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I agree, phone call, to ask the musical question, “Are applicants who have previously applied invited to reapply?” Politeness and  non-judgemental-ness are important.  It is also possible they are really disorganized and just lost the previous stuff, didn’t meet some kind of deadline, forgot they had already advertised, had the hiring manager fi…[Read more]

What exactly are the issues that we can address by adding something physical? Do nerds have needs that are different than any other human being?

In our human world experience, there are two: shelter and non shelter (in the largest sense, the landscape).  
Shelter and non shelter are connected by landscape architecture and communications technology.  
I’ve just lost my train of thought…
Ed Flaherty

Roland: 
 
The answer could easily be yes or no to all your questions. Take a chill pill for a moment. It also could be (And this is commonplace) that the firm was “fishing” to see who was out there and may be on the brink of having new work come in (or older-shelved projects come back to life) and want to have a qualified pool of pre-screened c…[Read more]

It is under “People Skills” in Landplanner’s post. I  liked that one, too.

That’s two votes for good old E. Barlow, of Central Park fame..On the list! Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it, and am pretty much buying everything everyone listed, so far.. My retirement will be financed by selling my book collection.

Landscape Design-A Cultural and Architectural History by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
 
This is also an expensive purchase ($75.00) although is well worth the price.  The writing is wel done and interesting, the photos and plans are exceptional, and the content is well documented.

“…don’t be weird”

damn…

Thank you Henry, I think this could be very helpful to many here. But takes some real effort, like having to read it first.

a few books on my shelf:
Title: The Poetics of Gardens Author(s): Charles W. Moore, William J Mitchell, William Turnbull, Jr. Publisher: The MIT Press

The Architecture of Western Gardens
Editors: Mosser and Teyssot
Publisher: MIT Press

The History of Gardens
Author: Christopher Thacker
Publisher: University of California Press
 

Plants in Garden History – written by Penelope Hobhouse

The portfolio is very very good. The suggestions I have for the portfolio have already been mentioned by the above users.

As far as the website goes, it’s good, but If there’s one thing I have to say about it  was that I had slight difficulty understanding what the website was about at first glance. It seems your homepage for the website  is t…[Read more]

Two Great Books:
Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History
author: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment From PreHistory to the Present Day
author: Geoffrey Jellicoe and Susan Jellicoe

Thanks Dan,
I would like to take part in the seminar.  August 22?
Looking forward to it!

When I look for a job, I surmise that there are too many.  When I look at the built environment around me, I feel that there aren’t enough.
 
This WAS a philosophical question, right?

Leslie:

I appreciate your commentary here. I only posted this job advertisment as a real-world testimony as to where things are in slow slog to recover from the Great Desperation. This ad reflects where things are at with our segment of the design professions, and both of us know that is not better or greatly improved for any of the others. I…[Read more]

Wildlife corridors can provide not just improved access to habitat but ways for people to interact safely with wildlife in ways that don’t disrupt animal communities.
While admitting that the efficacy of these structures needs more study, the Federal Highway Administration thought enough of the idea to develop a design guide in 2011.  There’s l…[Read more]