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That’s like asking an architect if any landscape that detracts from the edifice is good.  Love the report exonerating it though.  a good read.  thx

You don’t think it’s possible the LA detail specified 2×4 plank backing? 

haha… brilliant! yet sad?
seems like a problem around the globe where it’s all fun and games til the inner workings are put on display.
I’m sure it will get fixed once the discussion… It’s a design flaw! No Construction mistake! Bad Maintenance! … gets worked out

We have designed several GFRC modular planters.  More because of the need for a seamless, double-curving facade than easy modular construction.  Ours was designed to be attached to a steel framework surrounding a concrete walled waterproofed planter.

Personally I prefer concrete or stone as they wear better and ‘feel’ more durable.  GFRC de…[Read more]

Now see if they were bringing attention to something like fracking I could somehow garner some emotional support, albeit very little even then I admit.  Has anyone been noting the tremors being caused by dumping fracking waste?

— Drape this over the Wall Street protesters or somehow make a forest in downtown Manhattan… now that would be…[Read more]

Maybe it’s me but…
… I don’t get it.  Maybe it’s me.  Somehow I doubt it.

Do sponsors get to put advertising on the panels for rafters to enjoy?  /Big Bill’s Bait ‘n Tackle/ right up next to /Boater Life Insurance/ (actually that one would be too late) etc etc

As I’m sure you know location depends entirely on age, species and maturity of the tree, soil types etc.  there is no absolute rule.  I personally do not have confidence in the drip tubes without supplemental watering during the initial establishment period but obviously the more the watering cone is within the root zone the better.
I worked in I…[Read more]

May his hereafter be bathed in swathes of ornamental grasses…

I’m curious what the general feeling is about this.
my experience leans towards out-sourcing.  Gives better results for the investment of time/energy.  Though admittedly we will actually go to a render company’s office for landscape (because no one can quite get the green stuff right) to tweak camera angles, add in photoshop landscape components a…[Read more]

Sorry MauiBob,
 
My comments were certainly not directed solely at yours.  I agree fully with what you had to say about building a strong basis in design.  My comments were merely a reflection of my own memories of that period when I spent a period distracted by trying to find the best software for presentations and focused less on the actual de…[Read more]

hey, I actually like grading and drainage!
 
Absolutely not to put a damper on the purists out there who feel everyone should go old school and draw everything by hand (it is an invaluable rite-of-passage), but hand-sketched presentations take time and skill to develop just like photoshop.  The new generation have seemingly less patience and a p…[Read more]