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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, 10 Questions with @thelandscapeofmemes 4 years, 11 months ago

Those clever landscape architect memes your friends are sharing? They’re probably from the new instagram phenomenon @thelandscapeofmemes.

Land8 had the opportunity to ask @thelandscapeofmemes a series of […]

Arnaud Van Blommen replied 4 years, 10 months ago

Nice 🙂

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Eco Altitudes [Video] 5 years 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 […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, 8 Degrees of Connection [Video] 5 years, 1 month 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 […]

Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Top Video Resources for Landscape Architects 5 years, 1 month 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 […]

Win Phyo wrote a new post, Humanitarianism + Landscape Architecture: Crisis, Commotion and Collaboration 5 years, 3 months 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 […]

Angus Bruce replied 4 years, 10 months ago

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.
- Win Phyo replied 4 years, 10 months ago
  
  Hi Angus, thank you. Richard’s work will remain a timeless contribution to our profession and beyond – making it accessible to everyone.
Win Phyo replied 4 years, 10 months ago

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.

Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Show Secrets: Design Details from the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show 5 years, 4 months 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 […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium: Emerging Ideas for the Future of the Profession 5 years, 4 months 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 […]

Caleb Melchior replied 5 years, 4 months ago

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
- Land8: Landscape Architects Network replied 5 years, 4 months ago
  
  Good call! We will add this link to the bottom of the article.

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Inform/Engage/Collaborate [Video] 5 years, 4 months 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 […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Assuming Beauty [Video] 5 years, 6 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 […]

Mark Di Lucido replied 5 years, 6 months ago

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”.

Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Portfolio Secrets for New Landscape Architects and Designers 5 years, 7 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 […]

Tim Daugherty replied 5 years, 6 months ago

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.