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The article discusses the architectural design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania conceived by architectural firm OLIN.

The article discusses the architectural design of the renovated Dilworth Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, conceived by architectural firm OLIN.

The article discusses the architectural design of the renovated garden and Meudon Gate of Rodin Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, conceived by architectural firm OLIN.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Barnes Foundation museum located in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, conceived in collaboration by architectural firms Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and OLIN.

The article discusses landscape architecture firm OLIN as of January 1, 2014. The author focuses on the intention of the company's chief executive officer (CEO) Lucinda Sanders to change the firm's reputation from a designer of public spaces to urban ecosystems. Also commented on is the company's founder Laurie Olin and urban planning projects. Further discussed is the designers' engagement in social ecology projects.

The article evaluates the landscape architecture of a house designed by architect James H. Speckmann in Saint Paul, Minnesota by landscape architectural firm Coen + Partners.

The article discusses the Planters Groves gardens, which were created by the Planters Nuts company of Kraft Foods and designed by the Ken Smith Landscape Architect (KSLA) firm in three locations including at the Lillian Wald Houses for military families in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City. The article discusses the choice of location and design of the garden and discusses the Planters Groves program to promote healthy eating and offer job training through landscape architecture.

The article evaluates the landscape architecture design of a veterans' memorial in Dublin, Ohio, designed by the firm Plant Architect Inc.

The article talks about the PepsiCo World Headquarters in Purchase, New York. The late 1960s witnessed the exodus of major corporations to affluent suburbs to build a new generation of "campuses" that were designed and built far different from the physical trappings of the chaotic cities that they left. One of them was the PepsiCo headquarters which was opened in 1970, 152 acres of ground and sculpture gardens designed by landscape architect E .D. Stone Jr. with buildings designed by his father, Edward Durell Stone.

The article reviews the landscape design of the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art + Nature Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, which was designed by Ed Blake.

The article talks about the Sprint World Headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas which had about 20 brick buildings built over a period of ten years. The 212-acre Sprint campus was one of the largest corporate building projects in the U.S. with seven quads ringed with prairie grass and rows of hardwood trees. The red brick buildings are consistent in color, shape and grouping, allowing the landscape to stand out, and employees navigate their way around in covered walkways.

The article focuses on the Wirth family of landscape architects. Theodore Wirth had been responsible for building one of the greatest urban park systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Conrad Wirth was the longest serving director of the National Park Service (NPS). Theodore Julian Wirth was a former American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) president. It also discusses the accomplishments and influence of the Wirth family in the growth of landscape architecture in the United States.

The article focuses on the Morgan State University (MSU) in Baltimore, Maryland, particularly the Landscape Architecture Department. The Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) program focuses on urban functionality and environmental sustainability. The MSU, aside from its challenge to bring in more minority students is also tasked to formulate approaches in addressing the regional landscape of Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay and the diversity of its population. The faculty is developing a curriculum that would include undergraduates of design.

The article features sculptor Isamu Noguchi and his museum, the Noguchi Museum in New York City. After a series of renovations, the museum with its sculpture garden are open with sculptures, site models, and landscape projects. Noguchi viewed the outdoor space in the museum as an outdoor continuation of the entry. By 1971, Noguchi was so interested in site design which led to the creation of his own design firm Shoji Sadao.

The article reports on the use of landscape architecture at the residence of Stephen and Linda Taylor in Kansas City, Missouri to promote environmental appreciation. The project, handled by Young + Dring, demonstrates the story of native plants, human settlement and change that have occurred at the farmland. A description of the house is provided.

The article presents information on two sculpture gardens at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland. The Janet and Alan Wurtzburger Sculpture Garden is a series of cast concrete and bluestone outdoor rooms, designed by the late architect George E. Patton in 1980. The Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Garden is a wooden and much larger garden designed by Sasaki Associates. Both gardens represent two major design paradigms of postwar landscape architecture.

