Cliff See

yes its not a question of ignoring McHarg, they have already taking the layering into consideration many, many generations ago without McHarg’s input – but with their own collective knowledge, memory and experience with water vs land vs resources.
McHarg-ism was not going to stop at 25 foot wall of water, at 550 m/p/h.
We can only be amazed that…[Read more]

Japan does not have the luxury of McHargs “rocket science”.. its a small, crowded island country with few energy sources. 125 million people live in a country the size of the state of Montana.They already take extreme stewardship over what little land they use and have.
The japanese are some of the most resourceful people around, esp when it comes…[Read more]

hello, are you kidding me? What are you waiting for my friend?
if you dont have a family or kids to support at this time, go, go, go… it will change your life. work a few years and come back, you’ve got nothing to lose anyway. see other parts of the world, learn some of the lingo, eat their food, get involved with the profession there, spread…[Read more]

just a thought about online portfolios – has anyone thought about just using the Land8 photo viewer as a quick portfolio?
one can create a ‘portfolio photo album’, and send potential employers directly to your land8 homepage link to have a look.

i see that as an alternative while working on a separate portfolio. of course, there may be a slight…[Read more]

i was just viewing your drawings on your home page.. i like the Stadium renderings, especially colorful plan views. (#51,52,55 etc)… were they done in sketchup and 3D ? i cant really tell, but i like the edges of the colors.

thanks! i cannot afford 3Dmax anyhow right now, (on my own)…. so i will push to learn Kerkythea also. i may do a search of rendered landscape examples using Kerk to see the look.

what about Kerkythea? the free rendering program for Sketchup.. is it worth learning instead of 3Dmax ?

Jason:
“I have had to realize a concerted effort to abridge my implementation of vocabulary in order to facilitate comprehension amongst colleagues. I am oft dumbfounded to the fundamental level that some vocally articulate or inscribe language whilst employed in a professional venue. One contemplates how said persons managed to matriculate and…[Read more]

yes, we are like onions, many layers, it takes a while to know someone… patience is a finer virtue than grammar!

“Walking on water wasn’t built in a day.” – Jack Kerouac :))

there are many styles of writing, might depend on the format and audience.

for me it’s casual here on the computer, (unless emailing to clients or for business etc)… but this is like email, spelling is important, but perfect grammar? naww… why take out all the fun on a social network site?

being abrasive, condescending or brutish should be…[Read more]

hmmm.. for me, your 2014 predictions may not be realistic (for USA…

oh thank you, i was wondering about a rendering program for SUP…

may i ask what is Kerkythea use for? -cliff

yeah, hi, i find the same issue, working on my own for now and using Autocad. Pshop and Sketchup. Thought i might try Vworks, but too expensive to just “try out”. same goes for Rhino, i wanted to try that out, too expensive.

so for now…. just staying with what we know and have, the top software companies probably like it that way..!

hi, i am not too far from Walnut Creek (el Cerrito)… just an idea:
maybe you can suggest to UC Berkeley extension, which has a program in Sustainability, that high-lighting your project in gallery/classroom environs,,, or in fact suggest UC could have submissions for future competitions… which in effect could increase enrollment to their…[Read more]

oh.. thank you

congratulations sir! you are an inspiration to the rest of us :))

hi George, perhaps i can donate some time towards your Bridge… actually i am remotely volunteering a site plan design in Ethiopia (for a school).

i cant promise anything just yet… just being a landscape architect, not architect or civil, so i don’t know about bridges, but maybe i can provide some base drawings using autocad or an elevation…[Read more]

hi, do you find http://www.issuu.com a good place to feature your portfolio? i have been using wordpress blog pages, but issuu looks like a good choice, does anyone know of other web space for portfolios?? -cliff