Dangerous by Design 2016
ASLA helped to sponsor the new Dangerous by Design 2016. The new report identifies the most dangerous places in the nation to be a pedestrian, and how changing state and local policies that address transportation planning and design can help address this critical issue. Now in its seventh year, the 2016 edition includes new Pedestrian [...]
RELM
After 30 years of practice, Melendrez is pleased to announce a new studio identity, RELM, dedicated to cultivating urban life. Click here to view a short video announcing their new name.
SITES AP Exam Chapter Contest
The SITES AP Exam has launched and is available at your nearest Prometric location! The chapter with the most people and the chapter with the greatest percentage of their membership that register and take the exam by January 31, 2017 will be awarded a half-day SITES workshop in 2017!!! Please note that all test takers [...]
Center for Landscape Architecture
To date the Campaign for the ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture has raised $1,174,319 or 78 percent of the $1.5 million goal from ASLA chapters, firms, and individuals. For more information on the campaign, please see the ASLA Center Honor Roll. Contributions to the ASLA Fund in 2016 total $19,131 to date, an increase of [...]
NPS Legislation Passes House of Representatives
Prior to adjourning, the U.S. Congress passed H.R. 4680, the National Park Service Centennial Act. The bipartisan legislation celebrates the National Park Service's 100th year of existence and provides tools and resources to safeguard America's iconic natural and historical treasures. The Centennial bill also establishes the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund to finance signature construction, [...]
2017 Annual Meeting and EXPO: Call for Presentations
ASLA is now accepting proposals for the 2017 Annual Meeting and EXPO education program, taking place October 20-23, 2017 in Los Angeles. If you are interested in presenting and sharing your knowledge with the landscape architecture profession, we encourage you to submit a proposal through our online system. In order to successfully submit a presentation [...]
2017 Fellow Nominations Open
The call for 2017 is now open. Lists of eligible members were sent to each chapter executive committee in early summer 2016. Chapter executive and/or chapter fellows committees should evaluate the lists and choose those candidates that the chapter feels are worthy of the nomination. Ultimately, the chapter president reviews and signs off on the [...]
ASLA National President Attends Southern California Awards
ASLA National President Chad Danos, FASLA, travelled to California during the first week of October where he participated in a student chapter visit at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He then travelled to Los Angeles to participate in Greenbuild, then attended the Southern California ASLA Awards Reception and Member Celebration on October 6 at Disney's [...]
2016 Quality of Life Awards
The Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects celebrated their 2016 Quality of Life Awards at Disney’s Grand Californian Resort in Anaheim on Thursday, October 6, 2016. The theme of the awards this year was "Celebrating the Evolving Vision of California Landscapes". Two hundred landscape architects, green industry and other allied professionals [...]