Reply To: Public vs. private// No use for license

Thanks, Maggie. I concur with you. I have seen too many “good enough” jobs completed that are not so much the fault of the contractor but the result of less than precise drawings. Not that unlicensed people can’t do them, but I agree that being a landscape architect demands a social responsibility to the public realm.

I wonder if it takes special talent, insight, or just plain perseverance to maintain a creative mind while working only in the public realm and its strict parameters. OR are people who do this work on a daily basis more creative because they must design and build public places despite the restrictions and the bureaucracy?