From urban centers to national parks, from regional greenways to neighborhood playgrounds, landscape planning and design is one of the most effective, economical, and valuable methods of holistically addressing such topical issues as clean water, transportation patterns, open space protection, and community planning. In 2008, Landscape Architecture was voted as a member of US News & World Report's Best Careers for 2009 - Landscape Architecture list.
Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation. Typical projects include site design and planning, town and urban planning, regional planning, environmental impact plans, garden design, historic preservation, and parks design and planning. Landscape architects hold undergraduate or graduate degrees and are licensed in 46 of the 50 states.
Always an environmentally conscious profession, today landscape architects are at the forefront of a movement to create livable communities--practical, sustainable, and enjoyable developments that protect the natural world. In increasing numbers, landscape architects are called upon to design large-scale conservation plans, reclaim neglected inner-city brownfields, and restore damaged wetlands and forests. The profession has never been in so much demand. - www.LAprofession.org
Landscape Architecture at the School of Architecture prepares students for research and practice while focusing on the analysis, planning, design, and management of the natural and built environment of tropical and subtropical landscapes. Our goal is to educate individuals who can serve and lead the community in the enhancement of the quality of life through the aesthetic, meaningful, and sustainable design of the physical environment.

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LA ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarship awarded to a Department of Landscape Architecture Student. Sefora Chavarria is the recipient of one of two annual scholarships awarded by the national ASLA Council of Fellows. The $4,000 scholarship is awarded in the fall term each year. In addition to receiving the $4,000 scholarship, each recipient will also receive a one-year student ASLA membership, general registration fees for the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO, and a travel stipend to attend the meeting.

LA MIAMI (April XX, 2010) - The FIU Department of Landscape Architecture ASLA Student Chapter has won the bid to host the prestigious Landscape Architecture Student Conference (LABASH) for 2012.
LABASH was first started in 1970 at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada as a means to bridge the gap between academia and the working profession. LABASH is an opportunity for students to network with future colleagues around the world and exchange ideas. The conference consists of keynote speakers, lecturers, social events, workshops, and design charrettes.
This will be the first time that the event will be held in South Florida.

LA Séfora Chavarria, FIU ASLA student chapter vice president, won first place for a design competition exploring this year’s theme at LABASH 2010 “OutLANDish."

LA Architecture Professor Marilys Nepomechie, and Landscape Architecture Professor and Chair Marta Canaves, are winners of the 2009 American Architecture Award, conferred by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in conjunction with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies/Dublin, Ireland. Juried in Stuttgart, Germany, their project for Smoketown, Kentucky will form part of a traveling exhibition that opens in Athens, Greece in February, 2010.

LA Assistant Professor Roberto Rovira won an Award of Distinction in the recent competition sponsored by the San Francisco Botanical Garden within San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The competition will be featured in the December issue of Competitions Magazine. Professor Rovira led the team that included, Jeff Burris, an architect based in California and Edgar Albandoz (FIU March 2008).