UPCOMING EVENTS:

FEBRUARY

Building Professional Relationships to Last a Lifetime

Participate in this highly acclaimed hands-on workshop presented by Jackie Loewe.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 4:00-7:00 PM

Lurvey Landscape Supply
2550 E Dempster Street; Des Plaines, Illinois 60016

Ticket Prices:
$30 Member, $35 Non-Member, $15 Student

For more information CLICK HERE to contact Lurvey's. 

MARCH

Celebration 2012

Friday, March 16, 2012 
Join us at our Premier Awards Event with EMCEE Thomas R. Tavella,  FASLA,
President-Elect National ASLA!  

ILASLA proudly presents our 23rd annual awards ceremony at the Museum of Contemporary Art
in downtown Chicago. This inspirational premier event will showcase award winning projects.
This event also provides the ideal opportunity to enjoy one of Chicago's finest museums as you
meet and network with fellow professionals, students and clients. 

$75.00  Members and Nonmembers
$37.50  Students

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE 

CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR 

Friday, March 16, 2012 - 5:30-10:00 PM

Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue; Chicago, Illinois 60611

ILASLA is in the process of updating its Firm Directory, called Source, for 2012.  Source is an online directory for our industry.  It allows users to search either alphabetically or by busniess category, for instance, you can search for companies by "Design/Build", "Trade Supplier", "Multi-Disciplinary", etc.  To be listed in Source, please contact our Webmaster and supply your company's name, contact information, logo, and short summary.  The listing fee is $65 per year, payable by check or credit card.  

Firms currently listed on the site have until February 15th to mail in a payment for 2012, in order to remain on our directory.

Please contact Sharon Dickson, ILASLA Webmaster for questions.  Thank you!

ILASLA has received many inquiries about updating the information of our members.  Our membership rosters are generated by National ASLA.  If you need to update your information, whether it is your email address, place of employment, telephone number, etc., you will need to contact National ASLA.  Once all your information is updated at National ASLA, it will also be updated with ILASLA.  Thank you for your understanding.

With the Board of Trustees approval, ASLA is encouraging all licensed landscape architects to use the post-nominal letters “PLA” after their names. As an abbreviation of the title “professional landscape architect,” it will better enable potential clients and the general public to identify licensed practitioners. It will also provide consistent recognition for the landscape architecture profession across the nation.

Why PLA? To truly establish a designation that can be used universally, it is necessary to avoid words that have specific legal meanings, like the terms registration and licensure. While these terms are often used interchangeably, in reality each has a distinct meaning in the realm of professional regulation. Like the PE designation for engineering, PLA can be used in any jurisdiction where a landscape architect is duly licensed. Most important, the use of PLA can raise the profile of landscape architecture by creating a universally recognized symbol for licensed landscape architects.

The use of PLA by landscape architects is intended as a customary designation, just as similar abbreviations are used today. No legislative changes or rule development for state licensing is necessary, given that it falls under current title restriction provisions that restrict the use of any title (or abbreviation) that indicates the individual is a landscape architect. Further, no state law or regulation assigns specific post-nominal letters that licensed landscape architects must use.

CONGRATULATIONS!

At the ASLA 2011 Annual Meeting there was a great seminar on Planting Design.  Since then, many members have come forward and noted interest and commitment to ASLA for the development of a new PPN for Planting Design.  However, the group is still short of the 75 charter members it needs to get the group off the ground.

Under ASLA requirements, if you are interested in being a "charter" member of the Planting Design PPN, you need to be very specific about providing the following information on your letterhead emailed to Kasha Helget, PPN coordinator at ASLA , khelget@asla.org

• Your intent to join the Planting Design PPN.
• Your support of its mission statement (see below).
• That you are a member of ASLA (either a professional, affiliate, or student member).

The Mission statement of the Planting Design PPN is:

"The ASLA Planting Design PPN seeks to broaden landscape architects’ horticultural knowledge by promoting greater awareness of issues related to plants and planting design, including horticultural as well as ecological concerns. This specialized area of landscape architecture practice includes planting design theory, growth requirements of plants, plant nomenclature, plant selection and procurement, nursery production, and ecologically sustainable plant use. In addition to broadening knowledge about plants and planting design among ASLA members, an important goal of the Planting Design PPN is to increase understanding and collaboration between landscape architects and horticulturists, nursery professionals, and environmentalists."

The historic Village of Riverside Illinois invites qualified landscape architects, landscape designers, architects and artists to explore designs that embody the values of Fredrick Law Olmsted.  We seek to create an attractive and eye-catching main entrance to the Village and its Central Business District.  The entrance should include signage and landscaping appropriate for Olmsted’s most significant landscaped community in America.

Designed in 1868 by Frederick Law Olmsted, the Father of Landscape Architecture, the Village of Riverside was one of the first planned communities in the nation. Riverside is a National Historic Landmark with worldwide recognition of its signature landscape.   With its expansive green parkways, curvilinear streets, and landscape that harmonizes with nature, Riverside‘s planning ideals have been emulated in cities and towns around the world.

