Swiss photographer Gus Petro performs some “Photoshop magic” to blend together the extremes of “emptiness and density” in the U.S. landscape. (The Atlantic Cities)
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- ASLA honors 33 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2013. (ASLA)
- Oakland adds Bird Safety Measures to its building permit requirements, limiting types of materials and lighting in the landscape to curb rising bird mortality rates. (Golden Gate Audubon)
- Landscape Forms puts the spotlight on campus planning for the 2013 annual round table. (PR Web)
- A look at creating play environments and educational public spaces in zoos. (The Field)
& RELATED
- L.A. residents in drought-plagued Southern California have been taking advantage of the “green-for-green trade:” getting paid to kill their lawns and lower their monthly water bill. (The Atlantic Cities)
- Parklets have come a long way since Rebar’s first mini-park in 2005. San Francisco has fully embraced the funky “placemaking” tool that’s spreading to residential areas. (Grist)
- Corporate marketing is testing the power of civic spaces. After Virgin Atlantic launched the world’s first airplane art gallery, their creative marketing team turned it up a notch by bringing a first-class passenger experience on a Virgin flight to an ordinary park bench. (Pop-Up City)
- Landscape architects know how influential well-maintained parks can be to revitalizing neighborhoods. According to Michael Rubinger, the two main federal tax credits that stimulate parks and housing projects in low-income neighborhoods are at risk of disappearing. (New York Times)
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