Excellence, vol 26, no. 2
"This 2024 vintage of 53 submissions, coinciding with the CSLA’s 90th anniversary, highlighted the extent to which our profession has matured and grown over the years, like a fragile but resilient sapling that over time spreads its roots and branches until becoming a noble and strong tree." - Claude Potvin, Jury Chair, 2024 Awards of Excellence
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Generations, vol 26, no. 1
"At our next milestone, I hope we can look back and see leaders in our profession staying ahead of their time. I hope that we can reflect kindness, generosity and respect – that we can stay eager to share our passions with others, celebrate collaboration and mentorships, and that these mentorships can turn into friendships over time. I hope that we can all find ways to follow our passions and not back down from the values we believe in and that guide us." - Heidi Redman
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Wink!, vol 25, no. 4
Play does not often have a tangible result – its benefits can be difficult to illustrate compared to other social, environmental and economic priorities. However, playful design can sometimes provide the best solution to a difficult problem. In our Winter issue, dedicated to the late Claude Cormier, it is apparent that fostering a culture of experimentation, playfulness, humour and inquisitiveness within the design practice is key to developing stand-out built works that present themselves to the world with a mischievous smile, or a wink.
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leading the way, vol. 25, no.3
“Campus landscapes on Turtle Island are pivotal to decolonizing institutions, moving beyond centralized green lawns to multi-use spaces that are immersive and meaningful, fostering inclusivity through learning, gathering and ceremony.” – Dean Gregory + Vanessa Jukes Strutt, Guest Editors
Click here to read more about the living laboratories that are college and university campuses are meeting the landscape, ecological, environmental and social challenges of today… and plannings for tomorrow!
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excellence, vol. 25, no.2
“The projects that rose to the winner’s category have common threads. They are exemplary and/or transformative in their communities and made impacts beyond the project scope. They demonstrate the role of the landscape architect as a leader and key influencer of project outcomes and landscape for the better ...” – Tiina Mack, Jury Chair, 2023 Awards of Excellence
Read more about what the jury had to say about the 2023 Award winners… and about the winning entries themselves!
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explore, vol. 25, no.1
Industrial tourism is one of the fastest growing segments of the international attraction market. Saturated with museums, zoos and traditional entertainment, many tourists are increasingly looking to delve deeper into tactile experiences that relate directly to their lives and interests. (Cindi Rowan)
The role of identity in placemaking is inherently understood. We strive to build cohesively conceived environments that exude the best qualities of a particular location, reinforcing local natural and cultural heritage. With the rise of experiential tourism, place has become something of a spectacle, harnessed as a means to attract visitors while strengthening local pride-of-place and a desire to welcome visitors with the joy of sharing their way of life (while reaping the economic benefits). (Matt Williams)
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equity, vol. 24, no.4
The idea of universal design, which has been talked about for decades, is finally starting to sink in. However, our built environment lags behind. Sidewalks and park pathways are still relatively narrow because the world has been, and continues to be, designed for cars, not people. – Victoria Levak, Halifax-based disability and human rights activist –
First and foremost, we must have an unapologetically intersectional lens in policy, planning and design. We should be asking questions such as, “How does a woman move through this space at night? How are we acknowledging land ownership? Can children play here? Is this space accessible to people with disabilities (vision, mobility, hearing, etc.)?” – Lindsay Somers, Executive Director of the Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone (BIZ), Winnipeg) –
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blink!, vol. 24, no.3
Blink and the landscape appears; blink again and it is gone. But two blinks might also demarcate an interval of awareness… All landscapes are temporary, and each may hold many temporalities and multiple presents. Like an old camera lens’s click when changed to a different focal length, each blink may signal a different way of seeing a landscape’s time. – Brenda Brown –
excellence 2022, vol. 24, no.2
“One must be taken with the diversity of scope and geography that the profession of landscape architecture in Canada embraces in 2022. There are, of course, winners in the process that are individually remarkable, but the collective statement made by the entire set of submissions is notable.” – George Dark, Jury Chair, 2022 Awards of Excellence
Read more about what the jury had to say about the 2022 Award winners and the winning entries themselves.
