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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Eco Altitudes [Video] 4 years, 9 months ago
Cars take up a ton of real estate in America’s cities. From local roads and on-street parking stalls to elevated highways and multi-story parking garages, cities devote 50 to 60 percent of their space to c […]
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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, 8 Degrees of Connection [Video] 4 years, 10 months ago
What brought you to your profession of landscape architecture? Who encouraged you along your career path? Who has helped you succeed and attain your professional goals? These are among the questions landscape […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Top Video Resources for Landscape Architects 4 years, 10 months ago
As practicing landscape architects, it can be easy to feel distanced from innovation in the field. Designers outside of major metro areas – or remote from landscape architecture schools – can find it difficult to […]
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Win Phyo wrote a new post, Humanitarianism + Landscape Architecture: Crisis, Commotion and Collaboration 5 years ago
Mapping the Crisis
The world’s first modern atlas emerged in 1570. Nearly 450 years later, Professor Richard Weller, chair of Landscape Architecture at University of Pennsylvania, and his team produced “A […]
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Great article Win, and excellent work by Richard and his team. I saw this when he first presented the material at a conference in 2018 and it was certainly compelling then and remains so now. Thank you for the article and for sharing.
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Hi Angus, thank you. Richard’s work will remain a timeless contribution to our profession and beyond – making it accessible to everyone.
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Hi Bob, thank you for your comment. Personally, in my opinion, Land8 is a platform to share ideas, including expanding our minds into possibly new ways of thinking every now and then. I agree with you on many of the points you made above. It is certainly an insurmountable task to be able to resolve it. Therefore, these days, with the topic of climate change being more prevalent now than ever and the irreversibility of it- it is not in thinking that you can save the world but what you can do in your own vicinity that won’t be detrimental to the planet. Hopefully the article does the job of allowing those in the profession to think about how our skills can be applied in the humanitarian crisis situations.
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Show Secrets: Design Details from the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show 5 years, 1 month ago
You’ve probably seen photos from Chelsea Flower Show. For a week in late May each year, the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in south London are filled with show gardens and horticultural exhibits. The C […]
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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium: Emerging Ideas for the Future of the Profession 5 years, 1 month ago
At the annual LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium in Washington, DC, seven emergent voices in landscape architecture shared their ideas that will drive the future of the profession. These seven voices were the […]
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What a great article, Stephanie! Thanks for bringing attention to these awesome designers and their work. It looks like the presentations are available online at Vimeo and on LAF’s website: https://www.lafoundation.org/news/2019/07/fellowship-videos
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Good call! We will add this link to the bottom of the article.
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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Inform/Engage/Collaborate [Video] 5 years, 1 month ago
Landscape architects and urban planners are frequently tasked with translating the unique desires of a community into a meaningful public space that seamlessly integrates into the existing community fabric. In […]
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Rayna Kancheva's profile was updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Assuming Beauty [Video] 5 years, 3 months ago
During the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Seattle, Laura Rose, Principal at the landscape architecture and planning firm Walker Macy, contemplated the role of beauty in design.
At a time when landscape ar […]
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When I saw ‘Beauty’ in this post’s title, I immediately wondered if David Brooks would be referenced and sure enough, there he is! Mr. Brooks is, of course, the compassionate conservative commentator on the PBS NewsHour and other media outlets as well as an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times. He occasionally writes about culture. Several years ago, he wrote a column entitled, “When Beauty Strikes”, for the Times. In this column, he quotes Leon Wieseltier, who in a Times Book Review stated, “We live in a post-humanist moment”. Brooks argues that in this ‘moment’ we are “beauty poor and meaning-deprived”. The post-humanist moment is perhaps better understood as the worldview we currently hold which Brooks considers to be the opposite of one based on beauty. Beauty, according to Brooks is, “… a big transformational thing, the proper goal of art and maybe civilization itself”. To say this another way, our current worldview is to make money, buy lots of stuff, live unsustainably, rely on technology for happiness, and occasionally include beauty in our lives as an afterthought.
Maybe if we embraced humanism a little more, we wouldn’t have to, “lead the discourse on mitigating climate change, fostering community, and enacting social change”.
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Portfolio Secrets for New Landscape Architects and Designers 5 years, 4 months ago
A design portfolio, especially for the young and less experienced designer, is an intimidating document to create. We’ve all heard rumors of older students with silver bullet portfolios that secure them endless j […]
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Good stuff Caleb, and great tips for those first assembling a portfolio. I love your suggestion for demonstrating “hands on experience”.
I’ve hired quite a few designers in my career and one additional suggestion is to clearly acknowledge team projects and what your role was. Whether academic or professional.
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Tim Daugherty replied to the topic Employment opportunities for Landscape Architects? in the forum EDUCATION 5 years, 4 months ago
Robert – regarding some of your data. The 1,600 jobs over 10 years are just NEW jobs, right? On top of the baseline number of jobs currently out there and held. Presumably in that same 10 year span there will also be people retiring, changing careers, dying (!), promotions, etc.
In other words, I don’t think 30,000 graduates are fighting for…[Read more]
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Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Anova Grant for Emerging Professionals 2019 5 years, 5 months ago
Anova Furnishings’ Grant Competition is back again this year, offering emerging professionals the opportunity to attend the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture (formerly known as the ASLA Annual M […]
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Tim Daugherty wrote a new post, Drone Applications for Landscape Architecture 5 years, 5 months ago
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s or drones) have multiple applications for landscape architects, from early efforts like site analysis to creating awareness and excitement for a completed project. Although s […]
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Hi Robert – thanks for your comments. I do state that “UAV technology can’t replace the skill and experience of an in-person site review”, so you’d get no argument from me. With regards to privacy I also point out multiple times the importance of FAA rules and regulations, which includes privacy concerns.
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Tim Daugherty replied to the topic From AIA to Landscape Architecture – Any advice welcomed! in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 5 years, 5 months ago
I’ve worked for studios in the past that hired Architects in an LA studio. I’d look at mid-sized boutique firms that specialize in Public Works and going after Awards and such.
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