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FOREGROUND
40 Now
A Tsinghua University team works to reshape China’s national parks; a New York City program focuses on parks’ edges; Chicago’s water agency is capturing valuable phosphorus from waste; Hawaii’s new environmental court is in session; and more.
Edited By Timothy A. Schuler
58 Goods
Enjoy the Show
A selection of products you’ll find at ASLA’s Annual Meeting & EXPO at McCormick Place in Chicago from November 6 to 9.
By Lisa Speckhardt
AWARDS
68 The 2015 ASLA Student Awards
This year’s student winners freely broke disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of solutions to complex problems.
By Katarina Katsma, ASLA, and Jennifer Reut
70 Communications
74 Student Collaboration
78 Community Service
86 Research
90 Analysis and Planning
102 Residential Design
106 General Design
116 The 2015 ASLA Professional Awards
Across the categories, this year’s winning practitioners embrace the most challenging problems that face landscape architects today.
By Bradford McKee and Lisa Speckhardt
118 Communications
124 Research
130 Analysis and Planning
138 Residential Design
148 General Design
158 The 2015 ASLA Landmark Award
The Wild Grid
Dan Kiley’s South Garden at the Art Institute of Chicago has seasoned since the late 1960s into one of the city’s most enchanting public spaces.
By Gary Hilderbrand, FASLA
192 Professional Awards Source List
196 Display Ad Index
198 Buyer’s guide Index
212 Honors
ASLA announces the recipients of its 2015 medals and other awards.
By Lisa Schultz