Research by Samantha Solano, ASLA, and TJ Marston from the VELA Project.
Samantha Solano, ASLA, and TJ Marston have peeked under the hood of gender equity in landscape architecture once again. Continue reading Climbing the Ladder→
On a sunny September morning, a black box truck rolled into a suburban California neighborhood playing a catchy jingle of insect sounds. The truck stopped and, within minutes, transformed into a verdant plant nursery: The rear door rolled up and its sides folded out, revealing a pop-up shop bursting with native ferns and forbs, saplings and starts. Continue reading Green Machine→
Utqiagvik, Alaska, where the researchers will be examining surface hot spots where melted ice pools. Photo by Andrew Shea/Arctic Design Group, 2017.
In Alaska, beyond the Arctic Circle in North Slope Borough, Indigenous communities practice subsistence whale hunting. To store the whale meat, tribal communities dig ice cellars in the permafrost, a major infrastructural feat, as a 50-ton whale can feed thousands. Continue reading Thaw-Scape Scrutiny→
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“Indigenous medicinal plants on display.”
–Chris McGee, Art Director
Photo courtesy Brook McIlroy.
From “Paths Forward” by Katharine Logan in the August 2021 issue, about how landscape architects are working closely with First Nations communities in Canada to reconcile its ruthless history of colonization.
A conversation between two designers underscores the challenges to entering the profession.
By Jamie Maslyn Larson, FASLA
Jamie Maslyn Larson, FASLA, met Gabe Jenkins, Student ASLA, when he contacted her last summer through LinkedIn. Jenkins, then a BLA candidate at Clemson University, was interested in an internship at BIG, her former firm. Continue reading Interview: The Outside Track→
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“Woodland boardwalk in the Plover River segment of the Ice Age Trail.”
–Chris McGee, LAM Art Director
Image courtesy Cameron Gillie Photography.From “Piece by Piece” by Dawn Reiss in the August 2021 issue, about the Ice Age National Scenic Trail’s glacial formation across Wisconsin.
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