Land8 | DC | Activity https://land8.com/members/dc/activity/ Activity feed for DC. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:54:16 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 554c9ed213ae7006dca7e8a2a39beb1d DC replied to the topic CANADA - Masters of Landscape Architecture in the forum EDUCATION http://land8.com/forums/topic/canada-masters-of-landscape-architecture/#post-151519 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:31:51 +0000 You need 2 years post-graduate work experience, plus all 4 LARE exam passes to become licensed.  During the two year period you have to complete internship information on a quarterly basis.  At this time you can also take your LARE exams.  So if you do things really streamlined, you can be licensed after 2 years.  That’s the minimum.  The requ…[Read more]

]]> 0 53dc310c4a44b0062f7bc6c72f9906fa DC replied to the topic Why hasn't anyone heard of landscape architecture? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-hasnt-anyone-heard-of-landscape-architecture/#post-155669 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:14:48 +0000 I think it’s also largely due to the media.  Whenever a new building goes up you’ll read paragraphs about the architect who designed it.

Whenever a new park goes up (that is also groundbreaking and spectacular and unique), there is no mention of the landscape architect.  It’s usually credited to the city, as if it magically appeared t…[Read more]

]]> 0 04152105412ce9054d97734d5e5be1ed DC replied to the topic Tracking down an old project in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/tracking-down-an-old-project/#post-164478 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:28:38 +0000 Never mind, I just found it!  (Surface Design for those wondering).

]]> 0 7a46a72ac9acb50d4d899e0cc8aed01b DC replied to the topic FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/fight-fight-fight/#post-165172 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:25:49 +0000 I had no idea until now that the two camps were fighting.  I don’t think of their ideas as being mutually exclusive.  Like Thomas said earlier, can’t the landscape urbanism principles be applied to new urbanist thinking, and vice versa?
 
Personally I think a lot of landscape urbanism writing is ridiculously steeped in obscure “systems-speak” an…[Read more]

]]> 0 3cb3be339ef34a66641c5e598d29b528 DC replied to the topic Web Design / Graphic Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/web-design-graphic-design/#post-165554 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:53:11 +0000 I second the suggestion of carbonmade.  
 
Very nice, subtle colours and very simple layout to focus the attention on your work, looks sleek and professional (for the price you’re paying – zero!).
 
 

]]> 0 1a59f29b2a472de643e0429268837964 DC replied to the topic 2010 Success Stories in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/2010-success-stories/#post-165648 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:30:35 +0000 This is the kind of thing I would like to hear more about on here.
 
Gives me hope.

]]> 0 b89ee131a17f8dba051557a24ab5cbc5 DC replied to the topic Web Design / Graphic Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/web-design-graphic-design/page/2/#post-165578 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:05:41 +0000 I think you will find some resistance to the idea on here, since we are all designers and love to do this kind of thing (most of us anyway) ourselves.  Also, a big component of a landscape architect’s training is to learn how to come up with a marketable concept for a design and to sell it to the client. 
 
The thing that intrigues me is how yo…[Read more]

]]> 0 7df657c45495af388435a841653e273b DC replied to the topic Salary Question in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/2/#post-165758 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:38:40 +0000 First of all, Nicole Foss is a trained biologist, not a trained economist.  
 
Second of all, the bank publication is using statistics with sources to back up its information, whereas Nicole Foss did not give any information to back up her statements.  
 
Finally, she did not say peak oil is “kookiness”, she said Nicole Foss is kooky – as are a l…[Read more]

]]> 0 84db7d3b153fabfaadcae2f496ca25f7 DC replied to the topic Salary Question in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/salary-question/page/3/#post-165773 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:21:05 +0000 If I can jump in here for a minute I’m interested in hearing what figure you started out at and how you made it up to “well over 50k” with only 5.5 years of experience?

]]> 0 982a48d0805b9ebd04d0cdeae3719c52 DC replied to the topic Look at my Portfolio What should I do to apply to an MLA program? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/look-at-my-portfolio-what-should-i-do-to-apply-to-an-mla-program/#post-165634 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:38:14 +0000 As far as I know landscape architecture doesn’t have much geology in it.  I would echo a previous statement and ask why you don’t go for geology instead?
 
If you like the idea of grading and drainage (the only thing I could think of that is somewhat geology-related), then yes there is a lot of that, combined with design.  But you will be doing a…[Read more]

]]> 0 d6929d1e0e1f26db4e520e4bf23e647a DC replied to the topic Freelance Graphic Design? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/freelance-graphic-design/#post-165666 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:36:53 +0000 Yeah, I guess chances are I wouldn’t find anything since the market is so saturated, but it’s worth a shot…if I have enough time that is.

]]> 0 25ed3e73cc9a8091d6738a993ba5c599 DC replied to the topic Faith Based City Planning in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/faith-based-city-planning/#post-165885 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:07:35 +0000 I agree.  Private forces largely drive development, and it tends to be the same old same old suburban style that gets implemented.  In my opinion, it’s only because of “new” municipal policies asking for some mixed use, or slightly smaller lot sizes to accommodate slightly more density, that even a bare minimum of choice and diversity has been i…[Read more]

]]> 0 07de2cf9fcb17951d3abf29eb7b2f7c1 DC replied to the topic Working from home... in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/working-from-home/#post-165688 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:36:42 +0000 I really wish more firms would consider this model!  Think of all the traffic congestion that would be reduced and the cost of overhead.
 
But the idea of being a free-floating contract worker for the rest of my career doesn’t appeal to me that much.  Especially in an international and globalized economy where maybe the bulk of contract work wo…[Read more]

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