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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]

Land F/X also has great plants, trees, etc. for your scene.

Try Dynascape Sketch 3D.  They have a good collection of a variety of plants and furniture etc..

Hello, I am using galaxy NOTE smartphone. I am totally satisfied with it. It is in the size of my moleskin notebook.  Easy to carry, has a s-pen and special software that works perfectly. I would suggest it.

Another app worth  checking out is called My Measures and Dimensions. It’s like 5 bucks butit lets you take a photo and then add dimensioning callouts and save the photo. Then you can upload to Evernote to have those images available everywhere you go.

I believe it is http://www.streetsections.com  

Roland:
 
I’m completely onboard with you that it will be a relatively local from the ground-up groundswell movement, if and when we have had enough of these conditions,  As far as rental and affordable housing goes, I have had a long-standing interest in community land trusts that are formed to provide this. I have never had the privelege to wor…[Read more]

Thanks! All great advice to consider. I really appreciate it!