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features volume 29 number 10 30 Gene Green Beltway 8 Park, Houston 30 Gene Green Park is 230-acres of parkland in an underserved area of northeast Harris County in Houston, near the intersection of U.S. 90A and Beltway 8. A large section of the park, 173-acres, is a detention basin for the Harris County Flood Control District, and adjacent to Carpenter's Bayou. —Landscape Architecture by Asakura Robinson Co., Houston 38 The Mediacom Landscape 38 Greenland Landscape Company, Inc. was hired in October 2012 to perform the design/build landscape architecture and construction of Mediacom Communications corporate headquarters in Blooming Grove, New York. The campus landscape is on 35 acres of former farmland on the crest of a hill overlooking Sugarloaf and Chester, New York. —Greenland Associates – Landscape Architects, LLC, William Weiss, III, ASLA 48 Botanical Research Institute of Texas 48 The 5.2-acre, LEED Platinum Botanical Research Institute of Texas campus in Fort Worth has been referred to as the "most aggressively 'green' project in Tarrant County history." LEED certification is based on credits earned in five categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy/ atmosphere, materials/resources and indoor environmental quality. The facility and campus reflect BRIT's core principles of conservation, sustainability and a connection to the land and its history. —Landscape Architecture by Balmori Associates, Inc., N.Y.C.; Landscaping, Irrigation by ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, Dallas 58 A Study in Sustainability: Sabine Science Hall, Richland College, Dallas 58 The design team realized early in the planning the building and surrounding plaza needed to meld with the college architecture to provide a campus "outdoor living room" large enough to bring the science majors and greater college community together. —Landscape Architecture by Linda Tycher & Associates, Inc. 62 Riverfront Brownfield Renatured 66 October 2013 w w w . l a n d s c a p e o n l i n e . c o m Volume 29 Number 10 THE INDUSTRY TRADE MAGAZINE FOR COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE SPECIFIERS NATIONWIDE! Find 74 World Premieres in this Issue World Premiere For Details See Page 8 On the cover: Sabine Science Hall, Richland College, Dallas—Landscape Architecture by Linda Tycher & Associates, Inc., p. 58. PHoTo: CHARLeS SmITH The Riverfront Development Corp. of Delaware targeted a 33-acre brownfield area, now known as Justison Landing, as part of a comprehensive riverfront revitalization that has resulted in the transformation of the derelict industrial lands of south Wilmington along the Christina River. —Landscape Architect by Oasis Design Group, Baltimore Find it First in LASN! There are 74 advertisements or product releases in this issue where the picture or ad has never before been published, what LASN calls "World Premieres." Look for the World Premiere icon in the Product Focus section (pages 26-29) and in red text the Ad Index (pages 129-130, 133-134 ). Contact LASN for more information on how your new product can be in the World Premiere World Premiere spotlight! (714) 979-LASN (5276) www.landscapeonline.com 8 Landscape Architect and Specifier News