
Arts - Architecture - Landscape


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Landscape Information Hub
- Articles, links and discussion for UK landscape architects, garden designers, planners, lecturers, and university students. Hosted by the University of Greenwich.
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Landscape Institute
- The UK national organisation for landscape professionals concerned with enhancing and conserving the environment.
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Principles of Landscape Design
- Dewayne L. Ingram's illustrated introduction is Circular 536, University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
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Landscape Architecture in Austria
- Information and links on landscape planning, GIS, and related topics. Site resources in German are more extensive than those in English.
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Cart Cemetery
- A sculpture park in Chile using old farm-carts as the theme. Artist Ricardo Vivar Lepe explains the concept and methods.
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E-Lan: European Landscape Architecture Network
- Informal network for landscape architecture professionals, educators students/graduates.
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Landscape Library
- A directory of internet resources for landscape architecture and design, planning, and environmental studies.
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Europe Green Heritage
- Professionnal: associations, virtual galleries, on-line information about gardens and landscape.
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The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes
- Advice from Lotf on landscape design. Includes landscape construction techniques, examples of features, guides to plants, weeds and beneficial insects, and a climate zone map of North America.
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MAP21
- An educational website on sustainable urban environmental issues, with case studies and tutorials.
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The American Society of Landscape Architects
- A national professional society that represents the landscape architecture profession. Searchable listing of firms, news, information on events and education, bookstore, magazine.
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American Society of Landscape Architects - San Diego Chapter
- Offering an events calendar, chapter news, links to local firms, and project profiles.
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Landscape Architecture
- Directory of related web-sites provided by the Department of Landscape Architecture University of Oklahoma.
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James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments
- Design and research projects re the problems spawned by un-sustainable urban growth, from the University of British Columbia.
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Institute of Landscape Architects, Malaysia
- Information on Landscape Architecture in Malaysia: planning, design, implementation and management.
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Enlibra Guide Index
- A web guide to environmental resources.
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Landscape Architecture
- Important quotes from leading landscape architects, and directions for the future.
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Landscape Direct
- Directory of products and services for the landscape architect and the general public. Index broken down into categories and subcategories covering all areas of the landscaping industry.
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Association of Professional Landscape Designers
- Advancing landscape design as an independent profession and promoting the recognition of landscape designers.
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Landscape Architecture in Yorkshire
- The Yorkshire Branch of the Landscape Institute keeps members informed of news and events and promotes the profession in the region.
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Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- The local chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects that represents the landscape architecture profession.
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Big Stones
- Rob Roy describes modern megalithic creations and the people who are building stone circles today around the world.
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European Landscape Architecture News
- French and English language information on landscape architecture and related issues. Includes listings of events and calls for tender.
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Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)
- A non-profit international association whose members are the 46 states and two Canadian provinces that license landscape architects.
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East Anglian Branch of the Landscape Institute
- Provides information on landscape architecture in East Anglia, landscape related activities and articles, EABLI events.
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North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- Gives information of its activities, including conferences, news, awards and opinion.
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European American Institute of International Education
- Working with the European Landscape Education Exchange, the center is making its grounds into an outdoor learning and living laboratory for design, preservation and horticulture.
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Harvard Graduate School of Design - Department of Landscape Architecture
- Information on degrees, courses staff and work.
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Cal Poly Pomona Department of Landscape Architecture
- Offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to professional degrees in landscape architecture.
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Department of Geography, Michigan State University
- Offers professional courses in landscape architecture .
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University of Wageningen - Laboratory for Spatial Analysis
- Groups of landscape architecture, land use planning and socio-spatial analysis of recreation and tourism.
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European Landscape Architecture Students Association
- Describes its constitution, and gives national contacts, and information on events including its annual conference.
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University of Hannover Landscape Architecture Faculty
- Information in English, French and German.
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Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
- Is composed of virtually all of the programs of landscape architecture in the United States and Canada. Officers, member institutions, faculty directory, conference, publications.
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ETH Zurich - Chair of Landscape Architecture
- Current issues, teaching, and research.
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MAP21
- An educational website on sustainable urban environmental issues, with case studies and links.
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Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
- Information on the Department of Landscape Architecture, its staff and courses.
