Saturday, May 16, 2020 | Posted by Sarah Allaback

LALH and the University of Georgia Press are pleased to announce the publication of The Greatest Beach: A History of Cape Cod National Seashore by Ethan Carr.  In the mid-nineteenth century, Thoreau recognized the importance of preserving the complex and fragile landscape of Cape Cod, with its weathered windmills, expansive beaches, dunes, wetlands, and harbors, […]

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Saturday, May 16, 2020 | Posted by Sarah Allaback

LALH and the University of Georgia Press are pleased to announce the publication of Hare & Hare, Landscape Architects and City Planners by Carol Grove and Cydney Millstein. When Sidney J. Hare (1860–1938) and S. Herbert Hare (1888–1960) launched their Kansas City firm in 1910, they founded what would become the most influential landscape architecture […]

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Saturday, May 16, 2020 | Posted by Sarah Allaback

Four LALH Authors Featured in MW Landscape + Outdoor Living Program The American Garden at Midcentury In the 1930s, American landscape architects began experimenting with designs that would give their clients easy access to outdoor spaces where they could relax and socialize informally. Especially in California, these designs served as extensions of interior spaces. LALH […]

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018 | Posted by Sarah Allaback

Jane Amidon, author of the forthcoming Masters of Modern Landscape Design series volume on Dan Kiley, and Kenneth Helphand, author of Lawrence Halprin, the third volume in the series, will give presentations based on their books during Modernism Week 2019. Kelly Comras, author of Ruth Shellhorn, will focus on the landscape architect’s work at Disneyland […]

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Friday, December 7, 2018 | Posted by Sarah Allaback

ASLA’s Oregon Chapter presented an Award of Excellence to Kenneth Helphand, FASLA, for Lawrence Halprin (LALH 2017), the third book in the LALH Masters of Modern Landscape Design series.  Read more about the book.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018 | Posted by lalh

Generous supporters have donated $25,000 to publish The Greatest Beach: A History of Cape Cod National Seashore by Ethan Carr. Thank you, LALH donors! Read more about the forthcoming book.  

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Monday, April 23, 2018 | Posted by lalh

LALH and the University of Massachusetts Press announce the release of the new, paperback edition of The Best Planned City in the World: Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo Park System by Francis R. Kowsky, a volume in the LALH series Designing the American Park. Order your copy!  

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