Landscape
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Architectural Record
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss how landscapes can be designed to serve as both green infrastructure and as amenities.
- Explain green infrastructure’s role in mitigating stormwater runoff and in removing contaminants from that runoff.
- Describe how landscapes can be designed to help reduce instances of flooding.
- Discuss other ecological services provided by green infrastructure, including the augmentation of wildlife habitat and the mitigation of the urban heat-island effect.
Credits:
1 AIA LU/HSW
1 PDH, LA CES/HSW
0.1 IACET CEU*
1 AIBD P-CE
AAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
AAPEI 1 Structured Learning Hour
MAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA.
This course can be self-reported to the NSAA
NWTAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
OAA 1 Learning Hour
SAA 1 Hour of Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the AIBC, as per their CE Guidelines.
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This test is no longer available for credit
BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,020
LANDSCAPE
This summer, in the wake of pandemic isolation, access to outside space is more important than ever before. But successful parkland and landscapes cannot be simply about respite and recreation alone: as climate change intensifies, resilience is equally critical. The projects on the following pages—from the cultivated to the untamed—provide healthy escapes, demonstrate a sensitivity to local conditions, and combat the effects of a warming planet.
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Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in August 2020
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