Landscape Architecture: Websites—Seattle / WA State Research

The Landscape Architecture Magazine website said of itself in 2021: "Founded in 1910, Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) is the monthly magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It is the magazine of record for the landscape architecture profession in North America, reaching more than 60,000 readers who plan and design projects valued at more than $140 billion each year." It presents selected online stories free of charge, but a subscription to the print or digital versions is required to access all content. The UW Libraries subscribes to LAM.

This site features up-to-date links selected by the American Society of Landscape Architects.org to stories on projects and professionals in landscape architecture.

This broad-based website provides information on key landscape architects and projects as well as stewardship activities. It also advocates for the preservation of important and endangered site of landscape architecture.

As per the LAF.org website: "LAF works to increase the capacity, influence, and impact of landscape architects to create a more sustainable, just, and resilient future." It highlights significant landscape projects and seeks to stimulate future research in the field of landscape design and conservation.

A comprehensive site on landscape architecture, Land8 features timely blog articles and profiles on significant landscape architects and their projects. The site also features community fora, podcasts, job board, professional registration information and event listings.

Landezine features current practitioners and projects in landscape architecture and highlights new products and lists various offices around the world. Its Explore tab breaks projects down thematically, e.g., "Latest in Waterfronts," "Latest in Post-Industrial," and "Latest Places for Children."

Landscape + Urbanism.com presents extended articles on climate change and strategies for the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere. The site has remained unchanged since 2019.

Active 2005 until 2017.

Madame Architect.org features interviews with leading women in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and other design fields. It is focused on architecture.

This blog present stories on how public and private partnerships are preserving important public landscapes.

This readings list was produced for the University of Washington course, LArch 353/553 Modern History of Landscape Architecture, taught by Prof. Maria Taylor.

This proposed readings list was produced for the University of Washington course, LArch 353/553 Modern History of Landscape Architecture, taught by Prof. Maria Taylor.

List of recommended texts in landscape architecture put online by Jarrett Fuller, Director of twenty-six, a multidisciplinary design and editorial studio.

The FLS Library has its own catalog of books in the field of landscape architecture, current up to 2012.

From its website in 2021: "FSOP hosts programs and creates educational materials to expand public knowledge of and appreciation for the extensive Olmsted legacy in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, including Seattle’s parks and boulevards system, the University of Washington campus, the Washington state capitol grounds, and many residential subdivisions and private estates."

This venerable WA State history website has articles on individuals, events, themes and individual buildings and sites.

MOHAI's Sophie Frye Bass LIbrary contains thousands of local photographs and maps, 600 oral histories and many local three-dimensional artifacts.

This SPL Special Collections gateway has links to collections of photographs, maps and atlases, oral histories, local newspapers, postcards and other specialized local collections.

Site to sign-up to use SPL resources.

This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focuses its efforts on partnering with the City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Department on capital campaigns, community park-planning, public space advocacy and manages some general-purpose park endowments.

The Elizabeth Miller Library is located at the University's Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98105.

The CLUI website includes a land use database, the Morgan Cowles Image Archive and access to the CLUI's Lay of the Land Newsletter, 1997-present

This University of Nottingham site on the cultural geography of 19th-century British Arboretums has sections on tree collecting, botanical and scientific arboreta, commercial arboreta, estate arboreta and other topics.

Dumbarton Oaks, administered by Harvard University, serves as an international research center on Byzantine and Pre-Columbian culture and garden and landscape studies

The FLS bibliography contains books only up to 2012.

This biannual journal has themed issues on landscape topics dating back to 2003.

The Portfolio section highlights significant public and private gardens across the United States.

Located in San Marino, CA, the Huntington contains collections of printed books, maps, architectural drawings, manuscripts, photographs, prints and ephemera on a variety of topics.

ICOMOS, located in the Parisian suburb of Charenton-le-Pont, works to preserve historical buildings and sites around the world.

This site includes a list of features often included in Japanese gardens, as well as a glossary of terms and bibliography on the subject.

The web site says of the LI: "The LI’s aim, through the work of its members is to protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment for the public benefit. The LI provides a professional home for all landscape practitioners including landscape scientists, landscape planners, landscape architects, landscape managers and urban designers."

This site provides a list of books published by the Library of American Landscape History.org.

"...Records in the Cartographic and Architectural Section (NWCSC) are over 15 million maps, charts, aerial photographs, architectural drawings, patents, and ships plans."

"The National Archives Catalog contains descriptions for NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area; regional facilities; and Presidential Libraries. The Catalog is a work in progress and currently contains descriptions for 95% of our records, described at the series level."

Information on Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is presented, as well as various themed essays on Olmsted and his historical context and Olmsted-designed parks are included here.

The United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service maintains the NRHP, a list of historically significant buildings, structures and sites across the US.

The David Rumsey Map Collection contains more than 150,000 atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps, dating from 1550 to the present,

This United Nations-affiliated site includes a list and descriptions of all World Heritage Sites as well as pdf files of World Heritage Reports.