Moving what Bibeau describes as an unguarded track in the grass brought current safety standards to bear, including “big ditches on each side of the track, big fence, big everything,” she says, and ...

You want to build in some relationship between the way the place feels and the materials and colors that are used on the signs,” he says. The relationship between landscape design and signage has ...

The “Little Project” at the Minnesota home of Ping Design's founder creates experiences that exceed a small footprint.

Founded in 1910, Landscape Architecture Magazine ( LAM ) is the monthly magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It is the magazine of record for the landscape architecture ...

“A compact tape measure is ideal for field visits to well-designed sites, such as Little Island in New York City. It’s extremely handy for measuring construction details like the thickness of a ...

What landscape architects need to know. New place-naming and wayfinding approaches give designers the opportunity to ...

The “pond” in Lake County, Illinois, shown in May 2021, is subject to a complex legal and regulatory system. Photo by Practice Landscape. At first glance, it was just a pond. Dammed with earth at the ...

Voluminous hydrangeas bow gracefully over a pair of black chairs, barely grazing a stack of books that includes Planting in a Post-Wild World and How to Love a Forest. Granite chips crunch underfoot ...

Landscape architects are working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and building new networks through the Engineering With Nature program. The implications could be transformative for both. Monica ...

Ipe is the most common tropical hardwood decking material in the United States, but the way it is harvested has raised concerns among ecologists. Photo by Jane Hutton. “This John Chipman bench was ...

Unlike architecture, landscape architecture evolves (and almost always improves) through time. Its parks and gardens are never complete. Or rather the finished landscape of today is not the finished ...

Decomposed granite pavement (DG) is a textured and responsive paving material used on paths and plazas. Yet the quiet appearance of DG masks material and construction complexities that shape the ...