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There are at least a dozen ways to get from A to B in what you’re trying to do, and unfortunately what works for one person won’t always work for everyone else. A coworker and I had two very different methods for doing this and neither of us could ever get the other’s to work but our own process worked fine every time.

Nick’s link suggestion is…[Read more]

I went to U of Penn – no history. I have looked at many programs, as I am interested in teaching. I see very few history courses..So I am not sure about that accreditation claim..Perhaps I am wrong, but it is certainly not evident in the programs, both graduate and undergraduate, I have looked at…I’m sticking to my guns..We need history. It…[Read more]

We should all have a basic understanding of history from our university education, a requirement for graduation was a senior level class at Cal Poly, I am with everyone else in saying that the LARE is not to prove knowledge of Landscape Architecture, it is to certify that we know not to run with scissors (health, safety, and wellness) by know ing…[Read more]

Trace, I completely agree with you that understanding the history of our profession is a vital part of our education as Landscape Architects. However, I do not see the necessity to have it be part of the exam. From what I understand, every accredited LA program has a history of landscape architecture requirement. And for most states, in order to…[Read more]

I am searching for products generally accepted and proven/tested on a variety of projects are readily available or preferred by our industry. There are many products surfacing and some claim to be green;however, the process in which they are produced consumes more energy then the benefit they offer. It all started when I found out about The…[Read more]

Are you looking for anything in particular or are you trying to find a general set of products to use in a variety of projects?

Thanks for the contact – there are committees that I just missed the deadline for last year, intend to re-apply when it comes around again..I don’t know – I think we should have a basic knowledge of landscape architectural history, like a basic knowledge of US history, which I think is required to graduate from high school, or at least used to…[Read more]

Congratulations Steve! That’s interesting you got to comment, mine didn’t have that option. Just so you know, they didn’t post that I was certified on the website until last week and I still haven’t received my certificate, apparently it takes awhile (maybe October for you). I was kind of freaked out at first, but I guess that’s…[Read more]

Daryn, I think most suppliers who manufacture or distribute “green” products are very forthright about this with the demand now being made in many communities to gain LEED ratings, and other communities who had already been requiring more sustainable, or environmentally conscious solutions. I would suggest reviewing the documents that USGBC and…[Read more]

So the solution is to water our profession down even further? We need to raise ourselves up, to be able to teach those in the legislature how important the design of the land has been, and will always be..Here in California Jerry Brown may run for governor again, and so everyone is recalling his attitude towards the Department of Highways – he…[Read more]

Wow. I think that our country has taken the idea that history is completely influenced by the perspective of the viewer to the point of absurdity..There are facts, in history. There is an evolving attitude towards nature, or cultural attitudes towards nature, that can be studied and learned from. To say that we do not know more about human…[Read more]

Could you post a sample here and let us take a look?

I downloaded cutepdf, did a print to file, and the pdf came out just like the others. I’m not sure if Frank was changing one of the default settings before printing to cutepdf, but I couldn’t see any difference in the end product.

I checked that all the links are there, and everything seems to be fine. (I’m not sure how you know if they’re…[Read more]

so would you say you wasted you time doing the boards, shouldn’t you have just done the hand graphics to begin with if that was what impressed them? I again feel that it is not hand vs computer, it is whatever you and your talents can convey the message most effectively.

Revit takes some time to learn, even with the experienced technicians and it is geared more for architecture modeling. It also has a tendency to respond well to straight lines where curvilinear lines, arcs, etc will challenge the person using it. It is a great tool for changes, especially in architectural drawings where there are 60 plus sheets…[Read more]

Here in Washington, we just passed legislation to upgrade our license from a Title Act to a Practice Act. We have been working with the legislature for 5 or 6 years to get this done. The senators and respresentatives had a hard enough time understanding the relationship between landscape architects and health, safety and welfare. To throw history…[Read more]