Landscape architects have been “Green Since 1899,” but now we have the Internet to show everyone just how green you are. ASLA has expanded a new online tool designed to educate the general public, government officials, clients, and the media about the work of landscape architects and the social, economic and environmental benefits of sustainable design. Called “Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes,” this interactive learning tool uses 20 case studies that include image slide shows, descriptions, project facts, and downloadable one-page briefs to help answer the question, “What do landscape architects do?”

The site reflects more than a year’s work of research and writing, partially supported with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Explore the case studies below, check out all the resources at www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes, and use these examples to help tell the profession’s story.

The High Line Park (New York City)

http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/highline.html

Nueva School (Hillsborough, California)

http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/nuevaschool.html

The Red Ribbon, Tang He River Park (Qinghuangdao City, Hebei Province, China)

http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/redribbon.html

Underwood Sonoran Family Landscape Laboratory (Tucson, Arizona)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/sonoran.html

Washington Mutual Center Green Roof (Seattle)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/greenroof.html

Kresge Foundation Headquartesrs (Troy, Michigan)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/kresge.html

The Crack Garden (San Francisco)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/crackgarden.html

HtO Park (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/hto.html

Viet Village Urban Farm (New Orleans)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/vietvillage.html

Transformative Water (Pitkin County, Colorado)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/transwater.html

Mount Tabor Middle School Rain Garden (Portland, Oregon)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/raingarden.html

Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) Master Plan (Philadelphia)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/trid.html

From Brownfield to Greenfield (Wellesley, Massachusetts)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/brownfield.html

Bryant Park (New York City)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/brownfield.html

Greensburg Sustainable Master Plan (Greensburg, Kansas)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/greensburg.html

Rooftop Haven for Urban Agriculture (Chicago)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/rooftophaven.html

NE Siskiyou Green Street (Portland, Oregon)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/greenstreet.html

Pacific Cannery Lofts (Oakland, California)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/cannerylofts.html

High Point (Seattle)
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/highpoint.html

Park 20/20: A Cradle to Cradle-inspired Master Plan
http://www.asla.org/sustainablelandscapes/cradletocradle.html.

More information:

Terence Poltrack

Director, Public Relations and Communications

American Society of Landscape Architects

636 Eye St., NW

Washington, DC 20001

202.216.7852

tpoltrack@asla.org

www.asla.org

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