https://land8.com/members/alanrayrla/activity/ Activity feed for Alan Ray, RLA. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:52:28 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 65d975e98bfffcba6fa01f26482025a6 http://land8.com/forums/topic/tree-for-inside-outside/#post-150870 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 04:25:41 +0000 in the 80’s I worked for a huge AE firm that designed many buildings with atrium spaces.
here’s a few tips I learned:
you must acclimate the tree going inside for much less foot candles of light. while the tree growing outside is getting maybe 50,000 foot candles of sunlight, the tree inside may only get 500 foot candles at best with artificial…[Read more]

]]> 0 9cb15bbbbf0281d85aeb4cafb282ba4d http://land8.com/forums/topic/what-is-the-best-way-to-improve-design-skills/#post-151988 Mon, 15 May 2017 03:33:47 +0000 Design is a Practice…..so, design, design, design….don’t take yourself too seriously…
everyone that’s been around very long can tell you this is not an exact science…
experiment and don’t be afraid to fail, otherwise you’ll struggle over perfection…
I’ve been practicing over 40 years (29 self employed)) and I’m still having a…[Read more]

]]> 0 06f9c10c4b2b705593942bfed143d9f6 http://land8.com/forums/topic/canon-or-epson-plotter/#post-151676 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 03:45:23 +0000 hp-120
I’ve used hp since the early 90″s,,,
never have had even a service call needed…
my friends with calcomps and summas complain
that they are always needing repairs…sooooo…

]]> 0 511bb047d87ef704d1af4e568e4c259f https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/#post-151715 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 03:19:05 +0000 I’d be honored to do anyone’s yard…..
I have more opportunity to promote and educate individuals about what landscape architecture is by working in residential than all the commercial, institutional,
educational, parks and recreational and urban design projects combined
And believe me I’ve done a lot of all those in the pas 40years of practice,…[Read more]

]]> 0 bbecb0a4976c107bba9bb331e57c1aa0 https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/#post-151718 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:04:38 +0000 well said…
you know. the greenest building is the one already built…

]]> 0 d2d6acfa6884016d13a17c9d9f0df9cd https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/#post-151719 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 22:51:41 +0000 It was a simple question.

]]> 0 5cfdad1fb193b34283705495edb6c5e5 https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/#post-151720 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 22:50:19 +0000 Well, How did I live without them all these years??? I guess the same way I have lived without  asla  for decades….
Still not interested in the opinions of interlopers in my profession arguing the merits of unnecessary programs…

]]> 0 f76df20e89b33e6a4d9e3e0c97a62a73 https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/#post-151724 Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:50:38 +0000 this is supposed to be a forum for landscape architects, at least it used to be.
did that get changed ?  does everyone get a trophy now?

]]> 0 bf3e73c5da6de31b8b9b575266b293a9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/page/2/#post-151730 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:57:18 +0000 look, it’s ok…we were all young and impressionable at one time…
so are you a landscape architect?

]]> 0 e32f3635e5827dea7205aecae9215f6d https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/page/2/#post-151732 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:13:57 +0000 it means whatever you think it means….by the way, where is your registration Linda?
Or, are you a another non landscape architect on here telling us what to think?
That would be one definition of encroaching….

]]> 0 0fb249f2fec43946190f79592e5577b6 https://land8.com/forums/topic/sustainable-sites/page/2/#post-151736 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:55:42 +0000 hahaha….I resemble that remark!

]]> 0 f38763c48980d8781aa1cf27ea786682 https://land8.com/forums/topic/coexisting-with-deer/#post-151816 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 23:15:23 +0000 you’re not allowed to own a gun?

]]> 0 7cb274a828ceb1f6f89f2c158c463700 https://land8.com/forums/topic/coexisting-with-deer/#post-151822 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:15:47 +0000 I offer my clients with deer problems my specialized deer eradication service. For a reasonable fee, my son in law and I bring our rifles and dine on free range organic meat all year…
I have found that dogs are about the most effective way to run the deer off the property if my eradication service is not required.

]]> 0 000cf9112661bc03a30e2e00db1e7c53 https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151946 Sat, 23 May 2015 21:55:22 +0000 there is an epoxy stabilized gravel that is permeable and
can be very smooth if you use small aggregate such as granite chip or
birds eye pea gravel…. 

]]> 0 15a549104a4ef97dcac51edd67f867cf https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-maintenance-artificial-landscapes/#post-152105 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:15:33 +0000 Very well said Andrew….I always enjoy your input.

]]> 0 a90daf3138bce2d7111296c36b8699b9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-maintenance-artificial-landscapes/#post-152109 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:02:27 +0000 See comment above ….
Where I stated my point.

]]> 0 c7fe1a958c98f219aa8fa2323ddfc465 http://land8.com/forums/topic/high-maintenance-artificial-landscapes/#post-152111 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:12:34 +0000 The Government will rescue us……
Labor intensive maintenance still does not sound very practical to me, which was my original point.

]]> 0 c12984bcf6facc5b75ee0fb9742fb4e7 https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-maintenance-artificial-landscapes/#post-152113 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:05:20 +0000 Some is good…that was not my point.
Make work projects are not my idea of something sustainable.
When other peoples money runs out, then what?
Who will maintain it when the city goes broke?

]]> 0 4cdb137f7f9b91d720386b2649fd8d9a https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-maintenance-artificial-landscapes/#post-152116 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:02:02 +0000 Thanks for posting Mark.
It does look a bit lame to me too…
Is this supposed to be an example of good design?

]]> 0 43476bd8d285e90f9b71c4fbc8f0f7f0 https://land8.com/forums/topic/plotter-recommendations/#post-152166 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:31:51 +0000 hp makes the most reliable large format printers….my opinion since the 80’s…

]]> 0 4234980f4ce9ce376da5a53c75300c97 https://land8.com/forums/topic/ce-courses/#post-152174 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 19:33:27 +0000 Thanks Dennis, I’ll give it a look-see.

]]> 0 92b7c17271e28e8e038ac118f7c6374d https://land8.com/forums/topic/ce-courses/#post-152176 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:56:42 +0000 Or low cost…seems $30. an hour is the going price….

]]> 0 1dee5d88fbe78662675e8690b36f73b6 http://land8.com/forums/topic/large-format-printer/#post-152206 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:42:57 +0000 Andrew, I bought a D size HP T120 a few months ago directly from HP online….
It cost about $1,000. They even did 0% Financing.
I have been very pleased with it. Check it out.

]]> 0 320b11eb431caf631cac067e442ff43f http://land8.com/forums/topic/wood-fence-gate/#post-153004 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:55:28 +0000 if you’ll google wood gates and fences you will find hundreds of good and bad ones to choose from….

]]> 0 85d57ec2cf7cf0d048b98ebe4d92b545 https://land8.com/forums/topic/via-verde-rooftop-planters/#post-153086 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 04:31:07 +0000 is plastic  like treated wood  toxic?
don’t want to grow my food in any kind of artificial container….
client should be told that there are wood materials that are natural and non-toxic.

]]> 0 4ecfa120fdff3fa60d71fddce78042b6 https://land8.com/forums/topic/acad-question/#post-153417 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 04:40:17 +0000 I’ll check that out.
Thanks Craig.

]]> 0 1af47f9e8997c21ad68e6c11e6d08831 https://land8.com/forums/topic/acad-question/#post-153419 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:54:31 +0000 it seems to be a set up issue with scale….
thanks for the suggestion but it’s wack with any font.

]]> 0 596524e512fefe928c0d1731026bb90b http://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-site/#post-154024 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:08:27 +0000 You are correct, Sir!
 
 

]]> 0 c52c777b0fb8636b3857a340713519c5 http://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-site/#post-154028 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:41:53 +0000 …and they are still ugly!
 

]]> 0 0febecdf5a97d91d4e0047d5043a02a2 http://land8.com/forums/topic/correct-initials-for-a-licensed-landscape-architect/#post-153922 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:51:25 +0000 My seal in Tennessee, where I do most of my work, says “Registered Landscape Architect”.
So, I use RLA for that reason.
I could care less what ASLA wants….

]]> 0 b5ec3c35d7e4c53fb70952bc7dbcf72f http://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-site/#post-154033 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:46:09 +0000 Oh, and they’re ugly too.

]]> 0 f46298703789ace02f39ae6f3da41282 http://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-site/page/2/#post-154038 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 01:56:50 +0000 they installed the pavers upside down…..
this is not as easy as landscaping, green side up.

]]> 0 19aacd577a830d10b9f6a81be1285456 http://land8.com/forums/topic/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-part-deux/#post-154142 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:02:02 +0000 no one mentioned that “those trees are messy and birds will poop on the cars under the trees”….oh, and “they hide the building”.  .
I have heard that  a thousand times……most buildings should be hidden from view I say.
my answers to fire the client.

]]> 0 80a8c2b0033eafd94b1f9297ad284cbc https://land8.com/forums/topic/banning-leed-may-just-be-a-good-idea/#post-154216 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:07:13 +0000 Henry, I was responding to Boilerplater’s comment.
Did you not read the condescending comment he/she made?
 

]]> 0 b211b1d2718dd6a89d07851ca3a5b5e1 https://land8.com/forums/topic/banning-leed-may-just-be-a-good-idea/#post-154217 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 14:09:58 +0000 another cheap shot at Southerners…
Try this as a progressive idea:
Mississippi was the first state in the USA to establish a State supported College for Women.
Would that be considered a progressive idea?
 

