Landscape Architecture

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Design Quarterly

Vancouver landscape architects lauded

Projects by Vancouver landscape architects dominated the 2023 CSLA Awards of Excellence.
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Design Quarterly

Don Vaughan receives CSLA Lifetime Award

Vancouver landscape architect Don Vaughan has been honoured with the CSLA Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the profession.
Cornelia Oberlander

Design Quarterly

Cornelia Oberlander passes at age 99

Canadian landscape architecture icon Cornelia Oberlander has died at 99. She was a leader in sustainable design and a pioneer of green roofs.
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Design Quarterly

CSLA honours landscape architecture excellence

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) has announced the recipients of the 2021 Awards of Excellence. 
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Design Quarterly

Canadian landscape professionalism honoured

The 17th Annual National Awards of Landscape Excellence (NALE) recognizes the high level of professionalism in the industry.
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Design Quarterly

CSLA Awards of Excellence winners announced

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) has announced the recipients of the Awards of Excellence with 13 projects receiving a national award.
Connect LA

Design Quarterly

LACF landscape charter scholarship announced

The Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation (LACF) has launched a new scholarship for Masters students of landscape architecture.
Connect LA

Design Quarterly

CSLA College of Fellows to induct new members

The CSLA College of Fellows will welcome nine new members during the CSLA Congress to be held May 7-8, 2019, in Vancouver.
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Design Quarterly

CSLA honours landscape architecture excellence

Canadian landscape architecture excellence was honoured with the CSLA announcing the winners of its 2019 Awards of Excellence.
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Design Quarterly

Power of landscape architecture

Landscape design is frequently overlooked in projects but it is fundamental for creating a sense of place and discerning the spirit of the land.
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Design Quarterly

Oberlander awarded Governor General’s Medal

Oberlander awarded Governor General's Medal
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Design Quarterly

New Canadian Landscape Standard released

The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects have released the Canadian Landscape Standard (CLS) First Edition. Based on the highly
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REMI Network

Rating system launches for green landscapes

U.S.-based Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has launched its new rating system for developing sustainable landscapes.
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Canadian Facility Management & Design

Design team selected for T.O. waterfront park

Aitken Place Park, a new 3,000-square-metre park planned for the Toronto waterfront, will be designed by landscape architecture firms Thomas Balsey Associates and Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. The companies, based out of New York and Toronto respectively, were selected to collaborate on the project by Waterfront Toronto.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Landscape Architecture degree offered in Calgary

As of September 2015, the University of Calgary will offer a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree program through the Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS). The program will be the first of its kind in Canada since 1980 and the only one in Alberta.

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Horticultural practices for green roofs

When designing a green roof, three elements have to be optimized: drainage, growing media and plants.