Filmed over 18 months by Jim Richards Productions of Reston, Virginia, this time-lapse look into the construction of ASLA’s new home begins with a few swings of the sledgehammer by ASLA executive committee members and staff. Builders Coakley & Williams Construction installed green walls, opened up the roof for a three-story atrium, and dug into the earth to bury a stormwater collection cistern. The design by Gensler, with a lower-level garden by landscape architects Oehme, van Sweden, sets the Center for Landscape Architecture up to act as a leader in workplace design and ecological stewardship for decades to come.
LAMCAST: ASLA’S NEW HOME SNAPS INTO FOCUS
June 12, 2017 by LAM Staff
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Repost from @nationalaslaRepost from @nationalasla "Sometimes places are palimpsests, meaning part of the brick and mortar, and some of them are based in memories, the passing of time. For people of color who are marginalized, stories get lost." Designer Walter Hood speaks: http://bit.ly/3t59o8jRepost from @nationalasla - "Sometimes places are palimpsests, meaning part of the brick and mortar, and some of them are based in memories, the passing of time. For people of color who are marginalized, stories get lost." Designer Walter Hood speaks: http://bit.ly/3t59o8jRepost from @nationalasla Richard Jones, PLA, ASLA, is the founder of iO Studio. His current project, Point Park, is poised to be the most significant open space to be built along Baltimore’s waterfront in 50 years. Read more about Jones and Point Park at https://bit.ly/3t4YFdZASLA
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