Prizes:

• $1,000 
• A plaque with the winners name and company
• Publicity
• The intent of the FRED steering committee is to have the winning design built. The timeframe for the build will depend on available funding, and may be built in phases.

Upcoming Dates:

• February 7, 2012- 9:00 am Site Meeting
• March 12, 2012 – Submissions due and reviewed
• August 1, 2012 – Winner determined
• August 18, 2012 – Winning design unveiled to public and designers; prizes awarded.

The Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship will be awarded annually to an emerging designer whose work articulates the potential for landscape as a medium of design in the public realm. The Kiley Fellow will be appointed Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for the 2012-13 academic year. While the Kiley Fellowship will be awarded competitively on an annual basis, successful Fellows are eligible to have their academic appointments renewed for a second year at the rank of Lecturer, dependent upon review of their teaching, research and creative practice.

This initiative is intended to recognize and foster emerging design educators whose work embodies the potential for landscape as a medium of design in the public realm. The Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship builds upon the history of pedagogic innovation at the GSD as well as the century of leadership in landscape education within the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Deadline for receipt of applications: March 1, 2012

For details and more information, please visit Kiley Teaching Fellowship or send an email to: kileyfellowship@gsd.harvard.edu

The Landscape Architecture Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is very excited to be hosting this year's annual meeting of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). The last time CELA was held in Illinois was 1985!  With over 350 papers, panels, and posters scheduled, it promises to be an outstanding exchange of ideas about the latest questions, challenges, and practices in our field.  

The theme this year is Finding Center: Landscape and Values.  You can find out more at the conference website http://www.go.illinois.edu/cela2012 

For licensed landscape architects, three (3) of the eleven conference tracks will offering LACES continuing ed credits—Illinois chapter members, and most other state chapters, this is a great opportunity to secure your continuing education credits for 2012.  
The early bird rate of $430 (includes many meals, breaks, discounts on field trips, etc.) ends January 31st—after that, the price of the conference goes up to $500. 

For the first time ever, CELA will be offering "day rates" for non-CELA members ONLY, at $195.  This is your chance to spend an efficient and fascinating day in Champaign, networking with faculty and advanced students from all over, choosing those sessions that are most appropriate for your practices and interests.    

They are still looking for more exhibitors and sponsors for the conference from Illinois and midwestern firms and suppliers.  If you have an interest in attending or setting up an exhibit table, please let them know as soon as possible.    Questions can be directed to Michelle Chappell at UIUC Office of Conferences & Institutes  <mchapp@illinois.edu> OR to Elen Deming, Conference Chair and Department Head at UIUC LA <medeming@illinois.edu>.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - CAREER EXPO 2012

The School of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture will hold the 2012 Career Expo on Thursday, March 8^th and Friday, March 9^th on the Urbana campus.  For more information and to register, please see: 

http://www.arch.illinois.edu/events/careerexpo/2012/

Landscape Architecture Magazine is working to expand newsstand sales and wanted to let ILASLA know that the magazine is now featured in 485 Barnes & Noble stores across the country.  Here’s the list of locations: http://www.asla.org/ads/docs/GondolaEndcapPromo_11312.xls

This is something new for them, so they need our help to ensure it works well nationwide.  If it does, they’ll coordinate with Barnes & Noble to do something special in April for National Landscape Architecture Month and hopefully provide a chance to tie it into our chapter activities. 

Here's a photo from the Bethesda store:


If you have any questions, please email Ann Looper Pryor at alooper@asla.org.

Not only do the ASLA awards recognize the best work of our profession, they provide us with state-of-the-art technical information about the latest methods and materials. And they are the best public relations tool we have for communicating the value of landscape architecture to a wider audience. 

There are six categories, so no matter what your practice type there is a category to honor the work you do or that you admire:

• Analysis and Planning
• Communications
• General Design
• Research
• Residential Design
• The Landmark Award

If you have questions about entering the awards program, please contact Carolyn Mitchell, ASLA’s Honors and Awards Coordinator, at 202-216-2331 or cmitchell@asla.org.

The deadline for professional entry forms is Friday, February 3.

Calling all Landscape Architecture Program Chairs, Faculty, and ASLA Student Chapter Advisors:  The 2012 ASLA Student Honor and Merit Award Guidelines and Certificate Order Form are now available.  The Guidelines encourage ASLA Chapters and LA program faculty to work together in recognizing the achievement of students.  CLICK HERE for the order form.

If you have questions while preparing, please contact Maxine Artis at 888-999-ASLA (2752) ext. 7840 or email her at martis@asla.org.

The Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/ Historic American Landscapes Survey) of the National Park Service is now using Social Media to better communicate their our friends, alumni, project sponsors, and others interested in their work of recording America's architectural, engineering and landscape heritage through measured drawings, written historical reports and large-format photography. Their Facebook page can be found at: http://www.Facebook.com/HeritageDocumentationPrograms

For timely updates on summer jobs for students, current documentation projects, transmittals statistics to the Library of Congress, keeping up with HDP staff and alumni, and other news and updates, they invite you to become a HDP Fan!

The Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo will be celebrating its 25th year as the original event that brings together the entire team who designs, plans, constructs and manages healthcare facilities. The Symposium focuses on how the physical space directly impacts the staff, patients & their families and the delivery of healthcare and we want you to be part of it.

Submit your presentation submission today!

Who are we looking for to present at the Symposium?
Healthcare Administrators inc CEOs, CFOs, CTOs and CNO’s
Industry leaders in planning, design, construction and management of healthcare facilities
Architects, Engineers, Interior Designers and Construction Executives
Facility Managers and Planners
Healthcare Practitioners
Healthcare Design & Construction Experts

What types of topics are we looking for?
Small projects making a big difference – renovation & refit
How technology is impacting hospital operations
Healthcare reform and impact on new construction
Case studies on international health systems
Impact of patient, family and/or staff advisory boards on design & construction
Trends in design and construction of long term care facilities
Communication amongst the design team
Medical tourism
Impact facility on patient care from the clinical perspective
Standardization – simply the kit of parts
Impact of LEED on construction process and facility efficiency

BONUS! All presenters selected to speak at the Symposium will receive a full complimentary registration to the conference and expo - a $1,495+ value, which includes 3-day admission to all educational sessions, keynotes, networking functions, receptions, the Exhibit Hall and more.

PROPOSALS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 10th, 2012

Questions on submitting?
Please feel free to contact Jenabeth Ferguson at jenabeth@jdevents.com or 508-759-0075.

AWARD ENTRIES
So, you’ve done some great work, right?  It’s time to prove it!  

Please enter your best work in the 2012 ASLA Central States Regional Award Competition!

Click here for the Call for Entries/Entry Form.  Click here to download the PowerPoint submittal template.  Then get to work!  Your submittals are due by 5:00pm on March 7^th!  Questions?  Call Stacy:  816-678-2004 or stacye@landscapeforms.com. 

The awards will be presented at the Thursday, May 3^rd luncheon during the 7^th Annual ASLA Central States Conference, in Kansas City, MO.

October 17-20, 2012

Join CitiesAlive 'where it all started' at the Congress Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, for the 10th anniversary of North America's only conference dedicated to the green roof and wall industry.

Enjoy the unbeatable opportunity to learn from a wide variety of experts the latest in research, policy, design, and product development for gree roofs, walls and other forms of green infrastructure.

Expand your business opportunities, develop new policy approaches, discover new design techniques and tools, share and develop new research opportunities and have fun! 

VOLUNTEER for the CitiesAlive 2012 Local Host Committee
Help is needed for American's only conference dedicated to the green roof and wall industry! 

CitiesAlive 2012 is looking for several volunteers to help with teh following commitee's in planning the 2012 event in Chicago:

Local Host Reception Committee
Objectives:  Primary responsibility to fundraise, organize, plan and execute the Local Host Committee reception showcasing Chicago food, arts and culture on the evening of October 18th

Marketing and Promotions Committe
Objectives:  Primary responsibility to co-ordinate local/regional messaging, identify local association partners, media events, distribute print materials, social networking etc.

Legacy Committee
Objectives:  To develop and implement a project that will leave a lasting legacy of the event for the citizens of Chicago.

Academic Committee
Objectives:  To engage the academic community in Chicago and students in the conference.

Tours/Program Committee
Objectives:  Primary responsibility for providing input to the program which includes tour development and administration, local speakers and content and any special program related events.

If you are interested in volunteering or for more information, please contact Juli Ordower.  CLICK HERE for the CitiesAlive 2012 Local Host Committee Terms of Reference. 

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Presents Advanced Green Roof Maintenance

Advanced Green Roof Maintenance is a half-day course created to assist designers, landscape contractors, building owners, facility managers, roofing consultants, roofing contractors, and Green Roof Professionals (GRPs) with an important but often overlooked aspect of green roofs: maintenance. This course examines design phase considerations; best practices for planning, budgeting, and implementing maintenance procedures; and approaches for rehabilitating green roofs that have been subject to maintenance neglect. Learn how to develop maintenance plans, contracts, and inspection reports that work in concert with warranty requirements. 

CEUs: 3.5 GRP and is in the approval process for AIA, ASLA and GBCI credits. 

Contact: Luna Ghose, Program Coordinator at #(416) 971-4494 

Cost: ILASLA members receive a discounted rate of $175 

Register at: http://www.cvent.com/d/jcqn81 

FOR PURCHASE - Commemorative Poster:

The Illinois Chapter of ASLA is offering for sale a poster entitled "Iconic Landscapes of Chicago" commemorating the 2009 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO. Designed and painted in watercolor by Chapter member Craig Farnsworth of Hitchcock Design Group, the poster features vignettes of many of Chicago's most beloved parks including Lincoln, Grant, Millennium, and Jackson by such noted designers as Olmsted, Jensen, and Burnham. The poster, suitable for framing, measures 24" x 36" and is printed on 80 pound cover stock with soy inks. Click here for the artist's notes on the inspiration for the design.

Poster is available:
- Here by mail for $10 (+ $10 P&H to recieve by mail, please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery, or free delivery if pre-arranged for pick-up an ILASLA event).