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- UT Dallas breaks ground on major landscaping project | Richardson | pegasusnews.com
Pegasis News reports
“On Thursday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m., there’ll be a groundbreaking ceremony adjacent to the McDermott Library on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas.
The groundbreaking marks the start of a major landscaping project undertaken by the firm of Peter Walker and Partners, who have been contracted to spiff up the [...]
- Abu Dhabi University’s new campus inaugurated
The new Abu Dhabi Campus of the Abu Dhabi University (ADU) was officially inaugurated yesterday. Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the ADU Board of Trustees, inaugurated the AED600 million ultra-modern new campus on behalf of Deputy Prime Minister, H.H. Sheikh [...]
- Arboretum approved for Fort Williams - Mainetoday.com
Maine Today reports
“A proposal for an arboretum at Fort Williams Park gained unanimous approval from the town Planning Board on Tuesday night.
Backers of the project now will embark on a private fundraising campaign. They hope to raise $80,000 to construct the first phase of the arboretum, on roughly half an acre that would be visible from [...]
- The Long View - Metropolis Magazine
Andrew Blum of Metropolis Magazine has written a excellent article on James Corner and his work as a landscape architect and pushing the profession of landscape architecture to the forefront of design.
This article is a must read at Metroplis Magazine – The Long View.
- Kimbell Art Museum reveals $70 million Renzo Piano expansion designs - Fort Worth Business Press
Fort Worth Buiness Press reports
“After a year and half of discussion and planning, Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum on Nov. 18 unveiled preliminary plans for a new $70 million neighboring building designed by Italian architectural giant Renzo Piano and funded by the Kimbell Art Foundation.
Piano said only about 20 percent of the existing lawn will [...]
- Nakheel to scale back projects on slowdown - Gulf News
GulfNews reports
“Nakheel PJSC, the state-owned developer planning a kilometre-high tower in Dubai, will scale back some of its projects because of the global economic slowdown.”
SOURCE: Gulfnews: Nakheel to scale back projects on slowdown.
- Los Angeles Architects Recognize Top Green Design Firm
Los Angeles, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) November 18, 2008 — The Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach, CA. was one of six competition winners at the 2008 AFLA Green Gala, hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Jim Wirick, Managing Principal at LPA Inc., accepted the award at the Wallis Annenberg [...]
- Landscape designers apply nature’s tricks
San Francisco Chroncile reprts that
“Susan Van Atta, from Santa Barbara, is explicitly engaged in ecological restoration in many of her Southern California projects. Bernard Trainor, now in Monterey but active from the Carmel Valley to Marin County, says his gardens aren’t about replicating nature. But both converged on similar themes: looking at natural landscapes [...]
- Detroit City Council critiques plans for $47M in federal funds - The Detroit News
The Detroit News reports that
“The city faces a tight deadline to approve a spending plan to collect on $47 million in federal home foreclosure aid, amid calls to revise recipients Monday from several City Council members, nonprofits and community groups.”
SOURCE: The Detroit News – detnews.com – Detroit City Council critiques plans for $47M in federal [...]
- Ahearn researches ‘green’ building - Daily Collegian
Daily Collegian reports that “Professor of landscape architecture and regional planning Jack Ahern returned to the University of Massachusetts after a trip to China last month, where he gave several lectures.
According to Ahern, China’s surge in urbanization “may be faster than anywhere else in the world,” and this made it an ideal place to investigate [...]
- Make and KSS to design Spurs stadium - Building.co.uk
Building.co.uk reports that
KSS, which worked on the City of Manchester stadium, will design the stadium itself. Make will be responsible for the wider masterplan, with landscape designer architect Martha Schwartz and technical engineer Buro Happold also working on the project.SOURCE: Building.co.uk – Make and KSS to design Spurs stadium - Building.
- CSLA WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – PAULETTE VINETTE
(OTTAWA) - Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) President Cathy Sears is pleased to announce that Paulette Vinette has joined the CSLA as Executive Director. Paulette is a Certified Association Executive (CAE), the professional designation conferred by the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE). She is also an Honoured Life Member of CSAE and a [...]
- Journal of Landscape Architecture available
today the new JoLA issue autumn 2008 came out. Benefit now from a wide range of innovative approaches and new ideas.The autumn issue includes important articles about “Bejing´s New Urban Countryside” or “Planning by Design“. JoLA is published twice a year by the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS). Starting with the current issue, JoLA is now available as [...]
- Singapore: The City Beneath The City
Science Daily reports
“In spite of its small size, the city has a population of five million, and it is an important communications node by both sea and air. ………..authorities are now considering moving some of Singapore’s infrastructure underground. Several ministries have drawn up a list of proposals for how underground caverns could be used for [...]
- Grounds for Optimism - UK
Landscape Institute reports that
Grounds for Optimism launched successfully to secondary schools across South East England and Yorkshire and Humberside this September. 100 schools have now signed up to take part alongwith many landscape practices.
The repsonse has been fantastic but they are still looking for more landscape professionals to sign up and take part in [...]
- How not to fund urban renewal - livemint.com
Kanhu Charan Pradhan of livemint.com writes
”Continuing growth in India and China is now seen as essential for the world’s economic health. Urbanization is a necessary correlate, if not the engine of that growth. Our flagship urbanization programme is the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), directed at strengthening urban governance, providing basic services to the [...]
- 2012 Olympics offer a big opportunity for designers - Horticulture Week
Horticulture Week reports that Tim Edwards the amenity suppliers chairman that the “Landscape architects must stay in control of the 2012 Olympic parkland if it is to be a success.”
Edwards was also quoted as saying that “This is a big opportunity for landscape architects to get things right,……………………Sometimes that’s because of cost and sometimes because [...]
- Thailand moves toward addressing Climate Change - UNEP
“Thailand is increasingly addressing problems of air quality in tandem with those of climate change, recognizing the “co-benefits” of such an approach, said Supat Wangwongwatana, director-general of Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) at the Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2008 workshop.”
SOURCE: UNEP
- Abu Dhabi Well Positioned for Infrastructure Investments
While banks’ liquidity in the Gulf region has been affected by the global credit crisis and the region’s central banks have launched measures to shore up confidence. The crisis has placed Abu Dhabi in an ideal situation, where it can use its surplus cash for launching projects.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Khaleej Times Online - [...]
- Sands Macau - finance needed and possible job losses
Various news agencies (AFP, Reuters) are reporting that the Sands Macau may be forced to layoff 9000–11000 workers as work is suspended on the its several projects in Macau as they look for financing of 1.2–2.0 billion USD to restart the work on the sites.
For more information read the SOURCE: International Herald Tribune – [...]
