Winners of the ASLA 2010 Student Awards
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2010 Student Awards.Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 16,000 members in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. The society’s mission is [...]
Inhabitat Exclusive Video: The NYC High Line Park Opens!
The Opening of the HIghline Urban Park
This week the highly anticipated High Line Park in NYC opened to the public for the first time. We were super excited to be on the scene for a sneak peek of the new elevated park, which was built on [...]
World Habitat Awards 2009/10 – Winners announced!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 cycle of the World Habitat Awards:
SELAVIP funding opportunity
SELAVIP is offering grants of up to US$ 60,000 for innovative housing and shelter projects working to meet the needs of low-income households in developing [...]
Bloomberg unveils first sections of Brooklyn Bridge Park greenway
The first sections of the Brooklyn Bridge Park greenway have opened, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today, connecting Old Fulton Street to Pier 2 along the East River with a 2,000-foot bicycle and walk lane. The 30-foot wide greenway, which is being developed in conjunction with the Brooklyn [...]
Book:
Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape. MoMA.
This book presents 23 projects that reveal the surge of creativity and discussion surrounding the designed landscape in a broad, principally urban, international context. In the last 20 years, many significant new public spaces have been created for sites that have been reclaimed [...]
The APLD International Landscape Design Awards recognizes excellence in the field of landscape design. For 2010, the entry process will continue to be electronic and the entry categories have been expanded to allow for recognition of show gardens. APLD also recognizes that sustainability is an increasingly necessary component in all [...]
International Garden Festival – 11th Edition – 2010
Métis-sur-Montréal | Broderie buchée
Philippe Nolet
The grass is greener
Habitation
The 11th edition of the Festival will be held from June 26 to October 3, 2010. Ranked among the leading garden festivals in the world, the International Garden Festival at Les Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens presents temporary [...]
“Designs On Our Future”
Australia’s population is projected to increase by 60 per cent in the next 40 years, what impact will this have on our existing cities?
What impact will the debate over sustainable population for Australia have on our existing cities? The conference will examine how our new cities are [...]
CBEC is an international forum for state-of-the-art research in Biology, Environment and Chemistry. 2010 International Conference on Biology, Environment and Chemistry (ICBEC 2010) will be held in Hong Kong during 28-30 December, 2010.
It is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of [...]
