Projects
Over 55 books, chapters, & articles in national publications
"Nature/Culture/Words/Landscapes" Linguistic history of terms “nature” & “culture.” Landscape Jnl, (in press) "Inner-City Nature" Los Angeles park challenges stereotypes about nature and the poor. Ldscp Arch, (in press) "A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos” book review, Landscape Architecture, September 2001 "Landscape & Sustainability" book review, Landscape Architecture, August 2001 "Renewing Zion" National Park & gateway community reinterpret “sustainable.” Landscape Arch, Nov 2001 "Restoring Nature: Perspectives from the Social Sciences" book review. Landscape Architecture, July 2001 Sustainable Landscape
Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors "Sustainability Disdained" AZ sustainable design standards rejected by public. Landscape Arch, Sept 2001 "Desert Meets Desert" and "Cultured Nature" Zoo design, Phoenix & Portland. Landscape Arch, May, July 2000 "Santa Fe Fake: Reconsidering the Meaning of Vernacular-based Architecture" Proceedings, American Collegiate Schools of Architecture SW Region conference, 1997 "The Magical Realist Landscape" 1991, Univ. of Minnesota School of Architecture (invited paper, presented at The Avant-garde & The Landscape conference, 1989 and published in proceedings) To Heal Kent State 1990, Worldview Press, Philadelphia. Based on design journals from memorial competition. Design process as a response to tragedy and controversy. Favorably reviewed by Small Press Book Review, West Coast Review of Books, etc, and selected for inclusion in the ASLA's "L.A. Book Review." Sustainable Building Technical Manual, Chapter 7, "Site Materials & Equipment” Public Technology Inc, US Green Building Council, and US Dept. of Energy 1996 "Habitat for Botany" Landscape Architecture, Jan. 1994 (Review of Albuquerque's new interpretive "Bio-Park") "Approaching St. Anthony Falls" 1990, Report/proposal to Minnesota Historical Society. "Landscape as History in Roxbury" 1989, Illustrated report to Massachusetts Dept. of Envir. Mgmt. "How Landscape Shaped Girard Piers' History" 1988, Research for Radnor Corp., Philadelphia, PA. "Born-again Flamingos on Prime Time" Oct. 8, 1986, Philadelphia. 'After Dark.' Art criticism, Phila weekly. Land-use Suitability Analysis on the Intergraph Computer. 1985, Training manual, U. Penn Dept L.A.. "Zen Gardens," 1985, in Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Handbook of Japanese Gardening. Technical columns have covered stormwater/waste-treatment wetlands; greenwalls; traditional path surfacings; outdoor interpretive signage systems; fiberoptic & low-voltage lighting; solar power for landscape use; adobe & earth-building in historic and modern landscapes; GPS (global positioning); etc.
“Relocating History: The Landscapes of Living History Museums” UNM, date pending, 2002 "Meaning, Beauty & Sustainability in the Built Environment " First
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SmithGroup/JRR Lecture "Sustainable Landscape Construction for Public Lands Managers" Invited presentation, US Dept. of Interior Environment Conference, May 2001; repeat invitation, DOI conference April 2002 "Landscapes and Linguistics: If design really were a language" Keynote address for March 1995 conference "The Language of Landscape Architecture" Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand. "Sentido y Lugar: Interpretacion de Paisajes" April 1994, and 2nd invitation May 1998. Univ. de Guadalajara, Mexico, Facultad de Arquitectura. Condensed 3-week Spanish version of UNM seminar Meaning & Place. "Zen Mind in the Garden" November 1990, Invited keynote speaker for "The Japanese Garden in America" 3-day seminar, Boston, NYC, and Washington, D.C.; sponsored by NY Botanic Gardens.
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