Landscape Architecture Magazine

Here’s a treat for all those who have been moaning about the steady loss of design criticism and reporting in mainstream newspapers. The finalists’ schemes for the competition to redesign three sites on the National Mall are being shown to the public for the first time. The Washington Post has a story, sort of. It’s by the Associated Press, and its most helpful observation might just be that “Proposals in the competition are varied.” If you want to see who actually did what, go to the web site of the competition’s sponsor, the Trust for the National Mall.