When landscape architect, Charles Olmsted, arrived in Seattle a century ago he created a vision for parks and greenways. Like Olmsted, we have a once-in-a-century chance to reconnect our city to the ...

Landscape ecology is the study of the pattern and interaction between ecosystems within a region of interest, and the way the interactions affect ecological processes, especially the unique effects of ...

NEW YORK & NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management ...

Ecological landscaping is an approach that emphasizes an understanding of the environmental consequences of plant choices and management procedures used in creating a landscape, whether it is in a ...

Industry once claimed the waterfront of most cities. Refineries, rail yards and manufacturing facilities that depended on proximity to water transportation were built on the foreground of the ...

Yesterday evening three landscape firms unveiled their ambitious plans to reimagine the Lake Monona waterfront in Madison, Wisconsin. While each vision is unique, what is clear is that lakes and the ...

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy showed that waterfront settlements were not created equal. Entire neighborhoods were wiped off the map in Staten Island and Queens, and some office towers in Lower ...

Sasaki Associates has recently completed the first phase for its landscape design of Tianfu Vanke City, a new 173-hectare community near the Western Chinese city of Chengdu. Located on land that had ...

The first step in becoming an ecological landscaper is to learn to identify the common native species and habitats they are found in. A general definition of native plants for our area is those that ...