August 2009
2 posts
Don’t let that water go down the drain!
Landscape architects serve an important role in the conservation and re-use of water. An l.a. should question how rainwater, groundwater and “waste” water will be managed on every project because water is too valuable to let it go down the drain.
On architectural projects we have found that capturing rainwater from the building roof is imperative so that stormwater runoff rates are not increased...
Landscape architecture and the cultural landscape
The United States Department of the Interior defines a cultural landscape as: “a geographic area (including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein), associated with a historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic value.”[1] The cultural landscape should extend beyond this; it is the arena in which the actions of human life...
