Rencetly, two CCNY landscape students, Alexa Helsell and Bronwyn Gropp, entered a project in the Build A Better Burb competition.  The entry, Building C-Burbia, has been selected as a finalist and it can be seen on the website linked below.  For those of you familiar with the City Sink research, the project expands the proposal for systemic carbon storage landscapes into the suburbs.  There is a public ‘popularity contest' and this is shamelessly intended to make it easy for you to vote for Building C-Burbia (at the end of the gallery). 

Read a great Huff Post submission by our own Charles Birnbaum to get the latest on landscape architectural preservation.

Is Landscape Architecture Just "Parsley Around the Roast" of Architecture?

URBAN GREEN COUNCIL IS NOW ACCEPTING SPEAKER APPLICATIONS FOR URBAN GREEN EXPO 2010

Call for Proposals for Urban Green Expo 2010 Educational Sessions is now open until June 15th. 

Urban Green Expo 2010 will bring together building professionals on September 29th & 30th for top-level educational sessions and acclaimed speakers including Opening Keynote Speaker William McDonough, internationally renowned architect, designer, and author.  The conference is the premier green building event in the northeast and is an extraordinary opportunity for individuals and organizations to present their work to a broad spectrum of the green building community. 

URBAN GREEN EXPO 2010 CONFERENCE THEME: PUSHING THE ENVELOPE

Green buildings transform our communities by expanding and redefining what is possible in the places we live and work and play.  How we construct, and reconstruct, our physical world has a major impact on the resources we consume and is among the most significant legacies we leave to future generations.  At Urban Green Expo 2010 we will explore how green buildings can "push the envelope" both literally, by focusing on the importance of high performance building enclosures, and metaphorically, by addressing topical subjects like verifying building performance and by highlighting innovative buildings, processes and systems.

Help New York "push the envelope" at Urban Green Expo 2010.  

We hope to see you on September 29th - 30th in New York City, as a speaker, audience member, or exhibitor (click here to learn more about exhibiting -- including early bird incentives available until June 15th).   Please don't hesitate to contact uswith any questions.

David Kamp, FASLA, LF to participate as Panel Member for "The Science of Healing"

Screening at Urban Zen Center

New York, NY - May 17, 2010 - David Kamp, FASLA, LF will participate in a Panel Discussion on the PBS Documentary Special "The Science of Healing." The screening, hosted by the Urban Zen Foundation, will be held on May 24, 2010 at the Urban Zen Center in New York City. The Urban Zen Foundation, Resolution Pictures and The Nour Foundation are sponsors of the event.

Produced by Resolution Pictures, "The Science of Healing" follows Dr. Esther Sternberg's story of her illness and recovery, which inspired her research into the role the brain, and emotions play in. The screening will be followed by an expert panel discussion with: Dr. Esther Sternberg, a medical researcher currently with the National Institute of Health; Dr. Joy Hirsch, Director of the Program for Imaging & Cognitive Sciences at Columbia University Medical Center; Dr. Woodson Merrell, Chairman Dept. of Integrative Medicine Beth Israel Medical Center; and David Kamp, FASLA, LF.

About Dr. Esther Sternberg (www.esthersternberg.com /)
Dr. Esther Sternberg is internationally recognized for her discoveries in brain-immune interactions and the effects of the brain's stress response on health and illness. Dr. Sternberg received her M.D. degree and trained in rheumatology at McGill University, Canada and was on the faculty at Washington University, MO. She is author of two books: "The Balance Within: the Science Connecting Health and Emotions" and " Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being."

About Resolution Pictures (www.resolutionpictures.com/)
Resolution Pictures is an Emmy Award winning production company with clients including PBS, The Food Network, The Fine Living Network, WNET, WGBH and WMPT.

About Dirtworks, PC (www.dirtworks.us)
Dirtworks, PC is an internationally recognized and award-winning landscape architecture firm. Its designs enhance the restorative quality of the natural environment. The firm, founded in 1995 by David Kamp, FASLA, LF, provides clients with the creativity and technical knowledge essential to project design and site planning.

Contact:
David Kamp, FASLA, LF (dkamp@dirtworks.us )
Deanna C Medina (dmedina@dirtworks.us )
(212) 529-2263 Voice / (212) 505-0904 Fax