LASN is a photographically oriented, professional journal featuring topics of concern and state-of-the-art projects designed or influenced by registered Landscape Architects.
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Band shells, like the Hollywood Bowl (1922), are famous for their
acoustics. The 6,800-seat Ascend Amphitheater, designed by
Smith Gee Studio and Hodgetts+Fung, is one of only a handful of
outdoor "electronic shells" that match the natural acoustics of a
shell through digital signal processing and loudspeakers.