( TNS) - A curbside garden filled with native plants that attract and feed bees and butterflies. Roofs covered with plants that slow the flow of water. Barrels and tanks that collect the rain pouring ...

The Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has become the first building to obtain the world's four highest sustainable ...

Burlington, Vt. — As I’ve stated on this blog a few times, I’m an avid vegetable gardener. So the new James M. Jeffords Hall, at the University of Vermont, is a building after my heart, mainly because ...

The Center for Sustainable Landscapes on the campus of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland is one of a kind. It is the first facility in the world to meet four of the world’s highest ...

Phipps’ Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) has reached a historical level of sustainability by achieving each of the highly regarded green certifications possible for any building. The CSL has ...

Demand for office and housing space in ever diminishing land space has led to taller and taller buildings reaching for the skies in cities around the world. This shortage of land in many cities has ...

For Mia Lehrer being a landscape urbanist has always transcended the textbook definition of the craft. Through her firm, Studio-MLA, Lehrer has worked on projects with Dodger Stadium and efforts ...

LID includes about 10 landscaping and design features that let more water infiltrate the ground on site. Most involve plants, usually native ones, set in well-drained soil or gravel designed to catch ...