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With Washington Commanders Stadium, OJB Creates Green Space for All

“We envisioned a stadium in a park. We knew the landscape has to provide a community-wide benefit — a better experience for everyone,” said Jim Burnett, FASLA, founder of OJB Landscape Architecture. OJB has released conceptual designs for an 18-acre landscape that will frame the new Washington Commanders stadium in southwest Washington, D.C. | Read more

We’ve Been Looking at Heat Wrong and It’s Killing Us

Keenan Gibbons: "Heat doesn’t distribute evenly across a city. It fluctuates dramatically within the same block — across materials, surfaces, and shade conditions." | Read more

Leading with Performance and Tradition

Jonathan Williams: "We can communicate our climate and biodiversity action work more clearly to a conservative audience by moving away from jargon and toward language that reflects shared values – measured performance, regional land management traditions, and community benefits.“ | Read more

Nature-Based Infrastructure Can Be Designed to Manage Floods and Build Community

Molly Morgan: "In the next few decades, communities in the U.S. will spend $100 billion managing stormwater. That's a significant amount of money dedicated to managing a result, and it doesn't do anything to address the underlying issue. Instead of investing that money toward stormwater cleanup, it should go toward nature-based infrastructure that prevents flooding." | Read more

Climate & Biodiversity News (May 2026)

“The Gowanus as an ecosystem and as a neighborhood is so interesting..." said Gena Wirth, FASLA, PLA, design principal and partner at SCAPE. Fast Company looks into two new public spaces designed by SCAPE Landscape Architecture along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal that help revitalize the polluted waterway and community. | Read more