Web resources for Landscape Architecture
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)Founded in 1899, ASLA is the professional association for landscape architects in the United States. Visit the Case Studies on Sustainable Landscapes.
- The Cultural Landscape FoundationA non-profit established in 1998, TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards. Explore the What's Out There database, search by landscape name, locale, designer, type and style.
- Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)Through thought leadership, signature programs, and strategic initiatives, LAF provides resources, knowledge sharing, and inspiration to help landscape architects make their vital contribution.
- Landscape Institute (LI)The LI provides a professional home for all landscape practitioners including landscape scientists, landscape planners, landscape architects, landscape managers and urban designers. Check out the case studies library, a collection of contemporary landscape projects ranging from global-scale projects like Olympic parks through to neighborhood schemes.
- Landscape Performance Series | LAFThe Landscape Performance Series Case Study Briefs are a searchable database of over 180 exemplary built projects with quantified environmental, economic and social benefits. The Case Study Briefs are produced by the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF), working in conjunction with designers and/or academic research teams to assess performance and document each project.
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)ULI is the oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts in the world. A few research reports are freely available. Also publishes Urban Land Magazine.
- Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM)LAM, the monthly magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), is a benefit of ASLA membership, and is available in both print and digital formats by subscription.
- Scenario JournalScenario Journal is an online publication focused on the next generation of urban landscapes in 7 issues from 2011 to 2019. It brings together work from practitioners, academics and students of landscape, planning, architecture, art, engineering, and environmental science.
- LandezineInternationally renowned landscape architecture website showcasing landscape architecture projects made by landscape architects and architects from around the globe
- Land8: Landscape Architects NetworkLand8 is an open and free resource that does not create its own opinion, but rather provides the platform for landscape architects to share their own views and show what is important to them.
- World Landscape Architecture (WLA)A landscape architecture industry website founded by Damian Holmes in 2007, to publicize the work of landscape architects and to provide the landscape architecture industry and students with the ability to promote their work whether it be design, policy, or research
Images or Videos Collections
- GoogleSearching Google, Google Images and Google Scholar will yield some excellent resources on gardens, landscapes, and designers. Most of the gardens you are studying have websites which include history, images, plans, etc.
- Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD)CHAD Collection includes: Architectural drawings; Photographs; Maps; Property files; In-house publications; Primary and secondary research materials; Architectural study collection (fragments and building material supplies)
- Artstor Digital Library This link opens in a new windowA complete image resource in a wide array of subjects. Provides straightforward access to curated images from reliable sources that have been rights-cleared for use in education and research
- Art and Architecture in VideoDocumentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms
Three selections from Art and Architecture in Video (search by title to access video)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Producer). (2013). Lost Paradise: The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx. [Video/DVD] BBC Worldwide. - A profile of Roberto Burle Marx, a landscape artist. He uses local South American plants in his designs and layouts.
- American Institute of Architects (Producer). (1993). Land Resources and the Urban Ecology, Part 1. [Video/DVD] American Institute of Architects. - This video is about environmental aspects of architecture, environmental protection, and human ecology.
- Insight Media (Producer), & . (1993). Land Resources and the Urban Ecology, Part 2. [Video/DVD] American Institute of Architects. - This video is about the environmental aspects of architecture, city planning, and energy conservation in buildings.
- Delaware Postcard Collection (on ARTstor)The collection comprises over two thousand postcards of Delaware and nearby areas.
- Willard Stewart: WPA & HABS Photographs of Delaware (on ARTstor)The Willard Stewart WPA and HABS Photographs of Delaware Collection contains 246 photographs of landscapes and buildings in Delaware taken by the prominent Wilmington, Delaware photographer, Willard S. Stewart (1915-2003).
- Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD)Documentation of historic structures--more than 3,000 buildings and landscapes from the industrial complexes of Wilmington to the agricultural buildings and landscapes of southern Delaware and elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic region
- SOVA - Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA) - Explore archival collections of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs and more. The Archives of American Gardens include many Delaware gardens.
- SIRIS Image GalleryPhotographic images and records that document historic and contemporary gardens throughout the United States.
- HALS: Heritage Documentation Programs--HABS, HAER, HALS, CRGIS--of the National Park ServicePhotographic images and records that document historic and contemporary gardens throughout the United States.
- Landscapes & Areas | English HeritageThe British equivalent of the U.S.'s HALS program.