Landscape Architecture Magazine V.102 N°9 (2012)

LAM

22 Land matters

28 Letters

Foreground

40 Now
Lawmakers in Noth Carolina and elsewhere have a handy and somewhat unreal solution to dealing with predictions of sea-level rises; there´s a new front-line defender against certain invasive pests, and it has four legs; San Francisco is asking its residents to help keep city trees healthy, one way or another; and more.
Linda McIntyre

56 Species
For the Australian brush turkey, compost and procreation go together, somewhat surprisingly; and Astrantia probably serves up a parasol of flowers to attract more pollinators, though the trick works on people, too, at least on the High Line.
Constance Casey

66 Goods
Check This Out
There’s a lot to catch your eyes at ASLA’s EXPO in Phoenix later this month.
Lisa Speckhardt

Awards

72 The 2012 ASLA STUDENT AWARDS

Macroscopic
This year’s award winners from the schools of landscape architecture impressed the jury with their fearlessness around large, world improving propositions- matched by great technical and visual ability.
Daniel Jost, ASLA

76 STUDENT COLLABORATION

80 COMMUNICATIONS

86 COMMUNITY SERVICE

88 RESEARCH

90 ANALYSIS AND PLANNING

100 RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

104 GENERAL DESIGN

118 THE 2012 ASLA PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

New layers
From across an upheaving world, this class of professional award winner deploys design as a tool of reform.
Bradford McKee

122 COMMUNICATIONS

128 RESEARCH

130 ANALYSIS AN PLANNING

140 RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

150 GENERAL DESIGN

164 THE LANDMAKER AWARD

Pieces of Canada
In 1994, the Village of Yorkville Park brought a microcosm of Canadian identity to a swirling Toronto neighborhood. Today it remains a favorite, jam-packed in all seasons and, by all accounts, better than ever.
Christopher Hume

THE BACK

178 BOOKS

How Green Is My City?
A spate of recent books on sustainability and urbanism reflects a certain maturation in thinking about the efficient use of resources – to the extent that they address what´s really bothering the world now.
By Michael Sorkin

198 PROFESSIONAL WARDS SOURCE LIST

199 DISPLAY AD INDEX

201 BUYER’S GUIDE INDEX

216 HONORS

ASLA announces the recipients of its
2012 medals and other wards.
Lisa Schultz Chambers

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