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Not exactly an answer but a suggestion.  Has your friend looked in to KickStarter?  They have very cool projects and documentaries on there that are crowd funded.  This project sounds like a lot of successful ones that are on there…

Hey Ryan, I’m sure it’s too late, but I hope that you caught some of Jeff Shelton’s architecture while you were there.  I traveled to Santa Barbara quite a bit, and would love seeing some of his designs throughout the city.  Check out his work if you didn’t see it while you were there; http://www.jeffsheltonarchitect.com/.  Like boilerplater sai…[Read more]

Very cool Stewart, thanks for the link!  Can you use any of these in SketchUp, or just maya, max, etc.?

A design is not necessarilly owned by those who pay for it. The rights to use it for the particular project is their’s, but if stated in the contract and/or on the document(s), it can not be continually used on other projects. This is very commonly written on architects plans and is a subject covered in the standard AIA Appendix (look in the back…[Read more]

Thanks, I just sent it all to you. it will come from will(at)wblount(dot)com

I’ll take a look nick(at)terrainstudioaspen(dot)com

Heed Jason’s advice. You made the mistake at the start. You need proper verbiage on your proposal or contract protecting your design. And, from my understanding, once the client has paid for the design in full, they can use it for whatever purpose they see fit. Unless, your design or product has a patent.

Thanks for the thorough answer. I am going to meet with a lawyer friend to discuss my situation, which seems pretty straight forward. I will definitely post anything I learn.

Maybe we are in a habit of looking at the profession from the inside out and from the government down? Too many other professions and academia seem to have something to lose by making it a recognised profession.
 
Well, if the profession has value, which I believe it does, it makes more sense to go to those who value it or who will value it in…[Read more]

You DO HAVE a copyright on the drawings for unplublished works when you create them, and more limited protection when you publish the work (give it to the client) However, the copyright only prevents the client from making another copy of the drawings and giving it to their shop to make an estimate. If the shop is using the original drawings,…[Read more]

It is pretty clear.
I think that we are coming from the same angle because we can see that the people not very happy about this move, about getting a professional license, are the people who show up in magazines and nice pictures with expensive projects that only look good on websites.
I’ll here our latest post, which I think depicts the situation…[Read more]

Can you cite your source? From what I’ve been reading, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

That has to be spelled out either in the contract that the information is not be used by anyone else, or in a disclaimer on the drawings themselves. If there is no contract or disclaimer…there is no copyright.

The copyright google search is very informative. Great (and now seemingly obvious) advice.

Thanks for the information! Do you know any sources I can cite?

You own the copyright to your design. No one may use, copy, publish, alter or change  the design without your permission.
Not the contractor or the client even if she has paid for your design. You own it….We need to sue more people for mis-using and bastardizing our designs. We do have the law on our side.

Do a google search on “copyright”. I think you’ll find that it is easier to protect than you might think.

I got a graduate certificate in planning while I was getting my MLA, since I’ve always had an interest in urban and neighborhood design. And, like you said, I thought it might broaden my appeal (to employers).
I was relieved when I read about this report, partly because I’ve heard so much about the whole Agenda 21 nonsense. According to people who…[Read more]

Jamie:
 
I think your onto something here. My completely unscientific survey shows that there are far more employment ads for landscape maintenance and design/build landscape contractor employment opportunities currently (and this has been the case for quite some time) than for landscape architects.
 
I am aware of some landscape architecture f…[Read more]

Thank you for posting this Roland and yes, those are good indicators. We need as many good indicators
as we can find these days. I am an AICP planner and have found that being able to offer credible and clear experience and background in planning and community development has helped me and broadened my appeal as a landscape architect. In the last…[Read more]