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I don’t know about Singapore, but Aoya in China is a large corporate office with offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. They have several landscape designers from the Philippines too. You can get by with English in those cities pretty well. I can give you more info about mainland China if you are interested, but sorry I don’t know anything…[Read more]

They block searches for sensitive words, but they don’t block websites (except for FB and Youtube). One can still get into Wikipedia, or many international news websites from within China. And most Chinese can read and write in English since it’s taught in school. If they really wanted to know something, it’s not that difficult to get the info online.

Rhino 3d is a great cad-based 3d modeling program. http://www.rhino3d.com/features.htm

It’s not as strict in China as one might think. I wonder what the North Koreans make of these protests.

1. Rhino 3D, Autocad
2. In Rhino I can do 3d modeling, cad plans, and sections within the program. It can import/export dwg files and maintain the layers, lineweights, styles, text, etc
3. Rhino functions very much like Autocad and you can even use the same shortcut commands, though it can’t handle large dwg files. After the concept phase, I…[Read more]

Mentioning in your essay who your favorite architects, landscape architects, buildings and/or landscapes are and stating why is also a convincing way to show that you are interested in the subject. Even just mentiong what you want to do is good enough.

This is quite interesting. A letter from an attorney representing Occupy Wall Street to Brookfield Office Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park regarding the eviction notice a few days ago.
 
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/10/13/showdown_at_occupy_wall_street_protesters_fear_eviction_is_imminent

You should go to China… Your head will explode.

sorry, hope no one is offended. just venting

“a native plant park kind of looks like a garden of weeds. Why do we still make believe there is no water in Southern California? This isn’t 1911.”
 
I totally stopped reading after this sentence. Stupid article, stupid opinion. If he wanted to walk in a green forest, then why the f* would you move to a desert? I’m tired of dealing with these…[Read more]

Google is your best friend.
 
Haven’t heard of them either, but that doesn’t matter. From their website, it seems like they do some very interesting work.

If you’re interested in going into a design office, entry levels and interns do a lot of the behind-the-scenes support work such as drawing sections, plans, 3d modeling, physical modeling, presentation boards, etc for the designers. So it’s not really necessary to have credentials if you want to be an intern in a design office. You just need good…[Read more]

a genius, he will be missed

Sure, movable planters should do the trick. The designers kept it open, so anything can happen.

The designers took a “less is more” approach, and it can work here. With so many people flooding Times Square daily and especially on New Years Eve, a clutter-free design is appropriate. With that said, the extra space can be useful for temporary art installations and events. You can criticize them for not adding anything, but the space is about…[Read more]

If architects are moving into landscape (which I doubt they really want to since their interest is buildings), how can we landscape architects adapt? Right, it might be a good idea to go to the event or other architecture events and just talk to them. Have a beer with them and understand their ideas on design and interests. I’ve designed with…[Read more]

Foreigners make about double what the Chinese make in the same firm and the same position in China.
 For Chinese working in Beijing, entry-levels make +5,000 rmb, junior-levels +10,000 rmb, and senior levels make +20,000 rmb per month. So you can expect 20,000 rmb per month for a junior level position.
 It also depends what office you work for. I…[Read more]

I frequent Landezine, but they cover mostly European landscapes… Anyone know any blogs about new, cutting edge landscape designs in the States or by la firms from the States?

Good point. Now that I think about it, maybe it would be better if they built a downtown-like city within a city with rather than a big object on the ground. Architecture-wise, I kind of like it, but maybe the planning aspect of it isn’t as interesting as it should be… with that said, Apple isn’t a very innovative company either. They take ideas…[Read more]

When I was in college I didn’t even know Rhino, or Maya existed. Hand graphics were encouraged and many of my colleagues and professors seemed a bit anti-technology. When I graduated a lot of firms I interviewed for asked if I knew any of the programs you mentioned…
 
My advice. learn and master all of them. After a few months with all the pr…[Read more]