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All I can say is that whomever has the total skill package should be competing with these firms rather than looking for a job from them. There is not a ton of overhead necessary in this business.
 
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I think it comes down to the fact that one or a few people can produce the creativity and apply much of the knowledge on projects that require a larger number of people to produce the deliverables on. The creativity part is what we all get into this profession to do. I’m not sure that too many of us would be any more eager to hire people to do…[Read more]

This post was started a long time ago, but I’ll circle back and agree that CAD and technical ability trumps creativity, knowledge of materials, plants, construction in the vast majority of cases.
Remember, as Mitt said, corporations are people too so whatever you can expect a potential hire to do you can expect the same from many employers, ie…[Read more]

They are looking for kids with little to no experience who will work for little pay, put up with crap and are human pencils for principals who can’t run cad.  (If you are attractive, that is a bonus.)  Years of experience, extensive knowledge of plants/materials/planning/engineering don’t count for squat right now.

I render SketchUp trees in plan view with Shaderlight. The same could be done with some of the free SU render engines.

the MLK memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens near MOMA, the insane bamboo garden at 560 Mission Street (Hart Howerton LA, Cesar Pelli architect…), and across the street 555: sculptural green wall and fixtures, and also the landscape and fixtures in the outdoor space by the jewish museum  (all these things are on Mission Street – in a concise area)….

I found the website http://www.immediate-entourage.com/ very useful for my capstone, especially when I needed people to populate my renderings.

If you can spare the time, take the BART train across (actualy, under) the bay over to Oakland and check out Jack London Square and the area around Lake Merritt.
 
http://wiki.worldflicks.org/lake_merritt.html
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lake-merritt-oakland

don’t forget the great book – Stairway Walks” in SF, I  think the author is Balalinsky or something weird like that – but Stairway gardens, and it’s set up so you can do a great tour – reallly fun, some are famous..

Japanese gardens at Golden Gate Park is very nice…..
 

Levi-Straus Plaza by Halprin is one of my faves……
 

I’m also studying for the LARE B, but am way out on the East Coast.  If you find some good study materials, please share, and I will do the same if I find any good stuff.  May the odds ever be in your favor.

500 years old?that can be a cultural heritage

Awesome, inspiring.

Plains cottonwood (the water table is within 6′ of the surface)  Rhus trilobata (Threeleaf Sumac), Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (yellow rabbitbrush) and the usual suspects for shortgrass prairie native grasses – Little Bluestem, needlegrass, buffalo grass with some woody forbs like sages.
Like I indicated, planting numbers are in the 10’s, not…[Read more]