The article discusses and describes the graduate program of landscape architecture offered by the City College of New York (CCNY) in New York, New York. The campus is located at 140th Street and Broadway Avenue, near a subway station. It is the only professional landscape architecture program offered in New York City, the article notes.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the February 2009 issue including a Land Matters article about a prayer garden design, "Landscape Planning: A History of Influential Ideas," by Carl Steinitz, and an article that reviewed the book "Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes," by Lynn Dupuis.

This article discusses the landscape architecture program at California State University--Pomona. The university's close proximity to Los Angeles, California allows the department to experiment with and train students about how to work in a rapidly changing environment with many ecological systems. The department's mission is "Regenerating Los Angeles," and it focuses on issues of urban sprawl, smog, and the human impact on the environment.

The article reports on the efforts to restore the landscape surrounding the Lake of the Isles, a large water and park complex in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. With the approval of local municipal authorities a landscape architecture design firm planned to restore the riparian area of the lake to its original wetland status, though a citizen's organization wanted a return to its formal 19th century landscape. INSETS: LESSONS FOR STORMWATER INNOVATIONS ON HISTORIC SITES;Lessons for Consensus Building.

The article focuses on the Getty Foundation's Campus Heritage Initiative grants and the study of landscape design on college and university campuses in the U.S. The author reviews the impact of the grants on college campuses including Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Scripps College in Claremont, California, and the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconisin. Reportedly, the Getty is planning an online resource for the campus preservation activities of colleges and universities. INSETS: Tools for Effective Preservation Plans;Getting Involved in Campus Preservation.

The article shares the author's thoughts about the Lakeshore East park project in Chicago, Illinois. The author notes that park was designed in order to jump-start an instant neighborhood with a central gathering point and marketable view. He said that according to Ernie Wong, the Lakeshore East will be succeed as a development because of the continuing vibrancy of Chicago economy´s and its allurement of living in the city. He also said that as a marketing tool to burnish a mega-residential project, the Lakeshore East park will be succeed in attracting the buyers and its nautical details and arcing paths will really help in selling the notion of living by a lake. He points out that the Lakeshore park will invokes the ecology and vistas of Lake Michigan.

The article features the design of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) by architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Alfred Caldwell. The German-born Mies promoted an international modernism with little reference to indigenous materials. Beginning in 1940, Mies would design 18 buildings for IIT and influence thousands of others throughout the world. Caldwell, by contrast, was a local Chicago-area practitioner who is still unknown in the history of American landscape architecture. He was a protege of legendary Chicago landscape architect Jens Jensen. At the IIT campus, Caldwell's abstraction of the Illinois landscape took the form of scattered groves. Through the late 1940s and 1950s, Caldwell worked with native palettes including honey locusts and hackberries.

The article discusses the efforts of various government agencies of Chicago in restoration or protection of the urban wildlife at Lake Calumet, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Department of Planning and Development along with industrial development of Chicago have developed plans to urbanize the areas around important wetlands of Chicago without effecting the wildlife. Chicago's Department of the Environment has initiated efforts to control the level of chemical leaks from landfills to restore species diversity for wildlife of all types. Many government agencies of the city came together to develop new ecotoxicological standards for soil sediments and water. In many parts of Chicago these standards actually exceed those used for human habitation. Another kind of green revolution in transforming brownfield districts, is led by Chicago City.

The article presents a discussion about the landscape of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the state of Washington. The creation of the monument was brought about by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. The size of the area is about 110,000 acres and it is for research, recreation, and education. It has paths and two visitor centers where people can view the eruption of Mount St. Helens. The landscape design of the area is made relative to the power of the volcano eruption. The design also warns the people that the volcano is still active and it is still considered a threat. Its main purpose is to reveal the characteristics of the volcano.

The article focuses on the landscape architecture in Minnesota. Minnesota is a thriving state that offers a quality life to its inhabitants. It has good systems in health care, charitable giving, education, and library book circulation. It also has a good economy. The twin cities of Minnesota, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, is home to various landscape designs. In terms of the landscape of the state, various projects like city plazas, transit malls, parks and sculpture gardens can be found in the area. It is also a supporter of landscape architecture innovation in the United States.

