Landscape Architecture Resource

by Brendan Kempf

This coming Wednesday is the panel discussion at The 21st Century Park and the Contemporary City event being put on in New York City by the Forum for Urban Design. The discussion is to feature James Corner, George Hargreaves, and Michael Van Valkenburgh. From the Forum for Urban Design, "discussions will range from the ways in which innovative and creative designs are redefining the park and city of the 21st century to questions about development strategy, financing, operations and management."

First announced in March, this event has generated so much interest that the event soon had a long waiting list and, in the end, was so overbooked that the Forum for Urban Design had to limit the event to members. While this means I got put on the long waiting list and likely won't be able to go, it is promising that an event centered on landscape architecture can generate so much interest. And in response to all the interest, the FfUD will be putting a podcast of the discussion up on their website. Stay tuned for an update on the discussion and a link to the podcast once it is available.

Links
Forum for Urban Design
Field Operations
Hargreaves Associates
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Brendan Kempf is a contributing writer and student at Connecticut College working towards an Anthropology and Architectural Studies double major