International Skyrise Greenery Conference

Held at the National Library, Singapore, 1st-3rd of November 2010, the conference will serve as a platform where international urban greenery experts from various disciplines will come together with the academia, architects, landscape architects, landscape contractors, policy-makers and stakeholders to discuss the present and future trends of this growing sector. Topics will include various essential aspects of skyrise greenery such as specifications and installation of rooftop greenery and vertical greenery systems, technical studies of the benefits of skyrise greenery (eg. thermal and energy conservation, air quality improvement, noise mitigation, etc), integration of skyrise greenery with sustainable eco-processes and biodiversity enhancement, incentives and guidelines. Visit the conference's website for further information.

Landscape Topical Practice

This year, Slovenia has chosen to be represented at 12th Biennale di Venezia (International Architecture Exhibition) - August 29 to November 21- by landscape architects.
All Shades of Green by Studio AKKA addresses the contemporary relationship between man and nature as manifested in the urban public space. It explores the integration of nature into the human living environment and seeks ways to present and realize it. Humans respond to nature with expectations, conceptions and the investment of possibilities. Urban landscape is seen as communication of man to nature, defined as playscape - as space, open in all respects, which allows for development of physical and mental play. It exposes the contrasts that fundamentally define our contemporary practice as well as our view of nature.

Call for Abstracts - IFLA APR Congress