]]> 0 a63ce126082be5787a9a8759124fb5b0 https://land8.com/forums/topic/small-office-solo-practitioner-network-setup/#post-154453 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:32:26 +0000 I need a new plotter.
I’ve used a hp designjet 100 for many years and have been very happy with it.
However, it has been put out to pasture due to old age…..
Is there a better plotter than the HP T-120 in the $1,000. range?
I don’t need a high volume printer, just one that is reliable like my old one.
Any suggestions?

]]> 0 62ce30f1661a68b50ca545c53c346fa2 https://land8.com/forums/topic/small-office-solo-practitioner-network-setup/#post-154458 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:12:24 +0000 I’ll just add this. I’ve been out of school since ’74. I worked for 15+ years where everything was hand drawn.
In the early 90’s I had to learn cad or I would not be able to do projects with A/E firms in the area…so, old dog, new trick…it was difficult at first but later I caught on and now do a fair job with it.
Now, I still hand draw all m…[Read more]

]]> 0 3c097caf770764d5b05c36522a766118 https://land8.com/forums/topic/pool-construction-details/#post-154441 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:54:42 +0000 thanks Henry, maybe I’ll get it finished one day. the website that is….
and most days I don’t wear a tie….

]]> 0 a44ecf1a484e7f992c1a4b44714a264d https://land8.com/forums/topic/small-office-solo-practitioner-network-setup/page/2/#post-154469 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:28:07 +0000 That’s funny, I was just now listening  to “Time Machine” by Grand Funk RailRoad….
Talk about a rockin album! I can’t believe those guys are not in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame.
So, yes, I totally endorse Time Machine for all Ya’lls ills……
 

]]> 0 78c48ce2bb42346b7d46588ca325846a https://land8.com/forums/topic/pool-construction-details/#post-154442 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:21:46 +0000 I have several pool details, and more to come, on my new website:
alanrayrla.com
go to page 2 and scroll down and you’ll see several pool details….
click on pic for larger view.

]]> 0 8e9dc64995ee0f60ab0890bc9cc4cf9a https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-green-architecture-hardly-ever-deserves-the-name/#post-154609 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:45:49 +0000 ….and these learned one are teaching this stuff?

]]> 0 9ab1c6c3d10120032873c62f54eedb71 http://land8.com/forums/topic/why-green-architecture-hardly-ever-deserves-the-name/#post-154612 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:52:16 +0000 Dood! and UGLY!!!!!
 

]]> 0 dd6f86a694971c85e786940d1a82190b https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-green-architecture-hardly-ever-deserves-the-name/#post-154615 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:11:00 +0000 henry, how could you even question the integrity of such a noble cause?
I predict that leed will be but a foul memory in a decade….

]]> 0 6c2a33e527c6d24fd632408420db82ec https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-green-architecture-hardly-ever-deserves-the-name/#post-154616 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:06:35 +0000  Rob, that’s a very good example….”at least there’s a breeze outside”….
 I guess that “adiabatic cooling” system didn’t quite work out….
 

]]> 0 ceeeca7f0509b354e96dbb3b4af34532 https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-green-architecture-hardly-ever-deserves-the-name/#post-154618 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:46:28 +0000 I’ve seen a lot of fakes and frauds in my time…..
all designed to profit a few in the name of what’s good for all.

]]> 0 1e7275b900c46fd4ff3f592895a7db74 https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-green-architecture-hardly-ever-deserves-the-name/#post-154619 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:43:57 +0000 Roland, thanks for posting the site for the article.
not shure why my link did not work…..

]]> 0 6dd8ebd30b770cb567b140f9eb527b7b http://land8.com/forums/topic/made-the-break/#post-154939 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:55:13 +0000 That’s fantastic! Congratulations!

]]> 0 f406008790b3bd5f069a58d930967acd https://land8.com/forums/topic/has-anyone-taken-the-caltrans-landscape-architecture-exam/#post-155433 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:45:40 +0000 I give up,,,, what is a Caltrans???

]]> 0 ebd655da1a18d826d7f792ab48f5800b https://land8.com/forums/topic/go-stick-a-tree-on-it/#post-155455 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:52:32 +0000 the whole idea that putting trees on buildings makes them “green” is absurd.
what is sustainable or even practical about  placing trees in artificial environs?
it only creates more maintenance and the need for more resources….
i’m really bored with it all anyway…
thanks for posting the article….i hope everyone reads it.

]]> 0 ddc725fc06ed92eb357784e1ff7edee3 https://land8.com/forums/topic/inspiration-panic/#post-155507 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:18:23 +0000 when I get bogged down I remember an old professors’ advice, as a question,
“what is the simplest solution to the problem?”

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