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Sustainable Land Development Today Newsletter Land Development Today transcends the disciplinary boundaries of other magazines to offer a comprehensive perspective of the land development industry which has never been available before.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation is the only not-for-profit foundation in America dedicated to increasing the public’s awareness of the importance and irreplaceable legacy of cultural landscapes. Through education, technical assistance, and outreach, the Cultural Landscape Foundation broadens the support and understanding for cultural landscapes nationwide in hopes of saving our priceless heritage for future generations. Designing the Parks Conference.
MoMoMa Calendar 2008
A Celebration of Modernism on Monday in May.
Stormwater Welcome to the Web site for Stormwater, the Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals. If you're looking for information on NPDES Phase II compliance, TMDLs, or any other issues related to surface water quality, look no further! Published 8 times each year. Click for current online issue.
StormCom the North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition
Ecosphere: Envisioning Sustainable Environments
Urban Land Institute - Los Angeles: The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. ULI Los Angeles, a district council of the Urban Land Institute, carries forth that mission as the preeminent real estate forum in Southern California, facilitating the open exchange of ideas, information and experiences among local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers.
Island Press: Island Press was established in 1984 to meet the need for reliable, peer reviewed information to help solve environmental problems. We identify innovative thinkers and emerging trends in the environmental field. We work with world-renowned experts and aspiring authors to develop cross-disciplinary solutions to environmental challenges. Then we make sure this information is communicated effectively to the widest possible audience – via our books, electronic media, and outreach to scientists, policymakers, the news media, and the general public.
The most extensive selection of bridge, drainage, earth stabilization, and stormwater solutions comes from CONTECH, the only true nationwide, single source provider. You benefit from more than 100 years of experience, our national sales force, and industry-leading technical specialists. So you are assured maximum support from specification through installation. Link to latest newsletter
World Architecture News.com The Global Resource for Architecture: A compiliation of articles on a variety of topics including Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, and Master Planning.
A10 provides a concise and up-to-date survey of the latest developments in European architecture, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean Sea.
Volume is an independent quarterly magazine that sets the agenda for design. With going beyond architecture’s definition of ‘making buildings’ it reaches out for global views on designing environments, advocates broader attitudes to social structures, and reclaims the cultural and political significance of architecture. Created as a global idea platform to voice architecture any way, anywhere, anytime, it represents the expansion of architectural territories and the new mandate for design.
BOOKS
Recently the U.S. Access Board issued updated accessibility guidelines for new or altered facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act. The new ADA guidelines completely overhaul the 1991 ADAAG -- and the new ABA guidelines have been thoroughly revised to make them fully consistent with the ADA.
The ADA & ABA Handbook gives you streamlined access to all the information you need. It is an essential reference for architects, contractors, facilities managers and engineers. It will save you countless hours of research time, while ensuring you stay in full compliance with new guidelines for
Features 18 sections, 112 chapters, 104 clear illustrations, and 29 tables. $89.95. Full money-back guarantee if returned within 30 days.
Now from ENR ... a costbook for every contracting trade
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Information on release of PlantMaster 7.0 for the California region (2/22/08)
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UCLA Library Catalog at http://catalog.library.ucla.edu The new, streamlined design offers a number of improvements over the previous basic search screen.
Visit www.landscapeonline.com there are some very interesting articles and announcements that are of special interest to our students. Continue to visit this site to stay current with what is happening in landscape architecture.
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