Helen Kongsgaard

Landscape architect. World citizen.

[Helen Kongsgaard @kongsgaard]

World’s End, low tide.

[Princeton University @Princeton]

More sustainable than bricks or concrete, a Princeton research team created a house made almost entirely of straw — "ubiquitous, affordable and a natural insulator" — in an effort to show alternatives to timber and relieve the pressure of deforestation. https://t.co/VowqkI32zt

[California Geological Survey @CAGeoSurvey]

The newly released Sierra Nevada Atlas is a collection of maps, geospatial datasets, and associated text that presents geologic map layers, geophysical layers, economic geology layers, neotectonic features, and geochronology for the Sierra Nevada.

https://t.co/yRn6CbXFyd

[Helen Kongsgaard @kongsgaard]

Consortium for Scenario Planning invites papers for the the 10th annual @landpolicy gathering in Los Angeles next year. https://t.co/IOgVsA0PrJ

[The Architect's Newspaper @archpaper]

An urban forest plan for New York City was shared this week. The forest plan is essential to help cool New York as temperatures rise from global warming, and counteract historic inequities in lower-income neighborhoods that have less access to shade.
https://t.co/QNhar5UhmA

[Helen Kongsgaard @kongsgaard]

@elaifresh Very cool. How did you build this model? What type of analysis did you run?

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On the Brink — @PlacesJournal prize for public scholarship on the American Southwest. https://t.co/WWvuIydtdV

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DELUS invites essays on the topic of season creep, the gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, thought by many to be caused by climate change. https://t.co/Es4ORE01HV

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Point Reyes, always glorious.

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Should New York City burn its parks? This scientist thinks so. https://t.co/0C4g2ZwsHo

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Boston is converting vacant office buildings into housing. Why can't San Francisco? https://t.co/wpOULfG87n

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Nearly half of Los Angeles County's pavement may be unnecessary new map finds. https://t.co/e8YdSvN71r

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West Coast monarch butterfly populations hit historic low. This may be the 'new normal.' https://t.co/rIve1B72nw

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Seeing Through the Ear — the incredible creativity and inventiveness of Herzog & de Meuron, evident in their process. https://t.co/83g9YrxiwE

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Harper's Bazaar interviews the legendary film director Mira Nair (Zohran's mom). https://t.co/MEato5DnOJ

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SAR offers a new seminar funded by the Getty that invites scholars to reimagine art history through equity, reciprocity, and community engagement. https://t.co/HBTZkK4zYk

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In Theory and Practice: A History of the Whitney Independent Study Program https://t.co/aZkvsB8WTw

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Mabel Wilson @HarvardGSD tonight! https://t.co/ECXNnt5qnE

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While Trump restores Confederate monuments, this bold L.A. art exhibition confronts them. https://t.co/NtwDuVqZic

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MacKenzie Scott gives $40 million to help preserve Black history. https://t.co/lSG4rnVw47

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Case Studies in Design—open call
@PennPraxis to study projects designed in community. https://t.co/CUBCAOPBu8