
#ASLA2021
#environmentalism
#landscapearchitecture
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ASLA is excited to announce
@ToreyCarter
-Conneen as its new CEO. Torey brings a wealth of experience in organizational management + strategic planning, a fresh outlook, tremendous energy, and a lifetime of committed advocacy for a more just society.
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ASLA is proud to launch our Guide to Universal Design. If we want everyone to participate in public life, we must design and build an inclusive public realm.
#ASLAUniversalDesign
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.
@DHSgov
designates landscape architecture a STEM discipline. The designation recognizes the high degree of science, technology, engineering and mathematics course work required in landscape architecture collegiate programs.
#stemeducation
#stemcareers
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#LandscapeArchitects
use nature as a catalyst for healthy lifestyles while simultaneously cleansing lakes + providing habitat infrastructure for migratory birds + aquatic wildlife.
#STEM
. Learn more:
ASLA Honor Award | Baton Rouge Lakes
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ASLA is proud to present World Landscape Architecture Month 2020! Join us in helping people understand how life grows through
#LandscapeArchitecture
.
#WLAM2020
#LifeGrowsHere
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Landscape architects design beautiful and functional landscapes that improve our quality of life and increase resilience to climate change.
#thisislandscapearchitecture
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ASLA's Discover Landscape Architecture Activity Books aim to inspire and teach anyone interested in landscape architecture and the built environment.
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Plants in landscape architecture help create meaningful places with emotional power. By carefully selecting and arranging plants, landscape architects can transform ordinary spaces into vibrant and engaging environments that enhance the human experience.
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Native plants can be used to regenerate sustainable plant communities and reconnect fragmented ecosystems in residential areas.
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A new study finds turning vacant lots into green space can improve the mental health of residents in the hardest-hit neighborhoods.
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Good news! The African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act has been signed into law. The legislation will help identify and document burial grounds and create opportunities for landscape architects to rejuvenate burial sites for community learning and healing.
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"Urban development should be guided by a sustainable planning and management vision that promotes interconnected green space."
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Landscape architects facilitate community-driven planning, policy making, and design that includes all members of the community
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Landscape architects can design plant communities and ecosystems that are not only beautiful but also increase ecosystem services.
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This April is World Landscape Architecture Month. Share your favorite designed spaces with
#WLAM2017
!
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ASLA's Discover Landscape Architecture Activity Books aim to inspire and teach anyone interested in landscape architecture and the built environment.
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"Landscape architects plan new communities and revamp existing ones to offer dense, easily navigable grids of complete, green streets."
#WLAM2018
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A new study shows that access to “greened” vacant lots reduced feelings of worthlessness and depression, especially in low-resource neighborhoods.
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Cities across the country have worked to reclaim seemingly inhospitable urban infrastructure.
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"Working with landscape architects, communities can promote human health and well-being."
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We know the Corona virus can put a hold on a lot of kids’ learning experiences these next few weeks. ASLA has a free activity book for them to learn about
#LandscapeArchitecture
🌱Download here:
#ActivitiesForKids
#FunLearning
#Education
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"Parks are free. They're democratic spaces. Regardless of your race, income, age, parks are accessible to everyone. ... Every neighborhood deserves to have a quality space."
@mitchell_silver
discusses NYC parks in this 2016 interview.
#BHM
#ASLAdiversity
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"Given the increasing popularity of this Biophilic design, it’s time to take a closer look at its introduction into our cities."
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April is World Landscape Architecture Month! Share your favorite landscape architect-designed spaces with
#WLAM2019
! Learn more at
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Lawrence Halprin: Designer of "one of the most important urban spaces since the Renaissance"
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April is World Landscape Architecture Month! Share your favorite designed space with
#WLAM2018
and follow along on our Tagboard.
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Landscape architects play a lead role in greening our cities and communities in order to make them cooler.
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30 Top Landscape Architecture Projects Earn 2016 ASLA Professional Awards
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The Central Park Climate Lab, which will "connect science with management practices for urban parks in a changing climate," is a new initiative launched by
@CentralParkNYC
,
@YaleEnvironment
,
@NaturalAreasNYC
. Learn more:
#LandscapeArchitecture
#inthenews
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ASLA Announces Newest Honors Recipients
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ASLA is proud to present the recipient of The ASLA Medal - Anne Whiston Spirn, FASLA.
