FEBRUARY 2019

10 Inside

12 Land Matters

14 Letters

FOREGROUND

18 Now
A proposed memorial for Sandy Hook Elementary; shining a light on midcentury neon; a resilience plan for Boston Harbor; and more.
Edited by Timothy A. Schuler

38 Planning
Changes Ferguson Can See
In Ferguson, Missouri, the Great Streets plan for West Florissant Avenue is revived, this time with more community participation.
By Miriam Moynihan

50 Materials
Life Insurance for Plants
Who’s responsible when a plant fails?
By Andrew Lavallee, FASLA

60 Goods
Public Options
Seating, lighting, and an outdoor structure with a sensor-equipped, louvered roof keep your public spaces comfortable.

FEATURES

70 Iced Out
The U.S. government does not classify landscape architecture as a STEM topic. That is bad news for foreign students seeking visas to study here—and for the profession.
By Brian Barth

78 Live and Learn
Artificial intelligence may well revolutionize landscape architecture. At least that’s what the robots tell us.
By Mimi Zeiger

90 The Huntress
Hunting her meat, growing her vegetables, and designing for meaning: Christie Green, ASLA, has chosen the wild life.
By Timothy A. Schuler

THE BACK

112 Hard Core
The concrete sculptures of Sections of the Anthropocene take a penetrating look at the human impact on what’s underfoot.
By Jennifer Reut

124 Books
Beyond Her Borders
A review of Ellen Shipman and the American Garden, by Judith B. Tankard.
By Jane Gillette

148 Advertiser Index

149 Advertisers by product category

160 Backstory
Bugged Out
In one Denver park, giant, climbable bug sculptures make infestation fun.
By Haniya Rae

 

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