ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 432
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Jun 19 12:45:28 PDT 2009
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AMERICAN LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2009
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Buffalo Bayou flows through downtown Houston, Texas,
under a tangle of freeways and bridges on its way to
Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Landscape
architects SWA Group reenvisioned a neglected 1.2-mile
(1.9-kilometer) length of bayou front, transforming it
into pedestrian-friendly parkland with improved
floodwater conveyance.
Their thoughtful approach to the Buffalo Bayou Promenade
earned the top general design award from the American
Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in its 2009
Professional Awards. The award recipients included a
wide variety of public parks, private gardens, master
plans, and communications projects from the United
States and around the world.
Houston Bayou Promenade
SWA Group faced many challenges in creating a more
usable public green link between Houston's downtown and
the pastoral park to the west. Located well below grade,
and poorly connected to the surrounding streets at the
outset of the project, the 23-acre (nine-hectare) site
weaves through a series of freeway structures, which
block sunlight and shed sheets of water during
rainstorms. Deposition of silt and trash is constant and
erosion severe along this waterway that drains much of
Houston.
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Dymaxion Redux
by Federico Neder
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Visiting Fuller's house today requires a $14 ticket. In
a landscape packed with planes, trains, and vehicles of
all kinds, the sparkling body of the Dymaxion House
makes a striking appearance.
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