In Washington, D.C. landscape architects work to protect a fragile urban forest designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr from the ruinous effects of climate change.

Olmsted completed his second and final plan for the Cathedral Close in 1924. He worried that the buildup of the surrounding area would challenge the health of the forest and its streams over time, a ...

A trail at the Cathedral Close, the 57 acres surrounding the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Andropogon. “The main Woods…are disastrous,” Carol Kelleher wrote in an annual ...

Getting to Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center is a pedestrian nightmare, but a plan to expand the National Mall could ...

A trail at the Cathedral Close, the 57 acres surrounding the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Andropogon. “The main Woods…are disastrous,” Carol Kelleher wrote in an annual report ...

A trail at the Cathedral Close, the 57 acres surrounding the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Andropogon. “The main Woods…are disastrous,” Carol Kelleher wrote in an annual report ...

An aerial rendering of the National Capital Planning Commission’s design vision. Image courtesy Dariushwatercolors.com.

An aerial rendering of the National Capital Planning Commission’s design vision. Courtesy of Dariushwatercolors.com.

Two landscape architects create a multimedia platform encouraging Californians to rethink their relationship with fire. This multimedia advocacy platform by two University of California, Davis ...

In 1993, Pollocksville, North Carolina, Mayor Jay Bender, who’s run the small town for more than 40 years, worked “like crazy” to convince the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow him to build on the ...