As I flew over the rockies today I felt as if I was being teased with what I am going to be right in the middle of within the next couple weeks. The clouds would add to the suspense because the gaps between the very thick blanket would show bits and pieces of the snow-capped mountain tops. I was…

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Your design portfolio is one of the most unique, important design projects you will undertake. During the span of your career, you will need to put together several, changing the design and the content each time. In the simplest terms, your portfolio is a communication tool – marketing YOU.

If you google “Landscape Architecture” with “design portfolio”, you’ll get others’ online…

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As the British government prepares to invest more than £400 billion in major infrastructure projects including High Speed 2, the building of new nuclear power stations and the creation of renewable energy plant, BIG LANDSCAPE 2020 looks to the future both for landscape schemes and for today's students who as…

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Trust has become a major part of the conversation in international development and finance. Ironically, strategies to provide opportunity in local communities are embedded in the most ambitious programs of the very federal agencies most under attack. There's no better example of such programs than the Sustainable Communities Initiative, combining goals of HUD, the EPA and DOT.

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I have undergone so much preparation for this trip and with each day I get more and more excited. Yesterday I spent some time drawing out maps of where we'll be going on our journey. It's pretty sweet because after going town to town across the U.S. I was able to see that we're not looking for the fastest route through the states. We'll be zig-zagging north and south as well, probably so we can visit particular universities and Pi Kapp alumni.

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We are in the Huffington Post.  Arianna call us to do your next garden while you are on to new ventures.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/07/modern-pasadena-home-_n_858777.html#s275143

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The other day, I was getting ready to get on a phone call with an office full of Russians to talk about form-based codes. To overcome our language barrier, I tried to simplify things and illustrate with images. Here's my PlaceShakers blog on that subject today.

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Hello all,

The next couple months are going to be a monumental part of my launch as an aspiring landscape architect. The first three years of my education at Iowa State have taught me a great amount in regards to space and place but I have no doubt that I still have much to learn. Landscape design as I see it is all about the…

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