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JJ posted an update in the group
DESIGN 17 years, 2 months agoThe greatest designer is normal people—the best cities in the world were not designed.
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Ben Hartberg posted an update in the group
LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 2 months agoGreat group thread….Here are a few of my favorite quotes made to engineers over the years…perhaps you can relate?!
“Rectangular ponds are great….if you’re treating raw sewage”
“Yes, all those trees are necessary…..to hide your handiwork”
“Remember, Jesus was a carpenter because Landscape Architecture wasn’t invented yet..”
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Amir H. posted an update in the group
LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 3 months agoI’ve been working for a landscape contractor for 8 years running, now working for a consultant in Kuala Lumpur, apparently a lot of shit is happening to my projects where engineers seem to over look conservation here in Malaysia.
We’ve got a beautiful climate but a not so beautiful way of managing projects. I heard that in Australia LAs and…[Read more]
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Brandon Reed, CVO, ASLA / Rooftop and Urban Designer / Landscape Architect posted an update in the group
DESIGN 17 years, 3 months agoMaybe I shouldn’t greatest designer cause it is very subjective….How about who is your favorite designer……I would have to Jeffery Gordon Smith is a pretty great designer….He is a member of our group…You should check out his work…..
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Brandon Reed, CVO, ASLA / Rooftop and Urban Designer / Landscape Architect posted an update in the group
DESIGN 17 years, 3 months agoVery nice! I thought I was the greatest designer on the planet…..hehehehehe…j/k….
I will say…..Burle Marx maybe…..
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Brandon Reed, CVO, ASLA / Rooftop and Urban Designer / Landscape Architect posted an update in the group
DESIGN 17 years, 3 months agoWho is the greatest designer of all time besides the obvious answer of Olmsted….?
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Gabriel Hydrick posted an update in the group
DESIGN 17 years, 4 months agoFor me great design is:
1. Creating memory places
2. Creating a sense of place (genus loci)
3. Guardian of identity
4. Interest of users health, safety and welfare
What Mack mentioned is true for me as one who has had the experience on both sides, as the one to experience and admire and the one to create -
Dean "Mack" McKenzie posted an update in the group
DESIGN 17 years, 5 months agoSomething that moves people, makes them stop and think “I wish I could do that, But even though I can’t… I am glad some one did it for me.”
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Leo Gonzales posted an update in the group
LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 5 months agoHey Isabel, you live in the UAE, too?
🙂
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Rico Flor posted an update in the group
LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 6 months agoHmm…come to think of it, my fellow larkies in the office fit the description. We are a “construction engineering consultancy”, but we’re doing fine so far, save the many moments when you feel the need to educate them about your profession, and point out that their utility manhole will be sitting askew on you paving grid…and that styrofoam on…[Read more]
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Sussan Z. posted an update in the group
LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 6 months agoHello all
I dont actually work in an engineering company but im a lonley LA who works within a design dept run and filled with engineers! Does that count?
S.
Ellis Cucksey
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