The existing conditions of the site: a former shooting range, shown as a garbage dump and drainage sink for urban stormwater, heavily polluted with saline–alkali soil, littered, deserted, and ...
If you’re thinking about hiring a landscape architect, first gather ideas on what you’re looking for. Are you creating a space for entertaining? A play area? A kitchen garden? Increasing curb appeal?
Landscape architecture combines art and science. It is the profession that designs, plans and manages our land. Landscape architecture has strong roots in the U.S., and early examples, such as ...
In Groundwork, your new book with architect Joel Sanders, you argue that designers must "pursue a new approach that overcomes the false dichotomy between architecture and landscape." How did this ...
increase the resilience of communities and natural systems to climate impacts reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration conserve and restore ecosystems and ...
Roof produced a 10 percent decrease in building energy use over the winter months. The temperature on the green roof on the hottest summer days can be as much as 59 degrees cooler than conventional ...
The Project provides a unique solution for bank retention as a sculptural form while extending its scope to enhance the foreshore and create a stronger sense of place. The abstracted corten wall spans ...
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Section 1 of the High Line extends over nine city blocks from Gansevoort Street to West 20th Street on the west side of Manhattan. View of the Gansevoort entry, looking north. The existing cut at the ...
Set in a wooded, 7 acre site above Cedar Creek Lake, this series of buildings are weaved discreetly below the tree line and take advantage of commanding views of the surrounding lake. The ...
Governors Island is a 172-acre island in the heart of New York Harbor. It is located 800 yards from Lower Manhattan and 400 yards from Brooklyn. The entire groundplane of the south Island will be ...