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You can learn more about this project at this web site:
http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/visitARE.aspx?id=1413 and my web site http://www.rgsdesigns.com

Am I happy as a landscape architect? Yes. Here is a current picture of a project I designed and built 15 years ago. I’ve seen worse disrepair after just two years. This project is passing the test of time.

Berlin parking. Hope this image loaded. Why can’t we do more of this?

Maybe because its all ive done professionaly for over 15 years, but Landscape Architecture doesnt feel like a job. Its much more a part of who I am than just what I do.

And because of that, many of us tough out the market driven ups and downs….kudos to you Keith!

You cannot imagine how heartening your words are! Thanks!

Mike, is there much demand over there right now for L.A.’s coming out of the United States?

I’m barely getting by freelancing for different firms. When I got out of college I was unhappy about my profession for a while because most of my friends in other fields are making 5k+ a month right out of college. Now I’m just happy to be in the profession doing what I like.

Hi David,

we use this in the Philippines:
http://www.filbuild.info/mgs/product_info.htm

Thanks for suggestion about plugin. Waiting for update to work with latest version of Firefox. VPN proxy service….will look into that.

I have to say that I am pretty happy, I still have a wife and I do have work even though it is not what I was thinking but it is work, I still get to read and do some design work. I know it is tough but I have no doubt things will be better, we will surely be needed more.

godaddy.com

super cheap and basic. gets the job done. you can post pdfs of your work.

http://www.wesarola.com

I like the sketch pad theme! Only thing is that the text font is a little hard to read.

It’s just missing “miscellaneous” category which will display logo design, etc. Everything else is done

Pretty much the same as Phillip.

I am happy.

Happy with my choice of profession, happy to have a job, happy to have clients that actually pay. I am not happy with certain aspects of the profession, such as our professional standing amongst other allied professions (i.e. Architects and Engineers). I am not happy with the LEED process, ASLA’s inability to recognize, react or…[Read more]

Thanks for the info and the link Tim! This is just what I needed.

I know you were not saying bums were at the rest stop with your ‘sleeping on benches’ point – I think it is a valid point, just talking benches vs. seat walls in general..
We have a lot of freedom – there is generally one person who does the design, and then he gets hit from all sides by all the other areas of responsibility – hydrology, planning,…[Read more]

Gehry clarifies himself here:

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next/archives/2010/04/frank_gehry_ask.html

He does make a good point about the whole ‘branding’ issue, and that some of the stuff (at least before 2009) is a bit trivial. How much longer is the USGBC going to accept education “signs” as an exemplary point? Now every development…[Read more]

the city is big on osmanthus trees, last year they planted 1000 of them along certain streets.

Ficus microcarpa is quite common too. Various pine trees do well too, but be careful about using them in certain areas because chinese tend to associate those with graveyard.. probably because they use them to screen the graveyards from public.

if you…[Read more]