The article focuses on the ideas and inventions of artist Frederick Law Olmsted in designing landscapes in the U.S. Much of Olmsted's success in creating a village in a park grew out of strategies for building setbacks and manipulating perceived space. With the Des Plaines River and its floodplain parks as the defining armature of open space, the Olmsted plan weaves together railroad, commercial, civic and residential areas in a coherent whole. Individual lots take on grandeur through borrowed views across parkways and into the roughly 83 triangular pocket parks in the middle of road intersections. Today, Riverside's historic integrity and economic relevance are threatened by a lack of local consensus over how to steward the town's past and future. In his 1868 Preliminary Report and in written descriptions to nursery contractors, Olmsted outlined desired species, species mixtures and spatial arrangements. Recently, the effects of age and Dutch elm disease have created an evolution in landscape character, with little city control over the species choices of individual home owners.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discusses in previous issues of the periodical "Landscape Architecture." "Landscape Architecture: A Terminal Case?," which raised landscape architecture issues; "Apocalyptic Manifesto," which discussed landscape architects' professional fears; "An Interior Garden," which focused on the benefits of using artificial trees.

Focuses on the preservation of the Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan by Hamilton Anderson Associates as of March 2005. Overview of the 1883 Belle Isle plan of Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., the first designer of the park; Overall investments needed for islandwide infrastructure, parking and lighting; Solution proposed by Hamilton Anderson to solve the traffic and parking problem in the park.

Discusses the expansion plan for Ottawa, Ontario. Difference of Canadian cities from cities in the U.S.; Description of the city of Ottawa; Significance of the Downtown Urban Design Strategy 2020 created by landscape architect and planner George Dark; Technique used by Dark in developing a plan for the city; Challenges in implementing the design plans of Dark.

Features Paul Gobster, social scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Career background of the scientist; Overview of studies on environmental management conducted by Gobster; Views on incorporating humanities-based approach in landscape design; Factors that motivated the scientist to be involved in landscape research. INSET: Reducing Stakeholder Conflicts in Urban Natural Areas.

Features the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Description of the botanic garden and sculpture park; Background of the recreational area; Variety of sculpture featured in the garden; Architectural design of the Lena Meijer Children's Garden in the park.

Features landscape architect Anthony Bauer. Educational and career background; Involvement in several surface mining reclamation projects, including the Buno Road Project in Brighton, Michigan; Factors to be considered by landscape architects who want to participate in reclamation projects.

Features landscape architects who are working as academic deans. Moura Quayle, dean of the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in Vancouver, British Columbia; Jan Schach, dean of Clemson University's College of Architecture in South Carolina; Karen Hanna, dean of College of Environmental Design at the California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California; Frederick Steiner, dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas in Austin.

Discusses the efforts of landscape architect Lee Ehmke to transform zoos for global habitat protection. Professional background of Ehmke; Description of the Congo Gorilla Forest at the Bronx Zoo; Opinion of Tom Whitlock of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs on collaborating with the architect for the establishment of the Tiger Lair exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo.

Focuses on the efforts of landscape restorationist Ron Bowen in reclaiming the native landscapes of Minnesota. Information on Prairie Restorations Inc. owned by Bowen; Relevance of the restored prairies to landscape architects; Objectives of Bowen in restoring the ecology and design potential of prairies. INSET: Working with a Restoration Ecologist.

Focuses on the transformation of the backyard of a residence in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Concept applied by architect and garden designer Sarah Nettleton on designing the backyard; Construction of the landscape architecture; Description of the garden.

Profiles U.S. landscape photographer Lynn Geesaman. Career background; Information on several landscape photographs taken by Geesaman; Techniques used in photography.

Discusses the factors that influenced the renovation of several pedestrian malls in the U.S. Background on the urban design of the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa and State Street in Wisconsin; Involvement of BRW, a Minnesota-based planning and landscape firm, in the renovation of the Pedestrian Mall; Reasons behind difficulties in maintaining college town malls established during the 1960s and 1970s. INSET: Lessons for Updating Pedestrian Malls.