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Graduate School of Fine Arts
- University of Pennsylvania landscape architecture and regional planning programme.
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Landscape Programmes at the University of Greenwich
- Links to information on education in landscape architecture, design, planning, management and environmental assessment in London, England, UK.
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University of Illinois Department of Landscape Architecture
- Information on BLA, MLA, and PhD programs, courses, and staff.
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Master of Landscape Architecture Program
- International English-conducted two-year Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany. Staff, studios, lectures, campus.
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Istituto Superiore di Architettura e Design
- This design school in Milan, Italy, offers a two-year course in garden design.
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EMLA - European Master of Landscape Architecture
- Masters landscape design course at the Larenstein University of Professional Education, with a strong emphasis on digital and multimedia methods.
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Fachhochschule NĂ¼rtingen: School of Landscape Architecture
- The program emphasizes the development, design and the care of cities and landscapes. Course blends natural sciences, architecture, and social sciences.
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Centre for Landscape Research, University of Toronto
- Introduction to the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, courses, the profession, philosophy, faculty, student life.
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Architectural Association, London
- Offers an MA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Conservation (Landscape and Gardens). Course description and contact information.
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Landscape Design Trust
- Publishers of Landscape Design magazine and the Garden Design Journal.
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Environmental Building News
- Periodical on environmentally responsible design and construction.
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Eagle Point Software - LANDCADD Division
- Landscape design software company
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CS Design
- A software company that develops computer aided design software products for landscape and environmental applications.
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PlantAmerica
- Multimedia tools for horticulture and design
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Pro-Landscape Landscaping Software
- Multilingual landscape design package. Requires AutoCAD R13 or later, and Windows 9x/NT/2000. Free demo download is available.
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Buddy Software Co. Inc.
- Professional landscape estimating software for contractors.
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Garden Graphics
- Providing design and business software for the landscape industry, and offering CAD, quotation, and job-costing modules.
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MetaCreations Products Bryce 4
- Software for designing, rendering and animating natural 3D landscapes.
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Computing software for landscape architecture
- Landscape Information Hub discussion of alternative software.
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Virtual Landscapes
- A paper by Stephen Ervin on the use of computers in landscape design.
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LSI Software Inc.
- Produces fully integrated software for landscape design and estimation applications, with planning and imaging views. Includes downloadable trial copies.
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National Bicycle Greenway
- Cycle America presents the National Bicycle Greenway in action vision statement.
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East Coast Greenway
- A 2,500 mile traffic-free path linking East Coast cities from Maine to Florida.
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Mountains to Sound Greenway
- A National Scenic Byway - a linked network of green spaces, recreational opportunities and historic towns in Washington State.
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Genesee Valley Greenway
- Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway, a multi-use trail.
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Greenway Network
- Working to develop parks and trails in eastern Missouri.
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Town of Southern Pines Recreation and Parks Dept.
- Information on the greenway trail system.
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The Greenway Collaborative, Inc.
- Consulting services in greenway planning and design, non-motorized transportation planning, and digital cartography and geographic information systems (GIS).
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Greenways
- Countryside Agency website with information on UK greenways.
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Landscape and Public Open Space Planning in London
- History, discussion and policies relating to greenways and landscape planning for Britain's capital city.
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The Great Barrington Housatonic River Walk
- Public greenway trail in Massachusetts which has become a national model for other communities.
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Grand Canyon Greenway
- This will provide facilities for bicycle riders and pedestrians and improve the park.
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UK House of Commons Report on Public Parks
- Evidence to the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs committee on public parks.
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Boston Green Spaces
- Emerald revolution? A discussion of Boston's public parks
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Passeio Publico
- A French style park in Rio de Janeiro built in 1783 by Mestre Valentim, the great brazilian colonial esculpturer. The site displays old and recent photos of the garden and landscapes from the XVIII and XIX centuries.
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City of Sydney: Wynyard Park
- Design and restoration of a public park in the City of Sydney.
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Edible Public Park
- The City of Asheville NC, has recently opened the nation's first intentional, edible public park!
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Brownfield Gentrification in Europe
- Criticism of Kathryn Gustafson's design for Amsterdam's Westpark.