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nrschmid you sound like you have hurt feelings…here is something to cheer you up.
http://fliiby.com/file/320407/lkf03yb8sj.html

I guess I just don’t understand the point? Bestowing wisdom on the lowly members of Land 8 Lounge? I have no doubt you have great insight to share…your method of delivery could be improved. Ironically, you claim you are very careful about what you write because you understand how anyone online can be misunderstood or just plain offensive. So you…[Read more]

When I was a kid, I liked to run, jump, climb and hide, normally not in the same place twice.  Today’s safe play equipment would have bore me very quickly, and I would have begged to either leave or found an actual challenge elsewhere.

The last thing I want to do is bash a playground company, but I have first hand experience working with natural playgrounds and would not recommend them for design services or playground equipment. We were asked by the client to put together construction documents at the 11th hour, but were asked to incorporate their equipment. All of the…[Read more]

For the State of  California, a Master’s degree earns you an additional $30,000, right off the bat. If you then get certified, you garner another $20,000. Who knows when they will next be hiring, however, and I have not found this kind of deal anywhere else in the country except the land of fruits and nuts..
If you want to teach, you need a…[Read more]

A lot of those people with Masters in Landscape Architecture that firms have on display probably have a degree in a different field altogether.  A good friend of mine has his undergrad in horticulture from Michigan State and his Masters in Landscape Architecture from Ohio State.  Unfortunately for him when he started his career he wasn’t earning a…[Read more]

I agree school is very expensive, in fact too expensive.  When I do look at firms online many of the people they have on display show they have a masters in landscape architecture.  But I do have to agree that this would not mean I would get more job offers in the future because of having a masters.

Thanks for the advice, I wish graduate school was free (haha).  But I understand what you’re saying, I’m currently working at an engineering consulting firm.  Unfortunately there is not a whole lot of design work but it has been a great learning experience so far.

My two cents……if you are finding it difficult to get a job these days perhaps graduate school is a good alternative.  However, I would not recommend an MLA.  You will spend money for at least two more years of school and your job prospects may not be any better.  You will be competing for positions similar to what you would be applying for to…[Read more]

Personally I do not think it will help you in the long run except for a few positions that you see now and then. Whether you get a Masters or not you are still going to be doing entry level work at entry level pay. In this market the cost of grad school wont pencil out unless you are planning on going into teaching.
 
Finding jobs can also be a…[Read more]

so you just want to criticize another profession….
you’ve done that, now please move on to another professional group to which you belong.
we get plenty of the jealous types that do no understand what we do criticizing us already!

Build relationships with other professionals in your community – architects, engineers, custom builders, landscape contractors,… That is where my good work comes from – they introduce me to their clients. I supplement with homeowners who find my webpage.

My personal preference would have been an act of defiance.  I would have created a world class public space which focused on bringing life back to the space opposed to a cold and depressing reminder of all those that died.  I think that would have been more constructive in the healing process honor to those we lost — instead of memorializing a p…[Read more]

A void in our confidence. Another in our hearts.

But given that this is a Memorial, we must ask, “How will it appear in thirty years? Or a hundred?”
A memorial on this scale ought not to be just for those who personally recall the day… should it?

Aside from the ‘focusing on grief’ aspects of this design, I think what bothers me most about it are two things (since I asked myself for my own opinion..!)
First is the functionality aspects, which is weird for me – I am the opposite of a technician. But I look at this and think how it is going to look when they have run out of money to run it,…[Read more]

Hey nrschmid (or whatever other alias your using these days)
 
stick to your new schtick in oil and gas until we reach the end of oil/post-carbon age, which we are just entering now. This profession and certainly the planning one, will not miss you. Don’t become a fossil when the fuel runs out.

I wonder how they decided to focus on distilling the grief into two yawning holes. The author in the article Henry posted mentioned needing to turn away. I wonder what the site would look like if it had been designed as a place for healing and restoration, rather then a monument to despair. I like the idea of the tree that had been nursed back to…[Read more]

I believe Kichler makes one a lot like it, if not that one.

If architects are moving into landscape (which I doubt they really want to since their interest is buildings), how can we landscape architects adapt? Right, it might be a good idea to go to the event or other architecture events and just talk to them. Have a beer with them and understand their ideas on design and interests. I’ve designed with…[Read more]

I thought you were laid off a while back? And were in Texas? Maybe I am confusing you with someone else. The person I am thinking of was thinking of going into petroleum.