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 [...]
The American Society of Landscape Architects issued the following statement on the violence in the U.S. Capitol from ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen: "The grounds of the United States Capitol are one of the most beautiful and well-known instances of landscape architecture in the world, designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The U.S. Capitol Complex [...]
Happy Birthday to CEO/Founder Don Brinkerhoff, FASLA, 90 Years Young Today! By 16, Don was already working in the landscape industry. Then, he attended Cal Poly Pomona, graduating in 1952 with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture. After 5 years working for others, he received his Landscape Architecture license in 1957, establishing his own firm with [...]
Before we get involved in our holiday activities and say good-bye to 2020, the Chapter wants to update you on an important issue we know affects many of our members. ASLA is thinking about you. Today, we were notified that our ASLA CEO, Torey Carter-Conneen, has written to the leadership in Washington concerning the Paycheck Protection [...]