adaptive re-use, vol. 24, no.1
This issue of LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES features practitioners from across the country who are adaptively re-using and renovating existing landscapes or fine tuning and improving existing communities, parks, gardens and streets to meet the needs of a changing urban landscape. The projects range from large-scale, visionary master plans to built projects; from pragmatic solutions for everyday use to provocative ideas meant to influence our future choices. 
reset, vol. 23, no.4
In this issue of LANDSCAPES | PAYSAGES, we invited contributors to imagine how we move forward from the coronavirus pandemic; how we re-adjust, recalibrate and reform our practice under the theme of RESET. Through a range of short-form and in-depth reflections, our contributors delve into this moment of pause and ponder how to design a more adaptive and optimistic world. We welcome your comments!
water's edge, vol 23. no 3
People and water are magically and magnetically connected for many reasons ranging from transportation, recreation and aquaculture to soul-soothing aesthetics. The water’s edge has evolved from a barrier to utilitarian corridor to an irreplaceable experience. It can be different for everyone, but the same for all. Dive in…and enjoy this issue of Landscapes|Paysages.
excellence, vol. 23, no. 2
Through tireless discussion and pondering, this year’s Awards of Excellence jury nailed down 14 submissions for awards. They present Canadian landscape architecture’s achievements, evolving concerns, widening perspectives and ongoing experimentation. They are its present and its possible futures. What better vehicle to show their merits than the Awards issue of Landscapes | Paysages.
technology, vol. 23, no. 1
In this Technology issue, we look at how technology is changing our design process, our construction approach, our palette of materials and the expectations of society for greater communication of design intent. We also explore the potential for technology to disrupt our profession, as it is doing with so many others.
The tools of the future will allow us to create robust simulation capabilities to measure the impacts of our proposals on microclimate, ecological health, hydrology and even social well-being. Join our contributors as they delve into the merging worlds of landscape architecture and technology!
trees, vol. 22, no. 4
Everywhere is urbanized now. And the need for urban infrastructure seems to be diametrically opposed to what trees and living systems need to flourish. How can we bring these two opposite conditions together, perhaps in a way that they could even reinforce each other? Can we bring some of these qualities into the city, instead of having to leave the city to find them?
UPDATE TO LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES, WINTER 2020 ISSUE
After we released our Winter 2020 (Trees) issue for delivery, we discovered that a key article, “UNE ÎLE, UN PARC ET SON ARBRE”, had a number of important updates that did not make it into the hard-copy issue. Fortunately, we have been able to revise this article in our digital issue - both in the original French version and in the English translation contained in LP+. We apologize to readers and those involved with Park Jean Drapeau for any confusion, and encourage all readers to visit the updated issue, by clicking on the following links.
collaboration, vol. 22, no. 3
Given today’s global challenges, collaborative effort is a necessary response, more effective than working in isolation or competition. Interestingly, woman practitioners feature prominently in all of these stories of collaborations. The editors of LP wanted to try and uncover the results of non-traditional approaches to see how our members have been collaborating in unique ways and to look for success stories. The net was thrown wide and the results truly were many, varied and surprising. Discover how collaboration not only makes for great projects, but has become even more important in our Covid-world – all in the Fall 2020 issue of LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES.
excellence, vol 22, no 2
Two things were apparent at this year’s 2020 CSLA Awards of Excellence adjudication: first, the talent behind the submissions and, second, the trends in landscape architecture in Canada. This year, many of the submissions were interesting, intriguing and wonderfully surprising. Decide for yourself as you view the Awards of Excellence winners in the Summer 2020 issue of LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES.
spirit, vol 22, no 1
It’s a delicate subject. When you say “spiritual” or “sacred,” many people think of organized religion, but others think of more of a personal sensation that one either felt, or didn’t, when in a space. In some places, that feeling is obvious; in others, much subtler. We hope you will enjoy this spirited issue with articles on the memorials, cemeteries, Indigenous sites, backcountry routes and far reaches of the world we find on our life journeys around this troubled globe.
beauty, vol 21, no 4
The concept of beauty is ambiguous and raises many questions about how this concept informs practices in landscape architecture. Check out the Winter 2019 issue of Landscapes I Paysages where we explore the concept of beauty, from a variety of different perspectives.
reconciliation, vol 21, no 3
In the Fall 2019, Reconciliation issue of Landscapes I Paysages, read how David Thomas, other Indigenous designers and landscape architects, as well as many firms across the country are discussing the applying the concepts of reconciliation in their projects and practices.
excellence, vol 21, no 2
LP’s annual Excellence issue features a stunning (and provocative!) overview of 15 inspired works honoured with national CSLA Awards of Excellence.
