New Book Features Case Studies from 3-Year Collaboration with ILASLA
The Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ILASLA) recently released Landscape Architecture Performs, a sleek book featuring 19 case studies from LAF’s Landscape Performance Series.
The book is the result of a 3-year partnership between LAF and ILASLA to develop case studies of high-performing landscapes designed by Illinois-based firms. The case studies were produced through LAF’s Case Study Investigation (CSI) program, which matches faculty-student research teams with practitioners to quantify the environmental, economic and social benefits of built projects.
Featured projects were designed by AECOM, Conservation Design Forum, Hitchcock Design Group, Hoerr Schaudt, Jacobs/Ryan Associates, Living Habitats, site design group, SmithGroupJJR, and Terry Guen Design Associates. The book was edited by ILASLA’s Carrie Woleben-Meade and designed by a5 Branding and Digital. From 2013 to 2015, the Chicago-based Driehaus Foundation provided funding to support CSI research teams from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop case studies. Additional support for the book was provided by Unilock, the Kresge Foundation, Landtech Design, and Maglin Site Furniture.
LAF enjoyed being part of this collaboration, and we sincerely thank all of the ILASLA members and CSI participants who devoted their time and energy to make the case studies and book a reality. We would especially like to thank Terry Ryan, former chair of the ILASLA Marketing Committee and the late Deb Mitchell of SmithGroupJJR, who conceived the book and partnership.
The case studies and book serve as a valuable tool in ILASLA’s advocacy efforts with local leaders and the state licensing board to show the value of well-designed parks, open spaces, and other sustainable landscapes.
The Landscape Architecture Performs book is for sale through ILASLA for $20 plus $5 shipping and handling. For more information, contact: info [at] il-asla.org (info[at]il-asla[dot]org)
To see a collection of the online case studies follow the link below, or browse the entire LandscapePerformance.org library:
https://LandscapePerformance.org/collections/making-the-case-in-chicagoland
