News for LA’s, UD’s, A’s , P’s & E’s
- ASLA NY Chapter president’s letter to NYTimes.com
Susannah Drake’s letter to the NYTimes regarding Open Space brings some topical points to the forefront of the green infrastructure discussion including water sensitive design and the Energy Conservation through Trees.
A great letter which can be read at the NYTimes
[SOURCE: NYtimes.com –Preserving Open Space]
- Center for Urban Waters call for Artists
Artists and/or artist teams from the states of Washington , Oregon , and California are invited to submit qualifications to create site-specific artwork for the Center for Urban Waters.
More information at the Website
Download the proposal
[SOURCE: Welcome to TacomaCulture].
- Wellington City Council: Let’s Do It Again - Scoop.co.nz
Wellington City Council doesn’t like its five-year old upgrade to the pedestrian Mall. The City has decided to reinstate the two-lane road with two-way traffic. The City’s reasoning is to reinstate the precinct known as the Golden Mile in Wellington, it would also allow bus routes to pass through the mall at a 30km/h(18mph) speed limit.
[SOURCE:Scoop: Wellington City Council: [...]
- IFLA Newsletter No .79
The latest newsletter from IFLA has been released and its focus is on Climate Change and the role that Landscape Architects will play in the future.
Download the Newsletter from IFLA
- Utah Museum of Natural History - Architectural Record
Architectural Record reports“Polshek Partnership has designed a new, 161,000-square-foot facility for the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City. The $98 million project will enable the 45-year-old institution to better showcase its collection of fossils, rocks, minerals, and other artifacts.”
[SOURCE: Architectural Record – Utah Museum of Natural History]
- Clemson students show concepts for Fountain Inn downtown - The Greenville News
The Greenville News reports
“Landscape architecture students from Clemson University presented city officials and residents with concepts Monday night of what downtown Fountain Inn could look like as the city continues to put its master plan into practice.”[SOURCE: GreenvilleOnline.com – Clemson students show concepts for Fountain Inn downtown]
- Chennai buildings get closer to nature - The Times of India
Times of India reports
“When RMZ Millennium Park in Chennai was categorised as a LEED gold building by the Hyderabad-based Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)in September this year, the tally of certified green buildings in the city went up to nine.
Although Chennai’s realty sector embarked on the green quest in 2004, it is only now that [...]
- Quebec transport planners hold on to their love of cars - The Gazette
The Gazette reports
“Montreal was designed around the car in the 20th century. In the new millennium, Mayor Gérald Tremblay’s administration has contradicted its own green rhetoric by faithfully following the past century’s ways - so far, at least. But that could change.
The Tremblay administration last week urged Quebec’s transport ministry, which is in charge of [...]
- Digital Cities: London´s Future
Date: 20 November - 24 January 2009
Digital Cities looks at how digital technology helps us understand and improve the planning and experience of our city.
Curated byThe Building Centre and Sir Terry Farrell
The Building CentreStore StreetLondonWC1E 7BTT: +44 (0) 207 692 4000www.buildingcentre.co.uk[SOURCE: Building Centre – Events.
- WSP GROUP USA TAKES TOP HONORS IN ANNUAL “HOT FIRMS” COMPETITION
WSP Group USA has been ranked No. 1 on the authoritative ZweigWhite list of fastest-growing engineering, environmental and architecture firms for 2008. This award reflects the firm’s consistent growth and success at outperforming the economy and their competitors to become market leaders.
WSP Group USA provides a broad range of speciality services to the energy, environmental, [...]
- Moh Architects wins RIBA contest for Urban Splash’s Walsall waterfront regeneration - Building Design
Vienna-based Moh Architects has won the RIBA competition to design a new waterfront project in Walsall for Urban Splash.
[SOURCE: Building Design – Moh Architects wins RIBA contest for Urban Splash’s Walsall waterfront regeneration ] .[IMAGE CREDIT MOH ARCHITECTS – IMAGE SOURCE: Building Design]
- Plan designed to curb years of urban sprawl
Emily Le Coz of the daily journal (djournal.com)reports that
“Northeast Mississippi’s biggest city grew the way most cities have in the past few decades: Residential developments sprouted on the outskirts of town……
The first part of Tupelo’s new comprehensive plan aims to reverse that trend by favoring “orderly, efficient land use patterns” as opposed to the scattered [...]
- Research and Markets: Design with Constructal Theory
Research and Markets has announced that they have published a new report – “Design with Constructal Theory” which is a revolutionary new approach based on physics for understanding and predicting the designs that arise in nature and engineering, from the tree and the forest to the cooling of electronics, urban design, decontamination, and vascular smart materials. [...]
- $1 million Boone Creek restoration project begins in April 2009 - Appalachian State University News
Appalachian State University reports
“Appalachian State University has received $500,000 from the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund and $300,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to continue restoration of Boone Creek that runs through part of campus.”[SOURCE: $1 million Boone Creek restoration project begins in April 2009 » News Archive » Appalachian State [...]
- Stantec purchases Jacques Whitford
“North American design firm Stantec announced today it has offered to acquire Jacques Whitford, an environmental consulting services firm with more than 1,700 employees and 40 offices principally in Canada. The company’s trailing twelve month gross revenue is approximately C$230.0 million and net revenue is about C$170.0 million.
“Jacques Whitford is a leading provider of [...]
- Nokia Loves Earth encourages people to go green by recycling unused mobile phones and accessories across Thailand. - Nationmultimedia.com
Nationmultimedia.com reports
“Nokia has joined Central Group, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Playhound, recycling company TES-AMM and the Thai Association of Landscape Architects (TALA) to launch the “Nokia Loves Earth” campaign to raise awareness about phone recycling.”
[SOURCE: Nokia Loves Earth encourages people to go green by recycling unused mobile phones and accessories across Thailand. - Nationmultimedia.com].
- Design of new ballpark worries some
Omaha.com reports
“Some future neighbors of the north downtown ballpark are worried that it won’t have the ground-level retail as originally recommended.
Recent plans for the new No-Do stadium, which include less ground-level retail space than originally planned, have caused concerns among the complex’s future neighbors.”[SOURCE: Omaha.com Money Section].
- Beijing sets temperature limits in public buildings - People’s Daily Online
People’s Daily reports
“Recently, the Beijing Municipal Construction Committee, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning, and the Beijing Municipal Commission for Reform and Development have called for strengthening management on indoor temperature in Beijing’s public buildings. The indoor temperature in all public buildings that are using air conditioning systems or equipment for cooling or heating [...]
- More than 195,000 wind turbines to appear outside homes by 2020 - Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk reports
“The Energy Saving Trust, the independent body in charge of improving energy efficiency in the UK, predicted that the introduction of the tariffs could persuade 8.6 million people - around a quarter of households - to invest in combined heat and power, wind turbines or other low carbon technologies.”
SOURCE: Telegraph – More than 195,000 [...]
- Can Landscape Architect James Corner Turn Fresh Kills Landfill Into a City-Changing Park? — New York Magazine
New York Magazine has a feature article on James Corner and the future of Fresh Kills Landfill and what the future holds.
[SOURCE: New York Magazine – Can Landscape Architect James Corner Turn Fresh Kills Landfill Into a City-Changing Park?]
