HoutanParkdemonstratesalivingsystemwhereecologicalinfrastructurecanprovidemultipleservicesforsocietyandnatureandnewecologicalwatertreatmentandfloodcontrolmethods.

Over5,000peopleattendedGainingGround,therecentASLAAnnualMeeting&ExpoinBoston.

KongjianYu,puttogetherbyformerHarvardDesignMagazineeditorWilliamSaundersreallyenrichesourunderstandingofalandscapearchitectmanyconsidertobeChina’sFrederickLawOlmsted.

LastyearaboutthistimewewerepagingthroughthesaucyHarvardDesignMagazineissueonpleasure.HeistheprincipaloftheChineselandscapearchitecturefirmTurenscape,anincrediblyprolificgroupthathasgainedwiderecognitionfordesignexcellenceinthelastdecade.

Tomany,KongjianYu,FASLA,istheFrederickLawOlmstedofChina.WinnerofinnumerableASLAprofessionaldesignawards

TheAmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitects(ASLA)announcedthewinnersofthe2012ProfessionalAwards.residentialdesigns,campuses,parksandurbanplanningprojectsfromacrosstheU.S.andaroundtheworld.

LandscapeArchitectshaselevated33memberstotheASLACouncilofFellowsfor2012.FellowshipisamongthehighesthonorstheASLAbestowsonmembers

TheUniversityofWashington’slandscapearchitecturedepartmenthasputtogetherasymposiumthatwillexploretheideaoftheEco-City.

ThismustbeKongjianYu’sbigyear-oroneofthem,anyway.OutofadozenASLA2010ProfessionalAwardsinthegeneralcategory,Yu’sfirm,Turenscape,basedinBeijing,haswonthree.

Built on a brownfield of a former industrial site, Houtan Park is a regenerative living landscape on Shanghai's Huangpu riverfront.