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A little unorthodox but looking into an internship with PWD (Philly Water Department) is a great place. They are doing some truly amazing work with their green infrastructure in the city. Probably the best model in the country right now. http://www.phillywatersheds.org/ 

I’d try Andropogon’s consultant/collaborator list…

I have had 3 phone calls, 2 of which were particularly of interest.  I think it is worth it.  You’ll make that $100 back in a day or two after getting the job.

Yes I have thank-you. It has a lot of good information. Thanks 🙂
 

The ones who hired me were smaller firms that were looking to hire someone really fast. This was before the recession, though. I don’t think they even put up a job post. They just called me after seeing my resume. I have a feeling they were looking for specific things, and didn’t want to be swamped with applicants. Of course, this took a while. I…[Read more]

My experience differs from Roland’s, which may be a geographical thing or any of a host of other reasons.  But only once (twice?) was I ever contacted in the few times (and several months in total) I had a resume posted on ASLA over the years, and it was by a headhunter, not an actual firm or LA.  As a non-member, no it is absolutely not worth t…[Read more]

if you haven’t already done so, go read this recent discussion: https://land8.com/forum/topics/im-thinking-of-becoming-a-landscape-architect

i will try!! so mysteriously… 🙂

Thanks Toby, will retry tomorrow.

works (started at 18:.., am now at 24:33 minutes) via dsl in los angeles.
what you really need is someone with a similar connection on your side of the world to test it.
 
 

I graduated a couple years ago, so I think that’s smart.  Thanks a lot for the help. 

You get landscape architecture magazine every month and discounts on the annual conference. How long ago did you graduate? There’s discounts for students and recent grads. If you plan on having your resume up for several months (and since the profession is still recovering,you might), it would probably be cheaper to join. Four months of posting…[Read more]

Are there any huge benefits to being a part of ASLA other than Job Postings?  Never really had the extra cash to join but if its a smart thing to be a part of then its probably a good idea.

It looks like as an ASLA member, which I am not, allows you to post a resume for “free for a limited” time.  A non member can post a resume for $100 for 2 months.  If it will help me at least get in front of people to talk about even just a possibility of work than I think I can take the hit.  I’m mostly curious if there is anyone out there pe…[Read more]

Oh, I see, you’re not an ASLA member. Never mind.

$100? If they are charging that for posting resumes, this is the first I’ve heard. I’ve been posting mine for free for the past several months. I think I had to pay a bit before the recession, but it was only about $10. $100 would be a huge, sudden increase right when many are still struggling to find jobs. Check to make sure they are really…[Read more]

Hi Edward,

As others have prior stated, Architectural Offices do seem to have quite elegant websites.
One of my all time favorite has been OLIN [http://www.theolinstudio.com/] for its simplicity, layout, color scheme and way they represent their project scale.
On the negative side, 80% of their website runs on flash (Please, stay away from…[Read more]

Is your struggle the effort to reconcile “I’m wanting to bring back the history of the site” with “I’m interested in the idea of urban agriculture, urban plazas/squares.” Why are you imposing these constraints on the design? Do either grow out of “The site is very urban and is a waterside site and will be a mixed use development.”?

SPAM?

when I get bogged down I remember an old professors’ advice, as a question,
“what is the simplest solution to the problem?”