Archive for April, 2013

HUMBOLDT’S NEW CURRENT

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | Posted by Kathleen John-Alder

The practice of contemporary landscape architecture is fundamentally Darwinian in the sense that it relies upon systematic and quantitative observations of natural history for many of its design decisions. These observations often include temperature, rainfall, the chemical composition of the soil and air, the relationship between topography and plant and animal assemblages, and speculations on […]

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Warren H. Manning

Thursday, April 18, 2013 | Posted by lalh

Warren H. Manning, Landscape Architect and Environmental Planner Edited by Robin Karson, Jane Roy Brown, and Sarah Allaback Featuring new photographs by Carol Betsch University of Georgia Press in association with LALH Cloth $39.95 ISBN 978-0-8203-5066-0 To order: University of Georgia Press tel. 1-800-848-6224 A volume in the series Critical Perspectives in the History of Environmental Design […]

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Time for a New VIEW

Thursday, April 11, 2013 | Posted by lalh

Time for a New VIEW In June LALH members will receive the 2013 issue of VIEW—and make no mistake, this is the largest and most comprehensive issue to date. Don’t miss out on articles on topics such as the new LALH book Community by Design, a study of the Olmsted firm’s impact on the Boston suburb […]

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