A vital new resource, the NACTO Urban Street Stormwater Guide illustrates a vision of how cities can utilize one of their best assets—streets—to address resiliency and climate change. The guide outlines the strategies to creating streets that serve as truly public spaces, while delivering social and economic value, protecting resources, and reconnecting natural ecological processes. [...]
On April 29, ASLA Leaders meeting for their Mid-Year business meetings in Washington, DC took time out to participate in the People's Climate Movement March in Washington, D.C. Thousands of people, including landscape architects, not only participated in the People's Climate Movement March in Washington, D.C., but other cities around the country to demonstrate opposition [...]
On March 29, the Colorado Senate passed SB 17-218, legislation that would extend landscape architecture licensing and continue the landscape architecture licensing board until 2028. Several days prior to the full Senate vote, the Colorado Chapter testified at a hearing on the legislation. The bill is now before the Colorado House of Representatives and is [...]
Over 4,000 state legislative bills were introduced by late February in Sacramento (a record number for the beginning of the state's two year legislative session). Among the many bills are several measures that could impact many state licensees if legislators decide to make the entry into different professions easier. The upside for the agencies is, [...]
The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is thrilled to announce the Fellows and recent Olmsted Scholars selected for this inaugural year of the LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership! Congratulations to our very own Southern California ASLA Member, Claire Latane', one of four Fellow LAF Fellows named for this inaugural year of 2017-2018. Two Olmsted Scholars [...]
The National Park Service, in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects, decided to give Laguna the designation, allowing it to join the ranks of more than 700 sites similarly honored across the United States, according to a news release from local advocates.
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.
On September 16th, design firms throughout the county sought out parking spots to transform into pop up parklets for the day in an effort to bring awareness to the need for more urban-oriented park space. ASLA Chapters and their firms were given an opportunity to advocate ASLA’s Park(ing) Day initiative and the profession as curious [...]
On Saturday, September 17, the 2016 Quality of Life Awards Jury convened at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Hotel for a day of debate and discussion of this year’s project award submissions from firms all over the ASLA Southern California Chapter. Jury participants were: Deborah Weintraub, AIA, LEED AP Chief Deputy City Engineer, Chief Architect [...]
Coming up fast! On September 16, ASLA will participate in PARK(ing) Day, an annual event in which local community members, students, and designers transform metered parking spaces into temporary parklets. We're asking all of our members to share their parklets (whether i's from a chapter or any of your individual firms) on social media with [...]