LO! Carbon, vol 21, no 1
Ten years. Is it enough time to change societal behaviour, to change our behaviour as landscape architects, to make the move to low carbon in our projects, in our designs? There’s hope out there, but we can do more, as we uncover in this Spring 2019 issue of LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES.
risk, vol 20, no 4
Risky business, risky play, risky projects, risky landscapes – we explore them all in this issue of Landscapes I Paysages.
democracy, vol 20, no 3
Big take-away from LANDSCAPES I PAYSAGES Fall 2018 Democracy issue: When creating a space, landscape architects design to meet users’ needs – but, in reality, it’s those users who take the space where it needs to go.
excellence, vol 20, no 2
Check out LP’s Awards of Excellence issue, with a stellar project on every page. Variety is the name of the game, from the complex and imaginative planning for Breathe, Edmonton’s green network strategy, to the ecologically sensitive installation of 287 steps through the rugged terrain of the Parliament Hill escarpment. (It’s like climbing a 12-storey building!)
silos, vol 20, no 1
The words on the benches and earthworks emerging on the hilly turf at Fort Needham Memorial Park are few, but they are puzzling – even frightening. “Guncotton.” “Mono-chlorbenzol.” “Trinitrotoluol (TNT).” A century after the Halifax explosion, memories of Canada’s largest explosion are embedded in the landscape. Experiential graphic artists of Form :Media, together with landscape architects of Ekistics Planning & Design, believe in the power of the provocative detail in the landscape, because “discovery can be as effective as a history book.”
invention, vol 19, no 4 (winter 2017)
excellence, vol 19, no 3 (autumn 2017)
messy, vol 19, no 2 (summer 2017)
big, vol 19, no 1 (spring 2017)
time, vol 18, no 4 (winter 2016)
excellence, vol 18, no 3 (autumn 2016)
learn, vol 18, no 2 (summer 2016)
wet places, vol 18, no 1 (spring 2016)
cultural dimensions, vol 17, no 4 (winter 2015)
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excellence, vol 17, no 3 (autumn 2015)
agropolis, vol 17 no 2 (summer 2015)
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the new small, vol 17 no 1 (spring 2015)
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resilience, vol 16 no 4 (winter 2014)
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excellence, vol 16 no 3 (autumn 2014)
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healing, vol 16 no 2 (summer 2014)
winter colour, vol 16 no 1 (winter 2014)
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water world, vol 15 no 4 (autumn 2013)
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Jean Landry, Canadian Landscape Charter Initiative
Groupe Rousseau Lefebvre_Mélanie Glorieux, The Elements of Surprise: Defying Expectations
awards of excellence, vol 15 no 3 (summer 2013)
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night lights, vol 15 no 1 (winter 2013)
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- Michael Hough, The Urban Landscape - The Hidden Frontier (APT Bulletin)
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Fondation CLU, Lightitude: Lighting Communties Near the Arctic Circle
the elusive city, vol 15 no 2 (spring 2013)
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Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec + Sylvain Paquette, YUL-MTL: Design as a Coordinating Force
Wendy Graham, Monumental Restoration
trailblazers, vol 14 no 1 (winter 2012)
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The Pink Balls, Claude Cormier + Associés Inc.