Discusses information on the Carr's Hill Arts Precinct master plan of the University of Virginia (UVA). Influence of UVA on the design of colleges in the U.S.; Description of the Carr's Hill area; Divisions of Carr's Hill based on the plan designed by Olin Partnerhip; Bridge designed by Ayers Saint Gross and engineered by Amman and Whitney to connect the campuses.

The article focuses on the use of cul-de-sacs in the landscape design and housing development of the Mayo estate in Rochester, Minnesota. Several owners whose properties lie in the outlying fields of Mayowood has contracted a local engineering firm to plot a housing development. The plan developed by the engineers was reviewed by Shane Coen of Coen + Partners, and was asked by the Mayos to modify it without changing the setbacks, delineation for lots or the roads and right-of-ways.

The article describes the landscape architectural design of the Peck Farm Park, a multi-use park located in Geneva, Illinois. The 378-acre park was part of a farm property owned by Eli and Jerusha Peck in 1844. The park, planned by the Kestrel Design Group with assistance from the Geneva Park District, offers a butterfly pavilion and sports field to visitors.

The article discusses the cultural landscape, which was first defined by geographer Carl Sauer, who distinguished the natural landscape as a medium for the certain transformations of human settlement. Accordingly, such a landscape is Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on North Manitou Island, Michigan, which had a natural environment of soils, climate, water and dunes that captivated tourism, commercial fishing, and fruit growing.

The article focuses on the landscape architectural projects at the Chicago Botanical Gardens (CBG) in Illinois that showcase new possibilities for ponds and shorelines in American gardens. The landscape of Evening Island was designed by Oehme, van Sweden & Associates (OvS), while Spider Island was designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Evening Island has scaled-down mountains, meadows and forests. It notes that the CBG site is ideal for interpreting wetlands lost to agriculture and development.

The article features the Mill Ruins Park located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It recalls that the area used to be a flour mill industrial marvel back between 1880 and 1930 yet was demolished to concentrate on the shipping industry. It notes that the excavation project for the milling site in order to develop the park was viewed by the locals as impossible. At completion in 2001, the park features walkways connecting it to the Stone Arch Bridge. It discusses the processes that the park underwent.

The article features the Mississippi River Greenway Strategic Plan which serves as a model for open-space planning in growing metropolitan areas. Bruce Chamberlain, of Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. (HKGi) developed the plan for the city of Hastings, a river town with 18,000 population just south of Minneapolis-St. Paul area. HKGi has partnered with Friends of the Mississippi to work out on their landowner outreach, implementation and public policy.

The article focuses on the renovation of the Skyline Parkway in Duluth, Minnesota. The design challenge is to find areas where the road can be made safer for bikers and other recreational users while preserving its character. The original Skyline, constructed between 1890 and 1940, stretched along a former elevated shoreline of Lake Superior called the Glacial Beach. Landscape historian Patrick Nunnally stresses the need to determine character-defining features, including the stone materials, to protect the historic integrity of Skyline.

The article features the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. It describes the architectural and landscape design of the university. It stresses the historic significance of the university for landscape architects and planners in the U.S. It states that landscape architecture and campus planning are key tools for effective teaching, recruitment and socialization at the university.

The article offers a look at the urban design of San Jose, California. It cites the collections of technology parks, freeways, sprawling suburbs, public gardens, hiking trails and drives in the city. It describes some of the historic sites in the city including the valley and grave sites of the Ohlone Tribe who populated much of the valley one thousand years ago. It also looks at some of the urban design, transit and floodplain projects in the city.

This article focuses on the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project in Cleveland, Ohio which entails the use of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). BRT is an efficient commuter bus line which will be significant for landscape architects. Several advantages of BRT include the bus line's ability to revitalize and reconnect the neighborhoods along its path. The proposed Euclid Corridor Vehicle is a diesel-electric hybrid bus which uses a low-sulfur diesel motor to power smaller electrical engines mounted near the wheels of the vehicle.