#ASLAhonors
#LandscapeArchitecture
Learn more here:
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April is World Landscape Architecture Month! Share your favorite landscape architect-designed spaces with
#WLAM2019
!
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Get ready to celebrate World Landscape Architecture Month with us! Follow our prompts or share your perspective using
#WLAM2023
. Tag
@NationalASLA
for a chance to see your posts on our social profiles. Plus,
@landarchmag
will choose 1 image to feature in the June issue of LAM!
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“Women have literally shaped the American landscape and continue to today, but their names and contributions are largely unknown.” Read more on the NY Times:
#LandscapeArchitecture
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#thisislandscapearchitecture
🌱 Landscape architecture encompasses the analysis, planning, design, management, and stewardship of the natural and built environment through science and design.
#WLAM2023
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ASLA's Discover Landscape Architecture Activity Books aim to inspire and teach anyone interested in landscape architecture and the built environment.
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As landscape architects, we understand that engaging with nature and green space is an innate instinct for city dwellers during times of illness. More on The Dirt:
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Landscape architects plan and design transit oriented development, which reduces sprawl and allows people to live a less car-dependent lifestyle.
#ASLAClimate
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Charles Birnbaum, FASLA, of
@tclfdotorg
; Arleyn A. Levee, Hon. ASLA; and Dena Tasse-Winter have created a welcome overview of 200+ landscapes by Frederick Law Olmsted. Well-curated images show the remarkable work behind his vision of public spaces.
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"
#LandscapeArchitecture
should not take up the last of the budget for some minor greening. Instead, it should be the source of the initial concept and be the voice for, and restorer of, a healthy urban environment." Read more on The Dirt:
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Happy 198th birthday, Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.
Watch video: 2019 ASLA Honor Award | General Design | Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Land Bridge
#CelebrateOlmsted
🌱🎉
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Green roofs regulate buildings' internal temperature and reduce building heating and cooling costs.
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Registration for the ASLA 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo in Los Angeles is now open!
#ASLA2017
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"Transportation infrastructure in neighborhoods should create safe spaces for recreation, relaxation, and civic activity."
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In Buffalo, New York, landscape architect Kevin Meindl, ASLA, leads the innovative program Rain Check 2.0, which offers grants to private landowners to capture stormwater through trees, rain gardens, green roofs and streets.
#ASLAClimate
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Happy Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted! In 1857, Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to construct Central Park with a plan they titled the "Greensward Plan."
#WLAM2019
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ASLA,
@lafoundation
,
@mchargcenter
,
@ColumbiaGSAPP
+
@TheCelaorg
invite university LA + other design programs to be part of a historic, national event to translate the core goals of the Green New Deal into design + planning projects for their regions.
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"Landscape architects are vital in designing streetscapes and communities that allow us to walk and bike as we go about our day to day lives."
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"Landscape architects are the unsung heroes of the public realm." - James Corner
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Freeway Park. April is World Landscape Architecture Month. Share your favorite designed spaces w/
#WLAM2016
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"That’s the hardest and most difficult thing we’re not talking about: the racial construction of this country. We’ve only had 50 plus years where we’ve actually lived together in an integrated way." Read our interview with Walter Hood, ASLA on The Dirt:
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ASLA's Discover Landscape Architecture Activity Books aim to inspire and teach anyone interested in landscape architecture and the built environment.
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Given the increasing popularity of biophilic design, it’s time to take a closer look at the meaning of nature and its introduction into our cities.
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ASLA is committed to racial and environmental justice, and dedicated to building strong communities.
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.
@TheBACBoston
fosters landscape architecture students who are stewards of the environment with the knowledge and skills to create resilient landscapes. Passionate about a world where creativity meets sustainability? BAC is the place to be.
#PartnerContent
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Supreme Court Justice and women’s rights advocate Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an unrelenting icon of justice and equality. Her voice and input on the issues of our time will be missed.
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"It’s time for landscape architects to re-embrace what makes them fundamentally different."
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The 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Diego is the largest gathering of landscape architects in the world and offers more than 120 education opportunities. Register today!
#ASLA2019
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Today we remember the life & work of Carol R. Johnson, FASLA
Carol was the only woman in her program
@HarvardGSD
. She founded a pioneering
#landscapearchitecture
firm. She was an ASLA Fellow & the 1st woman to win the ASLA Medal.
