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Viewpoint: Martha Schwartz on Urban Planning
Landscape architects need to play a more prominent role in the ongoing discussion about climate, planning, greenhouse gas emissions and the relationship between them, says Martha Schwartz. The U.K.-based American here shares her perspective on the need for planning professionals to deal with public policy along with design details.
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China Faces Foreign Plant Invasion
Woody and aquatic plants from overseas are poised to pour across China as trade ramps up over coming decades, a team of scientists report this month. China has fewer invasive plants than the United States, but the study suggests China will catch up as manufacturing and trade continue for periods comparable to Western nations.
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Functional & Appropriate Site Lighting
Arguably, the wide brimmed, large crowned hats created by John B. Stetson and popularized by frontiersmen such as Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, the Texas Rangers and John Wayne, have become inextricably tied to ''How The West Was Won.'' The hat suited the men and the conditions. The wide brim and high crown protected the cowboy from the sun, inclement weather and low branches.
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Seeing the Light in Grundy, Virginia
Grundy, Virginia, located in the heart of Appalachia, was in dire need of some creative ideas about what to do with a large, unsightly rock wall that was created when a level building site was cut from the side of a mountain. The building site is the location to rebuild a portion of the downtown outside of the flood plain.
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Dark Sky Lighting: Simple but Effective
For 20 years, The International Dark-Sky Association has increased the awareness of light pollution and has sought ways to educate the populace as to its cause and remediation. Dark skies advocates writing about good lighting? How can this be? This is the commonly held misunderstanding, that those who seek dark skies view all lighting as bad.
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The Art of Lighting Design
The field of landscape lighting continues to explode. New light sources, new high quality fixtures and associated equipment keep flooding the market. My goal has always been to 'raise the bar' both in my own work and by helping others. That was the initial reason that I wrote The Landscape Lighting Book - now in its 2nd edition and I am about to start working on the 3rd edition.
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Summer Classics
Our fine outdoor furniture, aspires to create exquisite, timeless furnishings, which offer a fresh level of sophistication and quality to outdoor living. Summer Classics Contract national sales staff is available at any time to perform on-site presentations of our products.
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U.S. Architectural Lighting
Scilux, an elegant series of sharp cut-off luminaires with trim aerodynamic styling, has recently been released by U.S. Architectural Lighting. A Scilux product brochure is available free to industry professionals by calling us or by visiting the website. Scilux is offered in two sizes: Model SCX measures 32'' long x 20'' wide for lamps from 150 to 400 watts. Smaller Model SCXM measures 24'' long x 15'' wide for lamps ranging from 70 to 175 watts. Both Scilux models can be wall or pole mounted (with square or round mountings) and installed as single fixtures or in twin, triple or quad clusters. The streamlined body design reduces EPA values.
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