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I’ve worked for design-build…not just a nursery. That company was owned by an LA but he was grandfathered in, and second generation owner…draw your own conclusions. I’ve found that db firms with LA owners are doing it all themselves, not wanting to take on another designer, lower overhead.  I’ve also found that the MLA and LARE doesn’t…[Read more]

I’ve often wondered what the difference would be in working for a design-build company owned by a Landscape Architect vs. one that was not.   There are some very specialized Landscape contractors around who do some pretty nice work. 

Don’t forget Craigslist. 
You may also look into Design Build–not starting, but working for one.  I suggest trying to find one with an LA owner, or LA head of the design dept.

You know from the discussion on the 3DS board that I am in!

Sounds like a great idea, count me in!

LA Times’ Hawthorne also ran this item on the same day about the Lawrence Halprin-designed Bunker Hill Steps: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/ground-level-lawrence-halprins-bunker-hill-steps-.html

Don’t know how most firms work up there but have you tried contract labor?  That is, talking to various firms about helping out on whatever projects they need an extra hand on at the moment: you would be considered self-employed so no benefits but at least you would get your foot-in-the-door now so that when things pick up, you’d already have con…[Read more]

Actually it does account for full time, part time, contract, volunteer…as well as closely related fields such as Landscape Contractor/Nursery work.   Ideally, I would have broken it down further and added such questions as “were you able to keep that job?”, and also had questions about portfolio submittal methods.  Unfortunately there is a te…[Read more]

Agreed.  I think there is room for optimism and I have been feeling it for several months.  Our firm has been experiencing a lot of positive affects of a slowly turning economy.  Adding new clients, old clients starting to develop more and more even some international work.  We have actually been in a small hiring mode lately too.  We just hired a…[Read more]

Shouldn’t there also be one for people who have been looking and not feeling a satisfactory resolution since 2009….ie. went into a side field, only found part time, etc. I know there wouldn’t be anything scientific about either one, but it might be interesting to see if in a given period of time, those reached by this site appeared in…[Read more]

“Have you posted this with ASAI or NYSR yet?”  no i have not, if there is anything i/we could do to get the word out please let me know… and rfox i was thinking it would be something where a contestant would submit any work they think meets the criteria of “digital representation of a landscape installation”

Good call, Jon. 
His family continues to carve Crazy Horse at 10x the size of the Rushmore sculptures. If you’ve been to either place, they have a lot about him and the family. … I bet Tanya knows the details well.
 
SoDak is the US’s best kept secret. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, the Badlands, and Custer State Park should be on everyone’s bucket list.

How about this:
Landscapes are less well known  because they are inherently more fragile and transient than buildings. We still have the pyramids – we do not have the gardens around them..
Working in t he teeny patio garden I have with my present living conditions, I was t hinking how transient it is – I rent, and when I leave, the garden will…[Read more]

Gutzon Borglum designed Mount Rushmore.  I remember that because he had an awesome name…

haha, i was thinking the same thing.

Mostly agreed. Although we may be able to recite the names of the starchitects (and not so starchitects), the general public cannot.
 
However, I don’t think thats what I’m after when I copmlain about people not knowing what LAs do. I think its just important for landscape architecture as a proffession to have a certain ammount of public aw…[Read more]

Good points Andrew.  It seems like there are more humble designers than boastful designers.  I design, not to be recognized per say, but to enhance the quality of the space.
 
I think that Architects go for what the building looks like because it stands out on a plane.  Landscape Architects, probably because their designs are on a flat plane, see…[Read more]

Perhaps it is the success of a well created piece of nature that makes one disassociate people from it. A building is so man made that it makes people think “who made this”. An outdoor space, even if built of hardscapes and line along with plants just feels  much less associated with a human creator.
 
People tend to view a park as land that wa…[Read more]

Here is the deal as I see it. This is a diverse profession folks. There are a lot of career paths within it and a lot of different ways to get to various points along that path.
Lorna is quite clear about her path – to return to work as a licensed LA in her family’s business. I know several people with LA degrees who went into business prior to…[Read more]