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Hood, California, is a farming town of 200 souls, crammed up against a levee that protects it from the Sacramento River. The eastern approach from I-5 and the Sacramento suburb of Elk Grove is bucolic. Cows graze. An abandoned railroad track sits atop...

Author and activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) believed in the future of cities and in common sense solutions to urban challenges. This year, in conjunction with the presentation of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Medal, the Municipal...

Cities, noted René Descartes, should provide “an inventory of the possible,” a transformative experience—and a better life—for those who migrate to them. This was certainly true of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, about which the French philosopher was...

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced its 2014 Honor recipients. The recipients were selected by ASLA’s Board of Trustees and represent the highest awards ASLA presents each year. The honors will be presented at the President...

FLOOD PLAIN WALL, Carson City, NV, 2014. INTRODUCTION AS SCIENCE INFORMS THE WORKS of more and more artists, the commonalities between scientists and artists are becoming better understood. A familiar theme shared by many in both professions is a large...