Landscape Architecture Magazine Vol. 102 N°7 (2012)

8 Land matters

Foreground

16 Now
The aftermatch of the Great Dismal Swamp fire, IKEA builds a city, the effects of human noise on forest animals and plants, and more.
Edited by Linda McIntyre

28 Species
A strange new boxwood blight is showing up in the eastern United States, plus the thrill of the big-leafed Victoria amazonica and its kin.
By Constance Casey

34 Interview
The Farmer Bard
You may not be surprised to know that Grant Jones, FASLA, is enjoying life.
By Frances G. Beatty, ASLA

38 Ideas
Sea Change
Parse the name: Interstice Architects.
And then look at their proposal for a piece of San Francisco Bay
By Lydia Lee

44 Practice
The Embeds
Landscape architects in big architecture firms can have a lot of fun. They just have to know how to work it.
By Ernest Beck

52 Water at Work
Whether it´s irrigating plants or inviting people for a swim, water has a lot to do
By Lisa Sperckardt

Features

56 One guy, one path
Jon piasecki, ASLA, hauled and hewed these stones himself
By Melanie Rehak

68 What Nature wanted
Ed Hollander, FASLA, has spent quite a few years on this Sag Harbor, New York State.
But who cares? He´s looking at the big picture
By Mac Griswold

78 Lawn and seguaros
When you go to ASLA’s Annual Meeting and EXPO at the end of September, there will be a lot to see. Bring this piece along.
By Daniel Jost, ASLA

The Back

94 Remnants of battle
On the ground in Virginia, the Civil War is still very much apparent
Photography and text by Bill Mauzy

100 The Games Cities Play
Here comes another Olympics. And post Olympics.
By Mark Hough, ASLA

112 Books
Chance Encounters
By John Dixon Hunt

132 Display ad index

133 Buyer’s guide index

144 The Three Minute Drill
“What do you do?”
By Peter Lindsay Schaudt, FASLA

Publicado por Natalia Arocena | 31 de julio de 2012 - 11:30 | Actualizado: 1 de agosto de 2012 - 12:32 | PDF