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CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Land8 Social Media Awards in Landscape Architecture! FIRMS EDSA TBG Partners... Cadence NAK Design Strategies dwg. Arterial HochC Landschaftsarchitekten Clark Condon Asakura Robinson Damon Farber INDIVIDUALS Land.Space Architecture Pangeaexpress Nahal Sohbati Marcelo Marttins Arquitetura Paisagística Matt Sickle (MonumentBlog) Magdalena Aravena Conor O’Shea Giovanni Caputo Studio S Architektura Krajobrazu Kimberly Ferrara ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS Landscape First American Society of Landscape Architects New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects - NJASLA Michigan Chapter ASLA WxLA Seen CalPoly Pomona Landscape Architecture Landscape Forms Earthscape Play Anova Furnishings

2 more days to apply for the 3rd Annual Land8 Social Media Awards in Landscape Architecture! Visit here to self-nominate: https://land8.com/land8-social-media-awards-in-landscape-ar

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Self-Nominations are now open to recognize the top social media accounts in Landscape Architecture!

"While many firms were forced to pull the plug on internships altogether, the challenging circumstances fueled our drive to find a way to provide a meaningful internship experience." -- TBG Partners

"Built environment professionals have an opportunity to influence not only the physical environment but also the societies that use the spaces we create. Much has been written in recent popular media regarding social segregation of play spaces in developments... In this article, we look at what landscape architects and architects can do to increase social integration through play provision."

Register for the @asla_virginia virtual Annual Conference this week! Land8 will be hosting the virtual trade show. Go to vaasla.org for more details. Over 10 PDH's available! Attend from anywhere.

During her presentation at the #Land8x8 Lightning Talks, Falon Mihalic of Falon Land Studio LLC shared examples of her firm’s built and speculative work to walk the audience through the why and how of feeling the weather. Land8x8 is presented by Anova Furnishings

PART 2 of the LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium is now posted... "This year’s annual LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium showcased leading-edge thinking in landscape architecture to address a breadth of pressing issues... The symposium is a celebration of the fellows’ journey to develop their leadership capacity and work on ideas that have the potential to create positive and profound change in the profession, the environment, and humanity."

"The COVID-19 public health and economic crisis has allowed, and in some instance forced, cities to experiment with the use of streets for temporary accommodation of recreation, events, dining, protest, school, and as spaces for the public to enjoy time outdoors... We suggest we can learn from both history and these recent experiments in street uses so that these temporary experiments can become more permanent and high-quality long-term solutions."

Recognizing the Landscape of Sex Work in India is a project that focuses on a design strategy to uplift the social living conditions of the people living in red-light districts. In countries like India, the stigma associated with this profession is prolific. The negative effects of stigmatization not only extend to the lives of the people associated with the sex industry but also affect the place they occupy.

"Todd McCurdy, FASLA is a vice-president and director of landscape architecture and planning at the Orlando office of Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Although designers at HZ use other software tools as well, Todd’s department is firmly rooted in Vectorworks Landmark. Its ability to clearly show intricate spatial relationships affecting the firm’s other disciplines has even convinced some of the architects to switch to Vectorworks."

"This year’s annual LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium showcased leading-edge thinking in landscape architecture to address a breadth of pressing issues... The symposium is a celebration of the fellows’ journey to develop their leadership capacity and work on ideas that have the potential to create positive and profound change in the profession, the environment, and humanity."

"As landscape architects tasked with protecting the health, safety, and welfare of communities we serve, we need to be able to advise our clients on how to manage vacant land in an equitable way that respects the desires of communities most impacted by it."

During her presentation at the #Land8x8 Lightning Talks, Jennifer Orr of Studio Balcones discussed the importance of designing wild landscapes in the public realm to help restore ecological diversity in urban settings. Land8x8 is presented by Anova Furnishings

"Gathered from my daily practice and mindfulness techniques learned from the monastery, I have collated the following minimalistic approaches to guide you to connect with nature..."

Studies have shown that people with high exposure to green spaces yield significant physical and mental health benefits. Cynthia Dehlavi of OJB Landscape Architecture shared how landscape architects can use design to influence human habits and increase people’s daily exposure to green space. Land8x8 is presented by Anova Furnishings

"Contemporary planting strategies didn’t suddenly emerge over the past 70 years. Instead, they reflect management practices and aesthetic concerns that have engaged practitioners for generations."