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Thanks for all the reply’s. I went and saw Sagrada de Familia today and three other of Gaudis works including his home and museum. I am heading to park Guell tommarow!! It has been amazing seeing the work of such a brilliant person, and it really makes you think about what is possible.

In all fairness, I did check out the University of Colorado Denver MLA program and it does look very intense and inclusive. Maybe my opinion is outdated or the academic world felt the same as me in the past and changed things. Go MLA.

I could never understand the MLA. I transfered into the LA program after 2 years pursuing a different degree. I had to accept that to get that BSLA I was facing 4 more years of LA focused study. It took 5 years not 4 just like all the other BSLA pursuing students around me. Then along comes some BA in English who gets a stupid MLA in two years and…[Read more]

They don’t have the time or manpower to train new-hires they way they used to. Every firm I know is lean and mean, and if you don’t know their software, they don’t want to (or have to) invest in the training.

Because with so many of us out there looking for work, they can ask for whatever they want and get it. Why not ask for the moon?

In this economy every landscape architecture office is flooded with resumes whether or not they have a position to offer. There is little reason to spend money on advertising for entry level or all purpose staff when you do have a position if you are sitting on a pile of fresh resumes.

When would you advertise a position? When you have a special…[Read more]

No and yes… out of work for a year and a half, but a few side landscape design jobs. Other than that, enjoying being Mr. Mom and spending time with my kids. Something I can say I would never be able to do, if I had a job! Its a blessing! We have had to cut out a lot of things, but we are close to our normal lives, at least as of yet, can’t say…[Read more]

Visit Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia Church (even if you can’t get in). Go to a bar, drink sangria made from Cava, eat tapas, and think about the insanely amazing detail and the fact Gaudi was able to “sell” his design. Oh, and its going to take about 150 years to build. I was there in October and I plan on going back in ten years (or when it’s finished)…[Read more]

Frankly, I don’t know if many … if any … that ask for an MLA for an entry position. Of those who have an MLA and are going into an entry, most have no experience and the MLA is their first design degree.

My pleasure, Nick. I should add that currently, the criteria for getting in this SmartCode and other form-based codes study is to meet the FBCI criteria for form-based codes:

1. Is the code’s focus primarily on regulating urban form and less on land use?

2. Does the code emphasize standards and parameters for form with predictable physical…[Read more]

I think its ludicrous that some firms are requiring the MLA. That said, even if they advertised the MLA as a requirement I’d still send them my portfolio. For what it’s worth, and I dont know if I should admit this, but I havent completed my BSLA yet, but I can’t afford the remaining classes right now. It’s always seemed to me that your work and…[Read more]

Looking at my sentence, it read like I have used the aristida. I’ve used the Festuca mairei. I think this might be it (see attached pic). I used F. californica on the same project I think, so I might be mistaken.
http://backyardgardener.com/Plant-Index/Plants/Aristida/purpurea.html has a list of nurseries where the A. purpurea is available. It…[Read more]

Thats a huge question. If you have a professional and accredited BLA, there should be no need for the MLA, as many who get the MLA have a different bachelors degree. I’m going back for my MLA after getting a 5 year BLA 11 years ago, partly to become elligible for the restricted applications. I plan on refining some of my design style and expanadng…[Read more]

Thanks Hazel. I’ll get back to you.

you have to go see gaudi’s work and take a ton of pictures and bring them back to OSU. i have found a house here in the OC that attempts to emulate the gaudi style and it is pretty awesome. we can compare styles when we get back to school. have fun.

I don’t think Rybczynski is saying “government bad”, but that the ideal is acheived when the free market is freed up by government. I think we need to be cautious at every turn when we’re talking about the future of our cities being directed by a central national (US) government agency. Local control is imperitive and local designers need to be…[Read more]

Hey, Nick, you might find this study of most of the other places undertaking similar character-based zoning helpful to you. As you make changes, please note them in red, and send it back to me at hazel@placemakers.com. Cheers!

sandra dear, poor u, groping in the dark over terminologies that have been a perennial mystery to those plying their trade in the arab world. i dont have a proper answer to ur Qs, but i will try to highlight something that u may find amusing.
in general, they refer to landscape architects as landscape engineers. so many versions as to the title in…[Read more]