Landscape Lighting, Novelty Or Investment?

20

Aug

Landscape Lighting, Novelty or Investment?

How do you perceive landscape lighting? Is it a low value, off-the-shelf DIY novelty? Or is it an elegant and thoughtfully planned investment into something more satisfying?

Read More
14

May

Color Control Technology Used In Landscape Lighting

As landscape architecture and lighting seasons emerge here in the northeast, we see the newest tech trends making their way into our hardscape and landscape designs. As mobile phones...

Read More
25

Sep

Why Hire a Pro Landscape Lighting Designer?

When planning an outdoor landscape lighting project there’s a great deal of online information to sort through. Planners should consider current technologies, overall site aesthetics and things like recent...

Read More
16

Aug

The Emotional Impact of Color in Landscape Lighting

In both natural and man-made environments, color has a proven psychological and profound impact on us. Color can both soothe or excite and energize or relax us as well....

Read More
11

Sep

Too Much Light? Landscape Lighting Overdone

When evaluating clients’ homes and businesses for prospective landscape lighting projects, it’s not uncommon to have to address the overt brightness of existing architectural lighting fixtures. Landscape lighting is...

Read More

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The Best Gifts for Landscape Architects and...
Holiday gifts selected by designers for designers (and the design curious). By LAM’s Editorial Advisory Committee Landscape architects, garden designers, native plant and pollinator promoters, art and design students—some people are […]
Ping Design Brings Extraordinary Moments to the...
The “Little Project” at the Minnesota home of the firm’s founder creates experiences that exceed a small footprint. By Lauren Mandel, ASLA Voluminous hydrangeas bow gracefully over a pair of black chairs, barely grazing a stack of […]
How New Solar Lights Reduce Cities’ Need for...
In L.A., recent innovations bolster the case for replacing hardwired streetlights. Sustainability isn’t the only reason. By Lauren Mandel, ASLA Integrating solar power into the infrastructure of communities is a necessary step toward […]
“A Thousand Percent Worth It”: A Cooperative...
EnviroCollab is a case study of how landscape architecture firms may be warming to the worker-owner model. By Jane Margolies Landscape architecture firms have been embracing alternative business models of late, fueled by young designers […]
Amid Tbilisi’s suburban sprawl, Betania Forest...
Ruderal’s landscape on the outskirts of the Georgian capital celebrates imprecision and a biodiverse forest palette. By Jessica Bridger “We knew the only way we were going to get precision was in the poetry,” says Sarah Cowles, […]