The Magic of Ice, Whiteness and Light, Malaka Ackaoui
Greenery, Social Diversity + Easy Mobility, Juliette Patterson
Acadian Landscapes, Ronald F. Williams
transported, vol 14 no 2 (spring 2012)
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Juliette Patterson, Maison PRODUCTIVE House
Mathieu Casavant, Mosaïques: A New Space in Place de l'Acadie
Mélanie Glorieux, Not Your Ordinary Parking Lot
Ron Williams, How Trains Shaped Canada's Landscape
awards of excellence, vol 14 no 3 (summer 2012)
Also this year, we've included the National Urban Design Awards
time + place, vol 14 no 4 (autumn 2012)
Special Online-Only Content
Place d'Armes - Memories in Stone by Robert Desjardins and Luu Nguyen
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Mathieu Casavant's 500 Ornaments
Peter Soland's A Restorative Noel
new professionals, vol 13 no 1 (winter 2011)
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Quebec Landscape Management Guide, by Sylvain Paquette
In Full Bloom: Drar, Nip and Vlan
visions, vol 13 no 2 (spring 2011)
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A Tale of Two Cities: Montreal, by Pierre Bouchard
Capital Ideas by Claude Potvin + Daniel Miron
SuperNatural: The Burden of Wilderness, by Kelty McKinnon
awards of excellence, vol 13 no 3 (summer 2011)
international practice, vol 13 no 4 (autumn 2011)
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Saint-Viateur Street East: A New Life Cycle Begins, by Micheline Clouard
Terra Incognito, by Peter Soland
Nature And Landscape In China, by Corinne Thibaut
If You Build it, They Will Come, by Jean Trottier with George Stockton + Drew Wensley
beyond the brick wall, vol 12 no 1 (winter 2010)
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Urban Eggheads: Rethinking the City, One Hen at a Time, by Sylvie Halais
leadership, vol 12 no 2 (spring 2010)
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Leadership: A Word to Reconsider, by Jean Landry
NEW! Reflections on the Third Wave: Great work in PHOTOS!
Wychwood Barns: Great Old Bones in a New Neighbourhood, by Sylvie Halais
NEW! Why the Falls Reverse, by Dan Glenn explains
The Project of Our Lives, by John MacLeod
awards of excellence, vol 12 no 3 (summer 2010)
the long view, vol 12 no 4 (autumn 2010)
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Lewis Mumford: Those 42-year-old questions, by Andrew Wilson
Lost… and Found: The Lairet River and the Birth of Canada, by Mylène Carreau + Charlotte Simard
Urbanism, Danish Style, by Marie-Claude Séguin
Mission Design, by Raquel Peñalosa
future tense, vol 11 no 1 (winter 2009)
75 years: colours of the profession, vol 11 no 2 (spring 2009)
awards of excellence, vol 11 no 3 (summer 2009)
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Notes & Letters | Courrier des lecteurs French
landscape+urbanism, vol 11 no 4 (autumn 2009)
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Montreal's Evolving Urban Vision, by Richard Gaudreau
The Last Word, From Here to There, by Jean Landry
L/P Facebook, vol 10 no 1 (winter 2008)
artscapes, vol 10 no 2 (spring 2008)
awards of excellence, vol 10 no 3 (summer 2008)
beyond our borders, vol 10 no 4 (autumn 2008)
landscapes from the land, vol 9 no 1 (winter 2007)
the residential landscape, vol 9 no 2 (spring 2007)
defining places, vol 9 no 4 (autumn 2007)
greenways & trails, vol 8 no 1 (winter 2006)
celebrating vibrant cities, vol 8 no 2 (spring 2006)
awards of excellence, vol 8 no 3 (summer 2006)
finding common ground, vol 8 no 4 (autumn 2006)
landscape architecture in Canada 40 yrs, vol 7 no 1 (winter 2005)
the detailed world of children's landscapes, vol 7 no 2 (spring 2005)
awards of excellence, vol 7 no 3 (summer 2005)
creating landscapes for seniors, vol 7 no 4 (autumn 2005)
IFLA 2003 - International Practice, vol 6 no 1 (winter 2004)
rehabilitating urban waterfronts, vol 6 no 2 (spring 2004)
CSLA Professional Awards 2004, vol 6 no 3 (autumn 2004)
CSLA Professional Awards 2003, vol 5 no 1 (spring 2003)
IFLA 2003 - Practice in Canada, vol 5 no 2 (summer 2003)
urban fabric, vol 4 no 1 (winter 2002)
CSLA Professional Awards 2002, vol 4 no 2 (summer 2002)
CSLA Professional Awards 2001, vol 3 no 2 (autumn 2001)
landscape, ecology and design, vol 3 no 1 (summer 2001)
CSLA Professional Awards 2000, vol 2, no 3 (autumn 2000)
landscape and identity, vol 2, no 2 (summer 2000)
restorative environments: design for human health, vol 2, no 1 (winter 2000)
awards and competitions in Canada, vol 1, no 1 (fall 1999)
