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Comment by Bruno Marques on August 28, 2012 at 11:43am

7th European Biennial of Landscape - Sept 27-29 2012 / Barcelona, Spain

Info:

http://land8.com/events/7th-european-biennial-of-landscape-rosa-bar...

Comment by Denis Vasiliev on January 20, 2012 at 1:03am

why only western education???

Comment by Ting Lee on January 10, 2012 at 4:57am

Hi I am currently recruiting for junior level Landscape Architect in Bahrain. Must have design flair, western educated and strong CAD skills. Please send details to tlee@bwpltd.com 

Comment by Ting Lee on November 22, 2011 at 10:21pm

Hi UK Landscape Architects, I am currently recruiting for Mid level Landscape Architects for a role in Qatar. This is an immediate role with an international consultancy. Previous Gulf experience would be ideal, however not essential. Interested? Please contact me or send details through to tlee@bwpltd.com with portfolio 

Comment by Dumitru Furnea on November 3, 2011 at 3:51pm

I'll have to disagree with a part of the group comment, that one about Martha Schwartz. It is perfectly justified what she said about UK's landscape Architecture and the impossibility of the Landscape Architects from UK to overcome some bad habits. She pointed righteously at back garden culture and I'd top it up with slavery towards public's control over L. Architect's jobs. There are far too many consultations with the public, far too many people involved, and more who want to be involved in the design process. The freedom of professional expression is denied by the involvement of the councils' so called "officers" who are anything but trained in any landscaping profession but who always have "the best" solution for any developments that happen. Of course, there are exceptions but it should be the other way round. The bad examples should be the exceptions.

@Alex... L.A. students are few and will be fewer by year.

Why?

1. Fees going from 6-7 grand per course to 7-8 grand per year starting with 2012.

2. L.A. is a highly technical profession and UK's children want to be actors, footballers, and artists... meaning anything that doesn't involve hard work and brings you tonnes of money (presuming you are successful). Therefore, top universities don't have such courses - there are no queries for this profession. 

3. Wages - UK's L.A. are paid  change compared to  - let's say US landscape architects. The average in UK is somewhere between 28-32K - in the public sector and starting with 25K or less in the private sector. Pathetic, isn't it?

So.. who would want to be an L.A. when with the same skills and hard work you can be an Architect? The minimum for an Architect starts from 32K... Fortunately there are people who like the landscaping more that architecture but their numbers are falling down day by day...

There is more to say to this.. debatable though... 

Comment by Michael Burton-Nickson on July 19, 2011 at 8:16am

Landscape architects always get confused for "landscapers" and until the general public understand the profession of landscape architecture, this will never change. 

Comment by Denis Vasiliev on June 8, 2011 at 11:48pm

Hello! Any CMLIs here? Who can mentor me on my P2C by skype?

Comment by Alex Woodcraft on May 27, 2011 at 12:02pm

Yes I think landscape architecture in the UK needs a boost in profile. I can't understand, for example, why the top universities don't offer landscape architecture courses?

Comment by Scott on August 13, 2009 at 3:15pm

Are UK landscape architects maligned? I'm not disagreeing, but please expand-