News For TX LAs
PBS Documentary
More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, iconic American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound are in perilous condition and facing new sources of contamination.
With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists note that many new pollutants and toxins from modern everyday life are already being found in the drinking water of millions of people across the country and pose a threat to fish, wildlife and, potentially, human health.
In Poisoned Waters, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith examines the growing hazards to human health and the ecosystem. [MORE]
Texas ASLA members with three local landscape architecture firms are chosen as finalists in this year Dallas Arboretum Storybook playhouse design competition.
DALLAS, TX - To capture the imagination of children and promote the importance of literacy, the Dallas Arboretum announces the Storybook Playhouse exhibition, coming to the gardens on March 7th through December 31, 2009. 14 interactive playhouses based on classic children’s stories were selected by a panel of distinguished jurists, who were chaired by Mrs. Laura Leppert, literacy advocate and the wife of Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert. . The Storybook Playhouse exhibition will help launch the 25th Annual Dallas Blooms; this year appropriately themed ‘A Classic’. [MORE]
The City of Dallas and Urban Re:Vision present Re:Vision DALLAS in partnership with Central Dallas CDC and BC Workshop.
What if everything we knew and believed about design needed to change?
What if we need to change along with it?
It’s a provocative idea, but one Re:Vision has been delving into for the past two years. Our series of competitions have searched for ideas and plans that can redefine urban space in a restorative way. We have focused on the city block because it is a microcosm of systems and relationships, and requires an integration and imagination that transcends beyond a single building.
The challenges—and opportunities—on this scale are incredible.
And we’re looking for visionary thinking to take them on.
Re:Vision Dallas is a chance to propel design beyond the typical, beyond the norm and to lay the foundation for a future of sustainable development we all hope is inevitable. It’s a chance to create a block that does no harm, to people or place. A chance to encourage and value relationships, while fostering respect for nature and our neighbors, privacy and resources, economy and consumption. It’s a chance to change how we live and connect, how we interact and collaborate—how we live in a space throughout our life and the lifecycle of the space.
This is more than something to aspire to. Re:Vision Dallas is real. The land is purchased. The Mayor of Dallas has granted his support. Thousands of hours have been devoted to setting up this competition. We’ve consulted experts like RMI. Led conceptual charettes with industry experts. Brainstormed with local officials on essential issues to consider. This block will happen.
Will you be a part of it?
