For me, the choice is between four great landscape architects: Ian McHarg (1920-2001) had a major influence on landscape and environmental planning through his book Design with nature and through the innovative projects described in the book. He continues to inspire …
Who was the most important landscape architect of the 20th century? Read more »
I first came across the term Environmental Impact Assessment in 1974. Bill Gillespie had been part of a four-firm consortium which won a UNDP contract to produce a plan for the Suez Canal Zone. He sent me (with Paul Taylor) …
The San Francisco Examiner reports that ‘Beginning January [2017], new commercial and residential buildings of up to 10 stories in height will have to install rooftop solar systems for heat or electricity under legislation unanimously approved by the Board of …
Thank you to FOLAR for holding a seminar on the landscape architecture of Britain’s New Towns. The above video, which was my contribution to the event, celebrates the contributions of the Four Landscape Knights (Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Sir Frederick Gibberd, Sir …
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The LAA is preparing three videos for publication to remind everyone of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe. The 20th anniversary of his death will be on 17 July 2016. Jellicoe made six key contributions to the landscape architecture profession: Jellicoe helped found the Institute of …
Forbes Magazine is running an article on, so far as I know, the only landscape architect to have joined the billionaire club. Describing him as The Godfather of Digital Maps, Forbes reports that ‘Dangermond was raised in Redlands, Calif., a town of …
This is an important book. Teachers should read it to place their pedagogy on a theoretical basis. Practitioners should read it to improve their design projects. Even now, too many landscape architects base their work on outdated Modernist principles. A …
Charles Waldheim Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory, review by Tom Turner Read more »
AGM/Study Session and Exhibition at MERL, University of Reading Saturday 19 March 2016. 10.00am to 5 pm Existing and new members all welcome The Study Session and Exhibition will focus on New Towns, Landscape and Gordon Patterson – Celebrating mid 20C Design …
FOLAR New Towns Landscape Study Day 19th March 2016 Read more »
Should house building be allowed on London’s Green Belt? Not yet. Building on brownfield land and densification are better options. But if we look further into the future, as did an advocate of landscape architecture in 1829, building on the …
House building on the London Green Belt: would a Grand Bargain make it possible? Read more »
A Dragon Garden is being made for the Druk White Lotus School in a part of Ladakh India which is often described as Little Tibet. The design work is being done by pro bono volunteers. The vidoes below describe (1) a 2015 …
Pro bono volunteer landscape architecture for the Dragon Garden in Ladakh Read more »
