The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“Team building amongst the trees.”
—Chris McGee, Art Director
From “In Their Elements” by Jonathan Lerner in the April 2022 issue, about the culture of craft and care embedded in the eponymous landscape architecture firm Stephen Stimson founded in 1992.
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“The devil in the details.”
—Chris McGee, LAM Art Director
From “Rain and Shine” by Elizabeth Lunday in the March 2022 issue, about Halff Associates, Inc.’s Railyard Park in Waxahachie, Texas, which tucks in stormwater management infrastructure and a few material flourishes that speak to the town’s history, detailed here, into a park on the edge of downtown.
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The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“Pier point.”
–Chris McGee, Art Director
From “Unbuilt to Last” by Lydia Lee in the March 2022 issue, about Einwiller Kuehl’s Township Commons, a four-acre former harbor terminal turned park in Oakland, California.
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“Step into the light.”
–Chris McGee, Art Director
From “Northern Star” by Zach Mortice in the February 2022 issue, about Stoss Landscape Urbanism’s University of Michigan Gerstacker Grove, a place for active recreation and ecological performance.
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“The center of activity.”
–Chris McGee, Art Director
From “Northern Star” by Zach Mortice in the February 2022 issue, about Stoss Landscape Urbanism’s Gerstacker Grove at the University of Michigan, the only major piece of pedestrian-friendly landscape connective tissue on the formerly car-centric North Campus.
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“Night on the quad.”
–Chris McGee, LAM Art Director
From “Northern Star” by Zach Mortice in the February 2022 issue, about the University of Michigan’s Gerstacker Grove, where parametric modeling and a dynamic lighting installation set Stoss Landscape Urbanism’s campus centerpiece apart.
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM.
“A plains education.”
–Chris McGee, Art Director
Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin.From “Prairie Primetime” by Haniya Rae in the January 2022 issue, about the Prairie Conservation Center in Aurora, Colorado, where a plan by Mundus Bishop reveals this short-grass prairie as a thriving place for ecological education.