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Nature
01.03.12: Michael P. Branch
The Hills Are AliveOn Places, Michael Branch reflects on how deeply photography and film shape our landscape aesthetics (and how much he detests the Alpine-worshipping The Sound of Music).
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09.22.11: Laura Tepper
Road Ecology: Wildlife Habitat and Highway DesignOn Places, Laura Tepper looks at the emerging field of road ecology and its influence on a new generation of highway landscape design.
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08.22.11: Barry Lopez
Dixon MarshOn Places, a short story by Barry Lopez set in the Petersen Mountains on the Nevada-California border.
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07.21.11: Bobby C. Rogers
Paper AnniversaryOn Places, a poem by Bobby C. Rogers about the names of things.
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06.20.11: Adelheid Fischer
Starry NightOn Places, Adelheid Fischer describes the growing night-sky movement, which advocates for the cultural and biological benefits of reducing light pollution — and keeping the Milky Way visible.
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06.09.11: Adelheid Fischer
A Home Before the End of the WorldOn Places, Adelheid Fischer explores our startling ignorance of the natural world — and wonders whether this is enabling the degradation of the environment.
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05.31.11: Martin Hogue
A Short History of the CampsiteOn Places, Martin Hogue traces a history of the campsite, from early 20th-century wilderness camps to today's domesticated campgrounds, where the amenities include day spas and wi-fi.
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03.21.11: Kristi Dykema Cheramie
The Scale of Nature: Modeling the Mississippi RiverOn Places, Kristi Dykema Cheramie explores the ruins of the abandoned Mississippi River Basin Model and ponders the decades-long battle to control the great river.
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01.24.11: Karen Piper
Dreams, Dust and Birds: The Trashing of Owens LakeOn Places, Karen Piper narrates the latest chapter in one California's longest water wars: Los Angeles' efforts to undo the environmental damage done to Owens Lake, decades after its waters were diverted to supply the thirsty metropolis.
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12.06.10: David Heymann
Nature-ization Takes CommandOn Places, the second in a series of essays by David Heymann exploring the dynamic relationship of landscape and architecture, evident in works ranging from big civic projects by Norman Foster to small rural houses by Glenn Murcutt.
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02.03.10: Aaron Rothman
This Place is a MessageOn Places, a portfolio of recent photographs of natural and built landscapes by Arizona-based artist and photographer Aaron Rothman.
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09.24.09: Barbara Penner
Niagara: It Has It AllArchitectural historian Barbara Penner reviews Inventing Niagara, by Ginger Strand, drawing out the contradictory mix of reverence and exploitation inspired by the famous falls.
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