Once known as the "Richest Hill on Earth," Butte, Montana, has faught to move on from copper mining's aftermath in the farm of a Superfund site and the notorious Berkeley Pit. After decades of federal negotiations and community activism, the city is set to step forward with a new vision led by Land Design, lnc.

For more than five years, only a small site of remembrance marked the place where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot by the police while playing with his sister. To create a space for healing, Tamir's mother, Samaria Rice, knew they would need more. Led by DesignJones LLC with DERU Landscape Architecture, the new Rice Butterfly Memorial is a testament to a community's commitment and a mother's determination to make a safer world for children from the ashes of grief.

An excerpt from The Shope of the Lond: Topography & Londscape Architecture looks at land formation and deformation in 1 O iconic projects.