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Thank you Tosh! I will def check out that German magazine. I know a friend who works for an Architecture company. I’ll ask him if they can give me a few copies of their CDs for learning purposes. I just checked out the website caddetails.com and I am really liking it! And thanks for also addressing my second question! 🙂

Thanks for the tip! 🙂

I know one graduate student who went right from my program into video game design. I havnt kept in touch with him though.

Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards book. there is also a stripped down student version.
I have checked them out of the library before and purchased the cheaper student version. It has some great…[Read more]

A good and cost effective way is to Google search for images that you are looking for, and select all those good ones that don’t have copyright restrictions. The process might be time consuming, but it will save you the money that you would have to spend on taking those images with the help of a professional photographer. 

I personally admire the idea of embellishing the street walls, and even roads with some artistic works, as it can make our surroundings more pleasing. I stay in Bangalore, India, where the local government authorities have implemented the same idea, and made flyover walls and regional compound walls to look very appealing by painting them with…[Read more]

Are you trying to learn detailing, which is only a part of cds?  Are you trying to learn construction documentation for LA in general?  Or are you trying to learn specifically how to use AutoCAD to generate cds? Those three questions have very different answers.
There are a lot of resources on detailing out there.  Depending on the type of fi…[Read more]

Tosh K, you are absolutely right. Maybe I need to write an article about the women in landscape architecture! I know on asla.org there is an article about them. Thanks for the great input!

Best is to track down a good set from a reputable firm… though they’ll be hard to come by (being legal documents, most designers and contractors are sensitive about it changing hands).  An old copy of landscape graphic standards (and architectural graphic standards) should give you a good start.  The Details in Contemporary Landscape A…[Read more]

I know the article is an architecture article, but…  Jane Jacobs?  Beatrix Farrand – Founding member of ASLA?   I suppose LAs were more progressive, starting out with Farrand and all.

It is a good quality to want to help the office move forward and that should be appreciated. This might be a good thing because these things are not often discussed and it might make your boss aware of the idea of keeping people informed on the mission of the office which will help you and the others work for that end. And you get a broader…[Read more]

Hey Andrew

No i didnt ask the firm but have now and the answer is a cautious one on the side of what work to look for. The principle has his ideas on what sort of work he wants and has a firm understanding of the workload to staffing ratio, he wants the workload to be manageable!!
Appreciate the feedback, you are “bang on” with this one. I guess…[Read more]

Coordinates, you are most welcome. I love reading and sharing things like this. I am still finding my way around the design field as a young professional and I love seeing how far women have come. Coincidentally, I came across this article in USA Today about women and making it to the top. Very interesting read! http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2…[Read more]

It sounds like this is something you are doing on your own. This is one business that the mantra “no lead is a bad lead” or “no sale is a bad sale” does not apply. Have you asked the firm if it is alright for you to do this and what types of work and what areas of the market they want to work in?
 
 

I would like to thank you for sharing this information about overlooked women in the architecture history along with their images that too on the right occasion of “Women’s Day”. Today, women have their hands on in almost all areas of business, and they can never be overlooked, since they might be physically weak compared to men, but they are…[Read more]

Try doing an advanced search in Google to find the resources that you are looking for, as it can narrow down the search results to the most relevant ones. Even though tough, I think you can find the resources that you are looking for free of cost, just try to be very vigilant while you search. 

Ok, I will give this a try. Thank you for the tip!

Have you tried to google “landscape cadd details”?Click on images and you’ll see planty. There are tons of examples out there and quite a few websites where you can download dwg files. A lot of municipalities have construction detail standards in pdf form on their websites. …. assuming you are looking to see examples of generic details to get a…[Read more]

I can’t think of a recent article that had me screaming “YEAH!” so enthusiastically as did this one! Thanks for posting. I blame graphics technology for making architects and landscape architects feel that any thing they can draw can be made to happen (if only some other sucker would foot the $Billion bill!) or should happen or well, someone else…[Read more]

I had not read that.  Thanks for the link!