Soak it Up: Los Angeles, CA
Register Now - Daylong conference on Dec. 5 with international leaders about urban water management challenges and innovative solutions. Mobile workshops, too - Early Bird Rate through Oct. 15.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF)
connects people to places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.
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Oberlander Prize
The biennial Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities.
PLACES: What's Out There
This searchable database raises public awareness of the rich diversity and interconnectedness of our shared landscape heritage.
Check Out the What’s Out There Guide to African American Cultural Landscapes
Discover dozens of sites, their histories and designers, in this richly-illustrated and engaging guide about the unique and culturally influential contributions of the African American community to the country.
Chicago Riverwalk
Graceland Cemetery - NY
Horton Plaza
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
STEWARDSHIP: Landslide
The goal of Landslide is to draw immediate and lasting attention to threatened landscapes and unique features, and to encourage informed, community-based stewardship decisions.
Landslide 2024: Demonstration Grounds
Thirteen sites of significant protests in U.S. history where the protests are at risk of fading from public memory, or worse, being forgotten.
Recent Updates
at-risk
Embarcadero Plaza
A Lawrence Halprin masterwork (and skateboarders' paradise) is threatened with demolition.
at-risk
Gas Works Park
Reflecting Richard Haag’s innovative approach to landscape architecture, this park is threatened by plans to extensively remove piping, catwalks, ladders, and support systems from the site’s prominent "Cracking Towers."
EVENTS: Lectures, Exhibitions, Tours
TCLF hosts events across the United States including excursions, dialogues, and tours that highlight the nation's rich and diverse landscape heritage.
Twenty-First Annual Silent Auction
Explore the catalogue of 90 works by landscape architects, architects, artists, photographers including Roberto Burle Marx, Lawrence Halprin, Michael Van Valkenburgh, and Michael Vergason and nationally renowned artists Michael Kenna, Jeffrey Milstein, Mary Miss, and Elyn Zimmerman. Bidding starts is now open.
Examples: Landscape name, designer, stytle, location, etc
Advanced SearchPEOPLE: Designers & Stewards
Pioneers of American Landscape Design chronicles the lives and careers of those who have designed our gardens, parks, streets, campuses, cemeteries, suburbs, and the innumerable other environments in which we live.
Get Ready for Soak it Up: Los Angeles, CA
Check out these five video presentations that set the stage for the December event, including Kongjian Yu, who tragically died September 23. Yu was joined by Kotchakorn Voraakhom (Thailand), Mia Lehrer (United States), Jasper Hugtenburg (Netherlands), and Herbert Dreiseitl (Germany).
Examples: “Dan Kiley” or “Modernist”
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