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Gretchen Rabinkin

Boston Society of Landscape Architects

2016 ASLA Professional Award of Excellence, General Design

Underpass Park

Toronto, ON, Canada

PFS Studio with The Planning Partnership

Image: Tom Arban

LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE

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LANDSCAPE

What is

ARCHITECTURE?

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Example Image Credit:

Name of Project

Location

Company/Designer

Image: Name of Photographer

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Example Image Credit:

Name of Project

Location

Company/Designer

Image: Name of Photographer

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Example Image Credit:

Name of Project

Location

Company/Designer

Image: Name of Photographer

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2017 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

Chicago Botanic Garden

Chicago, IL

Mikyoung Kim Design and Jacobs/Ryan Associates

Image: Kate Joyce

Landscape architecture

is the work of designing and planning specific kinds of places outdoors

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Landscape architects solve problems, studying & improving the environment

2016 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Bishan, Singapore

Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl

Image: Lim Shiang Han

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2016 ASLA Professional Honor Award, Residential Design

The Rivermark

Sacramento, CA

Fletcher Studio

Image: Mariko Reed

Landscape architects make communities safer, fun, & more beautiful to live, work, & play

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LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTS

are involved in the

planning and design of…

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2015 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

The Lawn on D

Boston, MA

Sasaki Associates, Inc.

Image: Christian Philips Photography

Places for people to live like cities

and neighborhoods

2013 ASLA Professional Honor Award, Residential Design

Bud Clark Commons

Portland, OR

Mayer/Reed

Image: Bruce Forster

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Places for people to work and study

like offices and schools

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2017 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

SteelStacks Art + Cultural Campus

Bethlehem, PA

WRT

Image: Paul Warchol

Places for people to gather and relax

like city squares and campuses

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Places for people (and pets) to

exercise like parks and playgrounds

2016 ASLA Professional Award of Excellence, General Design

Underpass Park

Toronto, ON, Canada

PFS Studio with The Planning Partnership

Image: Tom Arban

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Places for people to have fun and learn like splash parks and museums

2009 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, CA

SWA Group

Image: Tom Fox

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2017 ASLA Professional Award of Excellence, General Design

Klyde Warren Park

Dallas, TX

OJB Landscape Architecture

Image: Liane Rochelle Photography

COULD YOU BECOME A

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT?

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DO YOU LIKE TO PROBLEM SOLVE?

2016ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Bishan, Singapore

Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl

Image: Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl

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DO YOU LIKE SCIENCE AND MATH?

2015 ASLA Professional Honor Award, Research

Case Study Investigation

Landscape Architecture Foundation

Image: Landscape Architecture Foundation (Chris Martin, CSI 2014)

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ARE YOU CREATIVE?

2014 ASLA Professional Honor Award, Communications

Freehand Drawing and Discovery: Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers

Arlington, TX

James Richards, FASLA

Image: James Richards, FASLA

DO YOU LIKE TO DRAW?

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DO YOU LIKE EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY?

2017 ASLA Professional Honor Award, Research

Digital Library of Landscape Architecture History

Logan, UT

Benjamin George, ASLA

Image: Benjamin George

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DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE FUN

WHILE YOU WORK?

2016 ASLA Professional Award of Excellence, General Design

Underpass Park

Toronto, ON, Canada

PFS Studio with The Planning Partnership

Image: Tom Arban

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Landscape Architecture students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

STUDY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE!

…& from the Boston Architectural College. On a study tour to Medellin, Colombia – and on campus at the BAC in Boston.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS IN MASSACHUSETTS:

  • The Boston Architectural College
  • UMass Amherst
  • Northeastern University
  • Harvard Graduate School of Design

2016 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

Rooftop Haven for Urban Agriculture

Chicago, IL

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects

Image: Scott Shigley

Landscape Architecture students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

The area around (and on top of) the Design Building also serves as an outdoor classroom.

Design of the landscape by STIMSON (Cambridge, MA & Princeton, MA)

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Discover more at:

asla.org/yourpath

2013 ASLA Professional Honor Award, General Design

High Line, Section 2

New York, NY

James Corner Field Operations

Image: Iwan Baan

THANK YOU!

Ask us anything!

gretchen@bslanow.org