September 2009 Blog Posts (13)

Terragrams dispatches interview with Ken Smith

Landscape Architect Ken Smith joins Terragrams for dipatch 21. Ken is the founder of the Ken Smith Workshop in Manhattan and Irvine, California. He graduated from Iowa State University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design and practiced with the Office of Peter Walker and then in collaboration with Martha Schwartz and David Meyer. Since 1992 he has been piloting his own studio while also teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the… Continue

Added by Craig Verzone on September 29, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Live! Therapeutic Landscapes Network Launches New Website

The Therapeutic Landscapes Network is pleased to announce the launch of our new website.

Same url, HealingLandscapes.org, same great content (actually we've added more), and many new features, including:

- Search function within the site;

- Blog and site under one virtual roof;

- Larger,… Continue

Added by Naomi Sachs, ASLA, EDAC on September 29, 2009 at 7:10am — 1 Comment

MSU Ed Martin Landscape Design Symposium Oct. 21, 2009

The 54th annual Edward C. Martin Landscape Symposium is scheduled for Oct. 21, 2009 at Bost Auditorium, Mississippi State University from 9am to Noon. Guest speakers include Dr. Jim DelPrince on interior design, Gail Barton on Mississippi gardening, and Bob Brzuszek on residential landscape design. For more info and registration, please visit http://www.lalc.msstate.edu/

Added by Bob Brzuszek on September 28, 2009 at 9:59am — No Comments

Land8 Happy Hour - Chicagostyle!

Thanks to everyone able to attend this year's Land8 Happy Hour - Chicagostyle! And many thanks to Baseline and Vectorworks for sponsoring the event. For those of you who missed it this year, we met at the Exchequer Restaurant on the Saturday night of the 2009 ASLA… Continue

Added by Andrew Spiering on September 24, 2009 at 2:00pm — 10 Comments

Remodelista Relaunches as an Integrated Home Design Resource

Remodelista.com, a leading home design blog, today relaunched as the first design website to tightly integrate cutting-edge editorial content with a curated selection of products.

With a new array of tools and services, Remodelista has evolved into a full-featured online sourcebook for architects, designers, and consumers seeking to make better-informed home design decisions… Continue

Added by Erik Keith on September 24, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments

ASLA Annual Meeting: See you in DC!

Each year the American Society of Landscape Architects has an annual meeting, and this year it was in Chicago. I've gone to three of the last four, and must say that this was one of the most enjoyable weekends. Some of that may be caused by my circumstances surrounding each meeting. (Minneapolis I was still in Grad School and a week from presentations, so my mind wasn't fully there; San Fransisco I had just graduated and had an interview set up that I was to busy freaking out about to enjoy… Continue

Added by Frank Varro on September 22, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

Making Change Easy with Vectorworks 2010

Columbia, Maryland (September 15, 2009)—Nemetschek North America announced today the 2010 release of their award-winning Vectorworks® line of design software, including: Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Machine Design, Fundamentals, and Renderworks™.

Building upon the integration of the Parasolid® 3D modeling core in 2009, version 2010 is "Making Change Easy" - the theme for the… Continue

Added by Land8 on September 15, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Winner of Pamphlet Architecture 30 Competition Announced

New York, NY (September 10, 2009) – Founded in 1977 by architects Steven Holl and William Stout to promote the work and ideas of up-and-coming architects,… Continue

Added by Land8 on September 14, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

SketchUp and AutoCAD

If you use SketchUp and AutoCAD in your practice, chances are you have imported one of your AutoCAD files into SketchUp or visa versa. SketchUp was developed by two former AutoDesk employees and it makes sense that these programs are directly compatible.

In fact, they share many congruent elements. Layers in AutoCAD will import directly into SketchUp. If you have a large CAD layer list, as many projects do, and then open the layers menu in SketchUp (windows  layers) after import,… Continue

Added by Daniel Tal on September 13, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Almost there! Therapeutic Landscapes Network gears up to launch new website

The Therapeutic Landscapes Network is working feverishly to launch our new website in time for the annual American Society of Landscape Architects Meeting and Expo next week (and the American Horticultural Therapy Association and Healthcare Design 09 conferences soon after that).…

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Added by Naomi Sachs, ASLA, EDAC on September 11, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

IFLA 47th World Congress Suzhou, China, 2010

IFLA 47th World Congress will be hosted by the International Federation of Landscape

Architects (IFLA) and the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA),

supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s

Republic of China and the Department of Construction of Jiangsu Province, and

organized by Suzhou People’s Government, in Suzhou, China on May 28-30, 2010.

THEME

Responding to Nature to Achieve Harmony and… Continue

Added by Land8 on September 10, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Landscape Architecture and Public Design on Examiner.com

Hello: I'm a Landscape Architect and freelance writer for the Examiner.com. I write short articles to raise awareness of the profession and to highlight projects around Metro Detroit. Also, we'll be highlighting Metro Detroit L.A. firms. If you are from Michigan and want your firm to be highlighted in my column, feel free to e-mail me at nanette.alton@gmail.com or leave a comment on my web page at the website below.

Looking forward to examining the L.A. profession and giving others… Continue

Added by Nanette Alton on September 5, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

National Meeting Prep Time...

As many Landscape Architects are well aware, the ASLA national meeting is in a few weeks in Chicago. I've gone to four of the last five meetings, and highly recommend attendance to all professionals and students at least once. The networking opportunities are amazing, as you can find yourself sitting at lunch next to your state's ASLA trustee, and sitting in an education session next to the principal at the firm you've always wanted to work at. You can also join one of the national committees,… Continue

Added by Frank Varro on September 2, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments