Congratulations to Gábor Horváth for his award-winning model, Tokyo 100 x 100 for the SketchUp 3D Challenge, Shape Your Landscape! The next 3D…

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What's wrong with this picture? It appears that the hula dancers are beckoning riders to park their bikes here. However, it is to no avail. This was taken on the opening day of Trader Joe's in Larkspur, California. If you live in Marin or happen to find yourself nearby, you will quickly realize two things - the hula dancers are not there and the tightly packed bike racks are never used.…

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Whenever I’m designing for a green-minded client, which happens to be my favorite kind, it’s nice to have some great pieces handy for inspiration. Thankfully, commercial stores are incorporating a few amazing options, making browsing for site furnishings easier and a little more fun. Most of the pieces pictured here are high in recycled content or made of…

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I have architectural drafting tables for sale....solid and old school.

I am located in Norwalk, Connecticut. Architectural table for $150, steel compression spring engineers:$350

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I thought this was a great opportunity to share some landscapes that

I've visited. Each week I'll try to post a landscape design project.

Some you've seen maybe some you haven't. The idea is to provide a

visitor's perspective and a designer's critique.



This week's landscape is the second largest park in Barcelona; Central

Parc Nou Barris.



Check it out at http://thisislandarch.blogspot.com/… Continue

Italy Regione Calabria - Town Planning and Territorial Governance Department - announces the

first “Zero Emission” international competition, Solar Park South, fully managed online

by means of the portal www.newitalianblood.com.



Participants are requested to provide economically, energetically and culturally sustainable projects and innovative ideas for the reuse… Continue

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I have been paying closer attention to bike parking lately and wanted to share with you a few resources that I found useful.



First, bikeparking.com, is a good site to gather information on what to avoid, what cyclists want, installation of bike racks and lockers, and about finishes that will help you when designing spaces for… Continue

If you're in the New York City area on June 26th, please join

topophilia for an afternoon conversation about starting your own

design office. Our guests,…

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With the World Cup 2010 officially underway in South Africa, it’s got me thinking of another country planning to host their own set of worldwide sports events: Brazil. Two of the largest sporting competitions in the world, the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, , will be held…

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Hi all:) I have just signed up here and I've got to say this is the best site I have come across....I have learned so much about LA and LD, thanx to all you guys. I'm from Melbourne and I want to become a Landscape Designer and I'm not sure how to go about it. Could anyone please let me know where is the best way to start? Best steps to take towards LD? What education is the best to start with? Also if you know any LD sites that could help me out in any way please let me know....i would…

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Hard to believe it's been 16 months since I graduated from Purdue's Landscape Architecture Program... hold on, no it's not, this has been the longest 16 months I can remember. If you asked me 16 months ago where I would think I would be now, it definitely would be different that what I'm living. Not all bad though, I really am making the best of a bad situation and a poor economy. Continue