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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, How Can Landscape Architects Learn From Botanic Gardens? 1 month, 3 weeks ago
If you’ve worked in the landscape architecture field for long, you’ve likely noticed that landscape architects often struggle with plants. Plants are one of the primary materials in our palettes, but the […]
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Caleb Melchior commented on the post, AI Image Generation in Landscape Architecture Practice 1 year, 1 month ago
Thank you, David! It was great to get to talk to all of these experts about their experiments.
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, AI Image Generation in Landscape Architecture Practice 1 year, 1 month ago
Landscape architecture as a discipline has a long and troubled history with images. The English word landscape, to start, originated in European painting tradition. Landscape architecture theorists and […]
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Excellent review, Caleb. Everything I wanted to ask you, and then some!
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Thank you, David! It was great to get to talk to all of these experts about their experiments.
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Love it- if you haven’t checked out SketchUp Diffusion, it’s worth a peek!
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Knowledge Management for Landscape Architects 1 year, 2 months ago
Landscape architects are expected to know a lot about a lot. Ecology, social dynamics, construction detailing, CAD/Adobe/BIM? That’s just a one-hand list we all spin through in a few years at design school. H […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Getting What You Want: Considerations in Specifying Plants 2 years ago
Mastering plants as a design material is a life-long challenge. Learn the names, qualities, and ecological preferences of any of the hundreds of potential species you could use and – guess what? – you’re only h […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Site Analysis for Naturalistic Planting Design 2 years, 2 months ago
As landscape architects and planting designers, most of us have been trained in basic practices of site analysis. We map and analyze site features such as topography, circulation, views, and existing site […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, 8 Questions with @nahalsbt (Nahal Sohbati) 3 years, 5 months ago
As recently as 10 years ago, when I went through design school, the primary drawing references available to aspiring landscape architects were design magazines and books of renderings by famous landscape […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Planting in Public: Resident Planting Preferences for Vacant Lots in East Kansas City Neighborhoods 4 years, 2 months ago
People who care about cities have long been troubled by the presence (and reputation) of “vacant” land. Landscape architects, city officials, and residents often worry that, unless something positive is act […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Paving the Way for Naturalistic Planting Design 4 years, 5 months ago
Confronted by the jewel-like intensity of Piet Oudolf’s Lurie Garden or Tom Stuart-Smith Studio’s 2019 Chelsea Show Garden (pictured above), you might assume that these plantings are individual works of gen […]
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Learning the Language of Contemporary Planting Design 4 years, 7 months ago
Many landscape architects resist planting design. It’s complex, time-consuming, and site-specific. Results are highly intertwined with implementation and maintenance. Planting is also exactly what your dad’s fri […]
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Caleb – nice article. Thanks for sharing. One thing that could probably be added (in terms of planting style) is “modern” or perhaps “architectural”. Where planting is entirely geometric in use and layout…playing directly off architectural or constructed features in the site design. I always think this is a good way for Landscape Architects to distinguish themselves from landscape construction/design build.
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, 10 Questions with @ShitGardens 4 years, 8 months ago
Are you tired of oversaturated beach scenes, breathy clouds of flowers, and manicured contemporary plazas filling your Instagram feed? Head over to @shitgardens, the popular Instagram feed where Bede Brennan and […]
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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 […]
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Nice 🙂
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Caleb Melchior commented on the post, LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium: Emerging Ideas for the Future of the Profession 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
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Caleb Melchior wrote a new post, Portfolio Secrets for New Landscape Architects and Designers 5 years, 6 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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Caleb Melchior commented on the post, 5 Top Planting Design Resources for New Landscape Architects 5 years, 8 months ago
Hi Jack: Thanks for your thoughtful response. Visiting regional nurseries is a fantastic way to figure out what’s commonly available in your area. It’s important to pair observation of nursery stock with observation of established plants – your public gardens are a great resource for this practice. And the more time you can spend physically…[Read more]
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As a landscape architect who ended up as the director of a university horticulture garden, I couldn’t agree more. LA’s need to get more familiar with plants… I myself struggle to keep up with our collection, I don’t know how our horticulturists do it.