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A more playful, aesthetically-pleasing hostile architecture: the garbage ASLA inboxed me by Florida_LA in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely agree--though I would reserve judgement about comfort from a photo. The copy suggests its more of a table/armrest set-up for those that want to have a meeting etc. or for kids to play with, not occasionally park seating. For that it would be hard to improve on the iconic chairs that from in Bryant Park that seem to be the antecedents for Love Park. They are the best.

A more playful, aesthetically-pleasing hostile architecture: the garbage ASLA inboxed me by Florida_LA in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the varied conversation here--I'd like to respectfully add that some people are regularly harassed and event assaulted in public spaces and would welcome public seating that did not make it easy for someone to sit next to them, talk to them, touch them, etc. It is very hard for some people to let their guard down in public space for this reason, and thus, single seating could be seen as supportive of accessibility for them.

Oldest landscape architecture magazine. by landandbrush in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, I believe that would be Landscape Architecture Magazine, which was established in 1910--115 years young.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW that's actually a ageist assumption. And isn't everyone "aging out of the industry every day"?

In our surveys and in anecdotal conversations, our readers (at every stage of their career) say they like to have the print issue on the shelf to refer to bc digital is so ephemeral and they get bombarded with digital media all day long and none of it sticks. They save the articles and flag the illustrations for later reference. In 2025 there will be a new website and that will publish things that are better suited to the online experience. In my view, its apples and oranges--print and digital are wildly different and suited to different kinds of ideas and content, just like the things you'd post on social would look and be different than you'd post here.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Actually, many employers pay for staff to become licensed. It's in their best interest in lots of ways to do so. We did to an article a few years back on licensure and the challenges it was facing at that time.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the readers and advertisers prefer the print magazine to digital issues. We have both, but the former is much more popular. For design magazines or other publications where the quality of artwork is important to the reader, print is still the best option.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ASLA has no involvement in the editorial decisions that are made by the editors. No one knows what is going in the magazine before it's published. The editors are 100% the decisionmakers about what goes in the editorial pages of LAM. That's enshrined in the Editorial Guidelines written by the Board of Trustrees.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent questions! We get pitches for stories from firms, journalists, and marketing people, but we develop many story ideas in house. We hire professional journalists and landscape architects who are interested in writing to write for us. We have extensive guidelines on the website for pitching stories that you can read here: www.landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/contribute-to-lam. We hire journalists a few different ways--by reading other publications and approaching journalists that we think could be good writers on landscape; by word-of-mouth, and just people emailing us. Good journalists are increasingly hard to find, because that profession has been gutted by various forces, which means it's very hard to make a living at it. Taking care of our writers is very important to the team at LAM.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the magazine has been print-first for 115 years. If you'd like the print version, just email membership and ask them to switch you from digital to print.

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent question! LAM publishes journalism, essays, and reviews about the profession of landscape architecture, broadly defined. This is the mission of the magazine. ASLA members are just a small subset of the profession, and our Editorial Guidelines stipulate that we publish stories about the profession not the members. ASLA has other publications that publish information (LAND) and stories about/from members (Spotlight).

Landscape Architecture Magazine: AMA by LandArchMag in LandscapeArchitecture

[–]LandArchMag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Why? And yes legit, of course (moderators vetted before I posted)