Landscape Architecture Has a Labor Acknowledgement Problem
To better acknowledge, respect, and compensate laborers, landscape design firm Terremoto calls for a fundamental reimagining of how professional practice is structured.
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The New Betsy Head Park Is an Accessible, Pandemic-Friendly Retreat for Brooklynites
Abel Bainnson Butz led the expansive $30 million redesign of Brownsville’s biggest park, with a focus on serving diverse abilities and activities.
Shanghai’s Longhua Airport Is Converted into a New Public Park
Sasaki harnesses the linearity of a disused riverfront airport to create a new sustainable park.
Floating Bridges Make Up SWA Group's Design for a Mountain Park
A greenway project outside Shenzhen reflects complementary considerations of nature, health, and technology.
Black Landscapes Matter: Q&A with Landscape Designer Walter Hood
Upon the release of his new book, Walter Hood conceives a landscape architecture rooted in a sense of place, justice, and historical truth.
For Thomas Balsley, Public Space Is the Truest Form of Democracy
The landscape architect discusses transforming New York, designing for resilience, and creating places for the people and the planet.
For Thomas Woltz, Soil Is the Most Important Surface There Is
The founding principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects discusses how soil can advance both ecological and social justice.
Game Changers 2020: WXY and Future Green on Collaborative Urbanism
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Claire Weisz of WXY and David Seiter of Future Green discuss the complexities of designing within New York's diverse biomes and histories.
From a Complicated Present, Urban Reuse Parks Look to the Future
Metropolis catches up with the High Line Network, a consortium of North American reuse projects that has been sharing notes and best practices through the pandemic.
A New Landscape in Albuquerque Puts Accessibility Front and Center
The University of New Mexico's recently completed plaza—in some ways, 50 years in the making—has "shorelines," which help visually impaired people navigate the expanse.
After COVID-19, What’s Next for Landscape Architecture?
The urban crisis brings many challenges, but also presents opportunities for landscape architects to help build more equitable green spaces and cities.
In Boston, a Development’s Approach to a Changing Coastline Is to Embrace It
Among the resilient features of Clippership Wharf is a “living shoreline” of marsh and native fauna.
To Illuminate Raleigh's Museum Park, Less is More
At the North Carolina Museum of Art's popular park, careful changes in color temperature follow the progression of outdoor spaces.
Lighting For Fun: This Public Park in Dallas Makes the Most of the Night
SWA Group and Oldner Lighting designed Pacific Park Plaza so that the lighting scheme responded to all-day conditions.
This Bridge in Providence Was Designed as Public Space
A part of Rhode Island's extensive Iway project, the infrastructure supports a pedestrian pathway, gardens, and occupiable spaces.
New Talent: Sara Zewde Explores How Narrative and Context Produce Landscape
Raised in the South and schooled in the Northeast, Sara Zewde relies on firsthand research, archives, and public engagement to produce experiential landscapes.
A Russian Parks Program Creates Over 350 Public Spaces and Nurtures Local Design Talent
Costing less than glitzier parks in Moscow, the Tatarstan initiative is revivifying the local design and manufacturing bases with a "teach a man to fish" approach.
Long-Term Plans: To Build for Resilience, We'll Need to Design With—Not Against—Nature
Moving away from its early exclusive focus on natural disasters, resilient architecture and design tackles the much tougher challenge of helping ecosystems regenerate.
Junya Ishigami’s New Park Turns Moscow’s Polytechnic Museum into a Public Offering
Designed with local firm Wowhaus, the park contains an amphitheater, circulation routes, and new entry points into the museum’s porous new basement.
The University of Monterrey’s Newly Landscaped Campus is a Departure for the Car-Centered City
Designed by American firm SWA, the area includes plantings and pedestrian routes that envelop buildings by the likes of Tadao Ando.
