What the Authors of “An Apocalyptic Manifesto” Think 20 Years Later

What the Authors of “An Apocalyptic Manifesto” Think 20 Years Later

Two designers reflect on what’s changed since they published a provocative statement on landscape architecture. In April 2005, LAM published an essay by two junior faculty members at Iowa State University titled “An Apocalyptic Manifesto.” Written in an earlier rhetorical style of architectural criticism, the manifesto was a call to action, or at least to attention. The authors used the metaphor of the ailing body to ask provocative questions ab…