The head of Japan’s leading garden research and landscape consulting firm, Nakane & Associates, will give a lecture tonight at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Shiro Nakane’s presentation, Honoring the Past and Envisioning the Future of Landscape Architecture, will | Read More
A new social networking siteProviding an open forum for landscape architects to share their work and ideas, Land8Lounge is the premier social network for landscape architects on the web.Land8Lounge was created to provide a central gathering place for landscape architects | Read More
Martha Schwartz is one of the world’s best-known living landscape architects. Her installation in the courtyard at Kjarvalsstadir alludes both to the artist’s experience of nature as explored in the exhibition “Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere” and to the | Read More
The green build wave is rising, and right now general contractors have the opportunity to ride its crest. It is fast becoming expected that professionals in the building trades are ready, willing and able to work green — and that | Read More
The head of the jury, Prof. Beverly Sandalack has announced the three winners of the IFLA Student Competition 2008. The winners are (in random order):– ‘Waving Mat’ by Li Jinhzhu, Zhao Yue, Yuan Shouyu, Ling Chunyang and Chen Jing of | Read More
Two Arup buildings opened on June 13 forming central features for the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. The Bridge Pavilion, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Arup is a pedestrian bridge and also serves as the main entrance to the Expo site. | Read More
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has appointed Shohei Shigematsu as partner of the OMA Holding company. Mr. Shigematsu is currently director of OMA*AMO PC in New York. Mr. Shigematsu is currently in charge of Cornell University’s new building for | Read More
The Times of India looks at foreign firms in India and talks about Be it a slum redevelopment project in congested Mumbai or Kolkata’s new museum of modern art, the global imprint on the country’s fast-changing urban landscape is evident. Made | Read More
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, the oldest modern art museum in Texas, has officially reopened after doubling in size. The 45,000-square-foot expansion — named the Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions — allows the museum to host | Read More
Foster + Partners is designing and then erecting, with the help of the public, a special installation to mark the launch of the 2008 London Festival of Architecture (LFA) on Saturday 21 June. Part of the LFA’s Kensington, Chelsea and | Read More
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