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I don’t believe the ‘tea party’ knows what it is, besides against Obama because he is black..I think Rob was making a joke? The Tea Party is something not to be taken seriously, until they take themselves seriously, instead of speaking and behaving like buffoons.

That said, Republicans say they want smaller government, and have been working…[Read more]

Please keep posting and updating this discussion blog.

Sorry if my wording was confusing, but I am waiting on the results for my last test. No, I am not currently licensed. My question however was whether or not I should be considering getting a CLARB record once I do (hopefully soon) get my license.

If having a current license in one state makes it just as easy to get reciprocity in another state,…[Read more]

That’s true Rob, the ‘political temperament’ of a country drives what citizens are willing to do for the environment. This last year I’ve been living overseas and have to confess I haven’t followed much on the Tea Party movement, but I suspect the Party would not favor public policy that curbs individual ‘rights’ to balance environmental…[Read more]

No

no

“Could that work in the U.S.?”

I think that rather depends on whether the “Tea Party” movement is a media fad or the will of the people.

So if I understand this correctly, the CLARB record actually doesn’t benefit the reciprocity if you have a current license? I ask because I’m hoping to be licensed soon (one test left) and my supervisor has a CLARB record for reciprocity reasons, so I was assuming I needed to do that as well in the event we picked up jobs in other states and…[Read more]

Thx Roland for your comment and the link which I haven’t seen before. I agree, there are some generalities to be made for sure.

It’s claimed that the U.S. did a better job with (and were the originators of) preserving land in perpetuity as was done by Roosevelt with the first National Parks etc. Whether they were the first I’m not sure, but…[Read more]

Hopefully I can help you get a decent picture of what’s going on in the Baltimore/DC area for LA’s and architects. I used to work at an architecture firm for a number of years and probably have stronger ties to that portion, but anyway here goes:

*** Of the LAs you know, how many lost their jobs after the economy went bad?
I lost my job in Oct…[Read more]

Thanks for the info guys…trying it now!

I had the same issue to. In acrobat I re-saved it as a previous version, with every previous version you save it as the file size goes down while preserving the quality.

There was an interesting blog entry on this on the Original Green: http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Blog/Entries/2009/12/31_the_Green_Country_to_the_Green_City.html
It’s hard to really say any of this for sure, beacuse I’ve only been to a few places in Europe and that was a long time ago. But, in general, I think the Europeans do a better job of balancing…[Read more]

I have kept in contact with several classmates still in school. I have asked them on numerous occasions what the faculty is discussing and what they are doing to help students plan for post graduation. There is very little to no talk on this subject.
When I was graduating in 08 after the housing meltdown before the credit crisis they were dancing…[Read more]

Eric,

I love shameless self-promotion. Speaking of which, I have just launched a content-heavy blog on landscape and culture called Grounded Design. I update 3-4 times a week.

http://www.groundeddesign.com

It contains musings on the form, meaning, and expression of designed landscapes.

Check it out if you have time.

Thanks,

Thomas

It doesn’t make me feel better, sorry to hear that.

I’ve heard that THE actual unemployment figures for Architecture were up over 30%, maybe as high as 50% at the end of 2009. I have no idea what the actual number is for LA. I know the civil firms around here aren’t doing much better, if not entirely worse.

What’s beginning to get a little unnerving for me is that it seems there is little, if any,…[Read more]

I have been professionally practicing since 1995. Since then, I have worked for 4 design build firms, and 4 engineering firms. I left three of these jobs for the other one. The rest, let go for lack of work, and most BEFORE the recession. Keep in mind that this is in the overdeveloped, maxed out (mostly) and unappealing paved over public spaces of…[Read more]