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The Fall 2019 issue of Site/Lines
titled Designing for Wellness: Landscapes of Medical Therapy contains six essays that examine strategies for patient recovery through the provision of sensory pleasure and the reduction of impersonal care in sterile institutional settings. These include rooftop gardens, interior views of nature, and participation in horticultural projects.
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Place Travel: A Rush to Drill, Because We Can
Join author and conservationist William deBuys on an eighty-mile, twelve-day trip on the Hulahula River as he points out the wonders of this polar landscape and informs us the current administration's intention of leasing part of this beautiful snow-blanketed, densely inhabited animal preserve for oil drilling.
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey across the American Divide
Follow in the footsteps of Frederick Law Olmsted as you travel with Tony Horwitz on a then-and-now road trip rich with political and social observations comparing past and present in the former slave states.
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Congratulations to Reuben Rainey!
Reuben M. Rainey, professor emeritus of the University of Virginia's School of Architecture is the 2019 recipient of the school's Distinguished Alumni Award. His skills as a teacher, mentor, writer, and participant in the field of medical-facilities design has elicited wide praise from current and former colleagues and students.
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2019 Book Awards
The awardees of the 2019 David Coffin publication grants and J. B. Jackson book prizes have been announced. Please visit the Awards page to learn the titles and read descriptions of these important contributions to the field of landscape studies.
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Meet the Remarkable Dr. Hosack
More than a fascinating history of the creation of New York City's first botanical garden, Victoria Johnson's American Eden is a biography of David Hosack, the pioneering doctor who taught his medical students how the chemistry of plants could promote healing and save patients' lives.
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