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Here is a shelter for a streetscape that I worked on for my firm that I work for – David Conner & Associates. It is in Mediteranean Revival-ish style (in Tampa, Fl) and we developed the design for the shelter, pergola and tower as a gateway feature. Note the scuff marks that people leave while leaning up against and putting thier sneakers on the…[Read more]

Love the photo where you see in the background the old-fashioned drafting board complete with a T-square and circle template. I guess that portraying the way we worked 30 years ago is more “romantic”. At least they don’t have him driving around in his truck with his “mow-n-blow” equipment.

Hi Steve –
It went something like this… I ate my lunch on a West facing bench and then relaxed for a moment before realizing that only the left side of my face was getting sun. Not wanting a lopsided tan, I set out to find a nice south facing bench. There were two in my immediate vicinity but because of the way the adjacent benches were being…[Read more]

Some would say that landscape architects are getting ……
 
 
…. by architects.
 
I, for one, don’t have a problem with landscapes being created by others. You have to have dark in order to see the light.

SFs stops by lundberg’s office is different.

Hey Mark.  These were custom designed and built for North Tahoe.  Nothing to interesting, but they are built like a bomb shelter. I wish my house was built like these.   http://www.moonshineink.com/articles.php/0/1798

Or you could also say, if architects’ landscape is sex to them, they are not getting a lot! But I would not be surprised, judging by the architects I have known..(kidding!)
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If landscape is compared to sex than it is likely that there are different orientations, some fetishes, ….. and some perversions with the bottom line being that pleasure is the driving force.
 
I think it has similarities including intolerance when it does not match our own inclinations.

Get ready for that new image and public perception that we’ve all been longing for!

We’re finally on prime time!  Rob’s a funny dude.  You can do it…!

Yes, roland, I agree with you in that explanation..It certainly was an interesting article! Took a while to get through.

Context vs. Scenario
 
If the context does not actually match, some designers program the observers with a story line in order to create a scenario in which the building fits.
 
You  can look at it as a sham or you might be the type that is intrigued by the whole thing and think it is great. … you know, the Martha Swartz bagels and such, or the…[Read more]

What I meant was the image of some landscape or feature of the landscape within the region that people love, not necessarily the landscape outside the building. That sort image has a lot of power, I think. We tend to associate the regional landscape or famous landscapes with a place. I associate Moscow, ID, where I live, with the rolling hills of…[Read more]

Hi Thomas,
How did you eat your lunch and check your eye-lids for light leaks at the same time?  Must be a true multi-tasker!
LOL!
 
Happy Holidays!
 
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Unfortunately the answer to your question is it depends.  Overall workflow is always a consideration.  It does you no good if you have to jump through extra hoops to go from your concept, and construction drawings to your 3D perspective drawings and then start over in the rendering department.  Overall my workflow is BricsCAD (a AutoCad clone) an…[Read more]

I think the article is about how deceptive architects are being, and use the comfy dialect of site to convince, whicle their true impulse right now is to be brutalist and modernist in the extreme. Zaha Hadid is an excellent example of brutalism, in my opinion..
So I agree with Roland, this writer  is not interested in co-opting, it seems like he…[Read more]

LARE is very hard to pass for the same reason that landscape architecture is such an odd design field. The problem is not the test. The problem is that landscape architect is a blend of left brain and right brain while most people are wired one way or the other.
We all want to make the arguement that only landscape architecture are qualified to…[Read more]

I think SketchUp and Twinlight or similar free software (say Kirkithea)

It is the responsiblity of the designer to take into account ALL groups. Just wait until you are old, Wyatt, and find negotiating a 50 foot walk is a big day – but a good one. But the designer behind your walk didn’t want benches to clutter the thing up!.
It’s ridiculous, to prioritize design over need of humans. Reminds me of the Seagram…[Read more]