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More on architecture degree holders’ prospects (not our field but related):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/new-study-shows-arch…

Which is a shame, as it’s a hard subject to study, and not full of people trying to find an easy way of life in the first place.

Steel and Aluminium make great edges and as far as injury is concerned any person can trip on anything really ( and as a kid I was always told to lift my feet)…I don’t think anything provides a sharp edge like steel or alloy can..I found the alloy was harder to keep in a straighter line and needed a lot of fixings, in fact soo much that we…[Read more]

Thank you everybody for keeping this discussion up to date! I’m taking the exam this week and I’m wondering if I need to memorize formulas (such as the MAWA) or are they provided on the exam where they’re required to be used? Thanks for your help!

Thanks to everyone who is offering to help. I have gotten a job since posting this, but I attached my resume and portfolio to the first post just because it still never hurts to have others look over my stuff so that I know for the future. Thanks again.

I’ll take a look.  theMgroup@live.com

Can’t you post your resume in PDF on here or on your online portfolio?

I agree with Wyatt. I prefer using sketchup models for plan and perspective views. The advantage of using 3D trees from sketchup is that you can change the angle for different perspectives of the same tree for a quick collection of entourage. 

Totally agree. Great stuff at ARCHIvitamins and digitalcutouts. Christina, what album downloader did you use? I tried Pick&Zip, but it only grabbed what was on the first page. Others asked me to disable security settings, and that’s definitely not going to happen.

Excellent use of the forum!  🙂  
Feel free to upload a pdf of your application packet if you want even more feedback… 

Mind.  Blown. 
For ARCHIvitamins, I had used a photo album download tool to speed up the process of downloading each photo from Facebook.  That worked nicely.  DigitalCutOut looks awesome as well.  THANK YOU FOR SHARING! 🙂

Sure. Send to ajamesjohnson(at)gmail.com

A nice up and coming website is http://www.digitalcutout.com/ which features user-submitted images. Please Please Please submit some of your entourage if you use from this website! Another great source is ARCHIvitamins on Facebook. And yes, both of these sources are free 😉https://www.facebook.com/archivitamins 
Why pay when we have each other?

I think two states, (one I know being Florida) recently have come dangerously close to deregualting landscape architecture due to the downturn. I’m sure many individuals have put the licensing process on hold as well as memberships. ASLA has reported a 20% loss in membership since 2008.

I don’t think you’re “harping,” actually I think when we have the means of communicating about whatever we can use to gain perspective, it can help counteract any sense of isolation or the “what’s wrong with my own scene” mental state that can take hold. Of course there are general news sources with sobering information, but they focus more on…[Read more]

The problem is managing the help and the costs associated with it. Labor issues, labor issues, labor issues. Then the overhead forces you to keep work coming in even when it is lesser work than you intend to do. Then the referals are for more and more lower end stuff and that is what you become, if you are not careful.
 
Getting in on good t…[Read more]

We have more then one project! 🙂 Design/build.

I have a classmate that just took a job in China!

Yeah and in our neck of the woods they don’t even put out design/build bids. It is always separate. We already do a separate design contract from the build work, so there is no guarantee either way. A design/build firm could still put in a bid that could be compared…I think it is actually a lot more efficient to have the person designing oversee…[Read more]

Landscape planner, I would like to know more about your Landscape Architecture job in China. I’ve noticed more job posts for entry level positions in China. What are your thoughts on the jobs out there and your experience? I graduated with a BA in LA, but I have not yet taken a job in this field since graduation. I have been thinking of applying…[Read more]

Hello Chris,
I’ve been away from Land8 for awhile as I have been busy with other things. I doubt it has to do with a link problem because it would state that when I open up the InDesign document. But regardless, is there a way to find out of a broken link?
Your second guess could be a likely problem. I will try to tinker around with the ppi to see…[Read more]