Read more
@BostonGlobe
:
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Many of the problems face today—flooding, urban heat island effect, air and water pollution, etc. —are the result of either ignoring or trying to engineer our way around natural systems.
#ASLAClimate
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According to a new report from The Trust for Public Land, which mapped every public K-12 school in the country, "renovating and opening up schoolyards would give 20 million more people access to a park within a 10-minute walk of their home." (1/2)
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“Whether it’s giving endangered species a break or providing our children with a firsthand look at nature, the benefits of biodiversity are bountiful.”
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ASLA is pleased to host
#BlackDesignExcellence
, a social media campaign celebrating African American landscape architects and their valuable contributions to the
#landscapearchitecture
profession. Check back each day during
#BHM
#BlackHistoryMonth
for a new highlight.
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"More than 150 years ago, Olmsted changed how Americans think about public space."
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"Working with landscape architects, communities can promote human health and well-being."
#ASLAClimate
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Black Landscape Architects Network (BlackLAN) launches newsletter. Email blacklanetwork
@gmail
.com to sign up and learn more.
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Cities need as much green infrastructure as possible, given how dense and impermeable they tend to be.
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Landscape architects understand the need to integrate parks into cities, Frederick Law Olmsted’s Central Park being a prime example.
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ASLA Officially Opens 2016 Call for Entries for Professional & Student Awards
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"Landscape architects are vital in designing streetscapes and communities that allow us to walk and bike as we go about our day to day lives."
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Today is
#ParkingDay
! Find the closest parklet to you here:
http://t.co/FoyfOCzGlo
| Share with
#ASLAPD
!
http://t.co/OHTY8QbVYc
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What architecture can learn from landscape design's recent successes
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Last but not least, the
@highlinenyc
in New York is one of the
#10Parks
That Changed America!
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Did you know ASLA's Activity Books are available in Spanish? Designed for kids, teens, or anyone who likes to draw, doodle, and be inspired, the books give the opportunity to see the many drawings, places, and landscapes created by
#LandscapeArchitects
.
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Landscape architects plan new communities and revamp existing ones to offer dense, easily navigable grids of complete, green streets.
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Congratulations to ASLA’s 2020 Professional and Student Award winners! Out of 1000+ submissions, 31 Professional and 35 Student Award winners were chosen to represent the best of
#LandscapeArchitecture
. Learn more here:
#ASLAawards
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Landscape architects plan new communities and revamp existing ones to offer easily navigable grids of green streets.
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"We are all horrified by the events that unfolded over the last several days. Now is the time for us to work to help ensure that all communities have fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of life." –– ASLA President Wendy Miller, FASLA
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When it comes to gardens, your architect should collaborate with your landscape designer
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Landscape architecture students discussing how our profession and ASLA are addressing the climate crisis, the Green New Deal, and the future of landscape architecture education.
#asla2019
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Congratulations to
@SasakiDesign
and
@r_barc
's Chicago Riverwalk | State Street to Franklin Street, an ASLA 2018 Honor Award, General Design Category.
#ASLAawards
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We know the Corona virus can put a hold on a lot of kids’ learning experiences these next few weeks. ASLA has a free activity book for them to learn about
#LandscapeArchitecture
🌱Download here:
#ActivitiesForKids
#FunLearning
#Education
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Frederick Law Olmsted’s personal collection of papers are now online for free!
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"Parks can’t work their magic if their design ignores the needs of nearby communities."
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12 Projects that Explain Landscape Urbanism and How It's Changing the Face of Cities
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"In the shadow of the racialized murder of George Floyd + the history of violence against black communities in America, the Black Landscape Architects Network stands in solidarity with the protests against such killings + associated acts of terrorism."
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Thanks for joining us for World Landscape Architecture Month! Keep the momentum going and celebrate, educate, and advocate landscape architecture all year. We will reveal the
#wlam2023
finalists on May 3. Stay tuned to see who is in the running for a feature in
@landarchmag
.
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ASLA is proud to announce our ten 2020 Honors recipients + the induction of 8 honorary members. Honorary membership is among the greatest honors for non-landscape architecture pros. Only 237 have been inducted since 1899.
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Sustainable Landscapes Case Study: Gowanus Canal Sponge Park™, designed by DLANDstudio.
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