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GIS Skills Wanted

A version of this article originally appeared in the March 2012 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine.Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are vital tools for large-scale land planning, but some landscape architecture programs don't require any training in...

Interview with Esri's Jack Dangermond: Landscape Architecture and GIS history

As the president and founder of Esri, the world’s technical and market-leading producer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Jack Dangermond has guided that company’s growth from its founding as a research group in...

Interview with Daniel Tal, author of "Google SketchUp for Site Design"

In 2007, author and registered landscape architect Daniel Tal published his first book, "Google SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture," which has become a key reference point for site designers using...

ASLA announces calls for entries

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently released two call for entries. One is for presentations for the 2012 Annual Meeting and EXPO, which will be held in Phoenix, Ariz from Sept. 28 - Oct. 1. The other is...

"Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape" book review

Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) is one of the more compelling figures in the history of landscape architecture. A Brazilian by birth, he gained exposure to modernism as a youth on a trip to Europe, and went on to not...

Domestic golf course designers find opportunities, challenges in China

Golf course design, once a growth industry in the United States, has dwindled in recent years. After a boom in domestic golf course construction in the 1990s, new golf course starts slowed in the first part of the 21st century...

April is National Landscape Architecture month

What exactly is landscape architecture, and what exactly is it that landscape architects do? Each year, National Landscape Architecture Month (NLAM) is celebrated in April, giving the pulic a great opportunity to learn more about the profession, and...

(Re)discovering DRAW

A couple of years ago at an Adobe Creative Suite seminar, the instructor made a comment that has stuck in my head ever since. In essence, he said that Adobe software was so elaborate that there was no single person...

GIS Skills Wanted

Interview with Esri's Jack Dangermond: Landscape Architecture and GIS history

Interview with Daniel Tal, author of "Google SketchUp for Site Design"

ASLA announces calls for entries

"Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernity of Landscape" book review

Domestic golf course designers find opportunities, challenges in China

April is National Landscape Architecture month

(Re)discovering DRAW

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