In San Diego, pollutants are carried by rainfall run-off into storm drains, which discharge directly onto our beaches without treatment. Poor water quality harms the health of natural habitats and humans alike. Even in dry [...]
Landscape architects are playing significant roles in creating play spaces that dramatically improve the problems children are facing: how they are growing up, how they communicate with each other and with adults, how they solve [...]
The San Diego ASLA Stewardship Committee hosted an educational Workshop to discuss Tree Re-Leaf in Urban Settings. This workshop was an in-depth look at urban forestry and its challenges. The workshop was hosted on October [...]
Joe Dodd recently completed a design for the Cedar Fire Historic Garden in Lakeside, and was recognized for his work at the dedication ceremony on October 24. The site is located on a small "leftover" [...]
Six landscape architects from San Diego will be presenters at education sessions at the 2015 Annual Meeting and EXPO at McCormick Place in Chicago, November 6–9. This expo is the largest gathering of landscape architects [...]
Glen Schmidt, FSALA, Schmidt Design Group, discusses the meaning of sustainability and his company's credo in the San Diego Business Journal. The article is spread over three pages in the pdf's below. Page One Page [...]
Marty Poirier of Spurlock Poirier talks about their latest project, Fault Line Park, in San Diego's East Village, where kids can dig, ride scooters and gyrate on wavy poles. Read the full Union Tribune article [...]
Put on annually by the San Diego Architectural Foundation, Orchids & Onions is a longstanding San Diego tradition aimed at educating the public and professionals about the secret to good urban design and development. The [...]
When landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and his business partner Calvert Vaux designed Niagara Falls State Park in 1885, they anticipated a half million visitors a year. Last year the park had 8.5 million visitors [...]
The Building Industry Association (BIA) of San Diego announced the winners of the recent 2015 Icon Awards, which honored the region’s top new communities and building-industry professionals. Best Landscape Design-Multi-Family Residence — Urbana Apartments, H.G. [...]
