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The true answer is that there is no tree that restricts its growth to the top 5′ of its structure.
Well, some are right – a pollarded tree does. Grow a Sycamore for 25 years and pollard it. Oops. No room for the roots. Mulberries would grow faster and you can also pollard them. Oops. Now your sidewalk and mural is covered with purple splats of…[Read more]

You could try to obtain an a aerial image(google earth ect…) and use this as a base image by masking out the areas you don’t need and de-saturating the image in photoshop

i would recommend a redbud, serviceberry, crabapple or hornbeam. but make sure to find a fastigiate/columnar variety. there are several available for each species.

I had the idea of strapping a camera on to my mountain bike and riding the planned corridor of a hike and bike trail. My thought is it would help in the planning of the trail. I never had the opportunity to put it into practice though. I may go back and do the same thing on the finished trail for marketing purposes, but still waiting on projects…[Read more]

I do a lot of site photography for different things including events. One of my jobs I do twice a year is very large, complicated, and very involved, so I end up taking around 1200 shots over two days of shooting with an ultrawide lens. I had thought video might be handy, but on further thought, it really isn’t. It can be hard to get to see what…[Read more]

Not intended as snooty, Henry. But this is a site that ought not to have street trees. It is a difficult position for the designer to be in, but they will not work here. And frankly not a single species named by any of us (including myself) suits this site, IMO

Lauren,
 
First of all welcome to land8!  I have read quite a few of these posts and would like to offer my own insight.  I graduated in 2004 and worked for a variety of firms after college.  The first was a small LA firm of 12 people, and the other three were A&E (architectural / engineering) firms. 
I would say that i have learned the most a…[Read more]

I’ve seen pollarded trees that might work (Frankfurt’s main pedestrian way has plane trees that maintain branches/leaves in a few feet, above pedestrians but below 2nd story windows).  

Acacia, locust, and hornbeam are probably the better options for size and pollarding.

Any way to get a basic structure and try growing vines instead?

I would suggest understory or pioneer trees like perhaps a honeylocust, hornbeam, serviceberry, Black Tupelo, or Redbuds. All of course will need bottom pruning, and with the limited rooting area, the tops will kind of prune themselves for a long while. Cherrys could work, but are messy and will still need a lot of pruning.
Stay away from top r…[Read more]

Rainbow Pillar Serviceberry.

There are so many…this subject could be a great research paper. Good luck.
http://www.west8.nl/news/sandy_success_stories_the_little_island_that_could/

http://www.fieldoperations.net/

http://architectureforhumanity.org/node/4875

http://www.arup.com/Projects/Hong_Kong_West_Drainage_Tunnel.aspx

It strikes me that planting trees that “want” to be 50′ tall and taller under a 20′ line is bad horticulture and bad design.

Thank you very much Howard. it will be helpful to me. Do you know any other studios in this field

Is the limited root room a given?
Can the paving be replaced to make way for structural soil beneath?

Brutal restrictions there. Even without the limited rooting area, it seems like the powerlines and the mural are leaving you with a pretty limited range of options. High-branching *and* under 20′ is almost an oxymoron. Could this be a situation where trees just don’t make any sense at all?
 
If the client is insisting on trees, maybe a columnar cr…[Read more]

The restriction on height matched with the narrow space, limited root zone and high branching translates into doomed trees that may well be butchered until they die. (Is that too up-beat?)
Also, if the area has been Zone 5 then I wouldn’t be so quick to plan on Zone 6a trees (except these poor things won’t have a long life anyway)

There are…[Read more]

hi again,
hard pathing is not dictated by my company, they prefer soft pathing.  our IT dept. does keep the drive letters flexible so server migration issues are transparent to the users.  if i had to worry about such issues, then softpathing or a routine to go thru all files would be required.
 
karl

Have you considered any top grafted trees like Prunus subhitella ‘pendula’ that will give you your trunk size, stem height, and have limited vertical growth?

Hi all
I think that the choice of tool used to produce the work is (almost) irrelevant. I say almost because there are instances when the client dictates what type of drawings and documentation needs to be delivered. In my experience it was a particular software that needed to be used. There are ways around that but that’s for another…[Read more]

Hi Kimberly
Did you have any luck with AutoCAD classes? My experience in Australia is that the AutoCAD classes are targeted almost wholly to Architects and Engineers. 
Regards
Paul Stafford
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