(The Northern Hemisphere of the Venus Magellan Globe. Image courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Source.)

On future perfect and present imperfect, documenting the rich, kinetic texture that infiltrates, one hopes, new and future urban spaces.

On the Great Man-Made River Authority. See also BLDGBLOG and the BBC.

On future landscape starchitects, a riotous report from the venerable Onion.

On some landscapes.

On critical regionalism, from A to O. P to Z in the works.

On security design: “ASLA seeks images of poor security solutions at public buildings to aid in bringing national attention to the persistent problems of security design.”