August 26, 1945 - July 16, 2020 Michael L. O'Brien, Landscape Architect and former city planner for 28 years with the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, died July 16, 2020 at his home in Echo Park, California. He was 74 years old. Michael studied Linguistics at the University of Kansas and received [...]
ASLA has selected Torey Carter-Conneen as our new chief executive officer. We're beyond excited to have Torey coming on board on August 31. Torey's selection marks the culmination of a year-long process that collected input from the ASLA Team in Washington, leaders from partnered and allied organizations, various stakeholders throughout the industry, and all of [...]
Big news today from Washington: the president signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law. This law will permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and provide much-needed funding to restore our parks and public lands by addressing severe maintenance backlogs. ASLA advocated for these provisions for years, and not only [...]
The Division of the State Architect (DSA) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Public School Construction Advisory Board (Advisory Board). The Advisory Board will provide a diverse representative body of industry stakeholders to serve in an advisory role on public school construction matters under DSA’s jurisdiction. To that end, DSA seeks qualified individuals [...]
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has elevated 19 members as ASLA Fellows for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large. Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and is based on their works, leadership/management, knowledge, and service. [...]
Robert Cardoza, FASLA - August 9, 1937 to July 18, 2020 Words of remembrance…Mentor, Colleague, Advocate, Friend Robert “Bob” Cardoza passed away on July 18, 2020 in San Juan Capistrano, California, after a long battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his beloved wife of 62 years, Stella, his children (Brian and Perry (ASLA), their [...]
Student members are welcome to join the ASLA Listens forum! Join the discussion about important topics in landscape architecture and share ideas with staff and leaders about ways ASLA can better support members.
Last week, the Trump Administration released a final rule that would gut the most important provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This is the latest move in a series of attempts to destroy America’s bedrock environmental protections, including using the pandemic as cover and an excuse to suspend portions of NEPA last month. [...]
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) strongly oppose the United States Department of Homeland Security’s modification of temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during the fall 2020 semester. The modification forbids nonimmigrant students now taking full course loads online to remain in the [...]
On Monday, July 6, 2020, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that International Students in the United States whose schools have ruled for online-only classes in the Fall 2020 semester must leave the United States, or may face immigration consequences. This is counter productive for the following reasons: International students contribute ~$41 billion dollars [...]
