Urban Heat Island Effect: Causes and Solutions
The Urban Heat Island Effect and How to Fix it It isn't your imagination, cities are on average hotter than rural areas. The reason for this...
18 March, 2020
What does it mean to be LEED Certified?
Whether you are designing a new park or a massive new office project, consider LEED certification in the planning stages of your next project....
28 February, 2020
Landscaping a Slope
How to Stop Wash Outs and Expensive Maintenance It is rare for a landscape architect to be given a perfectly flat canvas to work with and...
28 October, 2019
Urban Planning for Healthy Cities
Urban Planning for Healthy Cities Cities are often viewed as unhealthy and unwelcoming places. Many of the most famous works of English language literature are based...
26 August, 2019
Sponge Cities
Sponge Cities: Revolutionizing Surface Water Management in Urban Environments The world is a rapidly urbanising place. Since 1950, the number of people living in cities has...
19 August, 2019
Sustainable Landscaping
Explaining Sustainable Landscaping The buzz word of the moment is sustainability, but what does this really mean and how does it relate to the business of...
22 July, 2019