ASLA’s Tools for PreK-12 Teachers ASLA’s Tools for PreK-12 Teachers web page was recently redesigned to enhance its delivery of resources during the pandemic. It has become the destination for instructional materials focused on landscape architecture, the environment, community building, and design learning during nationwide school closures. Visit ASLA’s Tools for PreK-12 Teachers and explore our outstanding [...]
The Conference on Landscape Architecture education session acceptance and decline notifications were sent to all submitters. Of the over 250 presentations submitted, 85 education, fourteen field sessions, and eleven deep dives were selected.
This database will share examples of how to integrate environmental justice into our field of practice. You may submit your case study by completing this online form, which has a series of questions to collect information about engagement techniques, resources used, project outcomes, and lessons learned. We are interested in featuring your projects that demonstrate how [...]
As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, ASLA has sent both the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works a set of active transportation recommendations that would allow landscape architects to enhance their ability to produce cutting-edge projects across the nation. ASLA [...]
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Congratulations to our 2021 ASLA Student Honor and Merit Awards from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Honor Award - Florence Marie Scheve Merit Award - Jeremy Dale Dvorak Honor Award - Jordan Karch Chiang Merit Award - Mandana Givi Merit Award - Maya Lee Thiasosopo Merit Award - Sarah Haluschak
Building on the success of last year’s “Life Grows Here” campaign, this year’s theme of Growing Together will highlight the importance of landscape architecture works in all communities - especially in underserved areas. Activities will include a user-generated map of local projects, Student Member contest, participation in EarthDay.org’s Great Global Cleanup Initiative, and more Learn [...]
Recently, ASLA joined with the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) in advocating for the protection and preservation of the former Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters. Designed in 1971 by Peter Walker of Sasaki, Walker and Associates in association with architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Weyerhaeuser campus is considered to be one the most iconic corporate properties in [...]
ASLA released a comprehensive set of policy recommendations for the new Biden-Harris administration titled “Landscape Architects Design Vibrant, Resilient, and Just Communities for All - Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration.” “Our climate is in crisis. Social and racial injustice issues continue to go unaddressed. The pandemic is forcing us to rethink public space," said Torey [...]
Here at ASLA, our first order of business is to officially open our Call for Presentations for the 2021 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in Nashville. We are looking for education proposals that will help drive change in landscape architecture and provide solutions to everyday challenges that are informed by practice and research. Help us shape the 2021 [...]
