Leslie B Wagle

I thought Mexico City was prone to underground rivers and earth tremors, but look at what some group is proposing down there: 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2048395/Earth-scraper-Architects-design-65-storey-building-300-metres-ground.html

Friends I know in academia and a planning dept. who were employed at the start of the recession have remained employed but my own former position (frozen after I retired, then later eliminated) still doesn’t exist. Another person I keep up with who had a planning background (but who had moved into private consulting mixed with being a real estate…[Read more]

I couldn’t get the “gallery” of photos to work on the website given earlier, but if you go to the “team” tag, they did have a landscape architectural firm involved (Pat already noted that), and a scrolling group of comments indicates there were benchmarks for its development and it wasn’t a hasty process. I’m curious that the renderings show it…[Read more]

BLA’s from a good program will have no shortage of theory or history. But I’ve seen schools offer MLA’s to students without prior design backgrounds and there couldn’t have been enough time in the program to make up for all the studio work they never experienced; the MLA just listed the same courses and descriptions that a BLA would have taken in…[Read more]

Here is a small short one I ran across, although not in the same category as a church.
http://www.gardendesign.com/designer/perks-hiring-professional-designer

Interesting, and I hope you get some British comments from those more familiar with the situation. In a way, the country’s war experience and perhaps higher density has led to more progressive ideas on preservation as you describe them, compared to the US….but just a quick thought, it sounds a lot like you hope for a windfall….similar to how…[Read more]

I try to curb myself from universal-state-of-things comments because I read too much market conditions background info. and it’s scary. We may revive (economy and profession) but I don’t’ think it’s going to be any time soon…and LA can’t very well pull out ahead of the general background conditions by some magic formula. Of course “how to cope…[Read more]

Well, yes the later-arriving initial children would be included in the “waves of needs” – and in my comment on “variables.” They could indeed ensure a situation for parents as complicated as any other!

I think I should have added to my bio post, that I did manage to get the lone consultant business solid enough to move into a low-overhead business “incubator” (suite in an old school building) during my son’s high school years, even employing some contract part-time drafting assistants on occasion. I would just pass on to younger women who may…[Read more]

I’m very conflicted about this whole area. I managed to have a small family (1 child). For about 3 years when I needed them sometimes he was with private sitters followed by a good university preschool setting (I did have to pay for) while I was in LA school, then we hit primary grades using after school centers while I got my required office time…[Read more]

This comes to mind and maybe you can research it further. Also I think there is a butterfly one somewhere.
 
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/thewaterfront/parks/musicgarden.cfm

I wonder if what the bad vibes are more about the issue of the AIA chapter placing this choice of speaker into such prominence, rather than a fellow professional (whether ASLA, a horticulture or environmental professor, a published author, or even a trained extension agent). Not to say that a plants lady has nothing to offer but it might feel a…[Read more]

Given what Albert C said above (“Flora Grubb Gardens is a retail garden store plants, pots, furnishing, gifts, coffee, etc.”) which was my impression from what I found on Google, I’m going out on a limb here and speculate that she might not even have a good clue what LA even IS, had some connections, and just saw a timely marketing opportunity (or…[Read more]

It looks informative and eye catching, so I wish you well. Anything like this is good for raising consciousness out there – but I wasn’t clear whether it is delivered on line only? It seems like you can get the advertising, so best success getting the word out.

I was also trying to reply and it wouldn’t go through as her response to my post was deleted, and now it seems her whole account is gone. I briefly did see where she explained that she used “student” in order to deflect any danger, and is still feeling alone and unsure what to do. Now I can’t send what I was going to recommend privately, either.…[Read more]

It can be confusing and frankly in my state, the shift from title act to practice act didn’t seem to change anything survival-wise. On the other hand, there will always be alternatives out there for people to use, no matter what you invest in. I hate to make specific analogies because it’s so easy to step on someone’s toes, but if there was no…[Read more]

Did someone blame unlicensed associates for a lack of business? When I joined in, the topic was mostly unlicensed blaming the RLAs for not being able to sit for the exam.

Most states pass registration with a number of provisions that grandfather in people or allow overlapping by other professions, or exempt land areas under 1 acre for the contractors to keep on doing those, etc. Which is ironically why I think Denise has more hiring options than she may think. Engineers sometimes, while continuing to be in the…[Read more]

Denise, I doubt the comment about RLA’s “hoping to keep new graduates out of the job market through the licensing laws” for some 2-3 reasons besides the laws being there before the recession even started. First, RLA’s probably never were the main employers for new grads. I’m willing to bet most had to start with multi-disciplinary firms,…[Read more]

Nope, this generation can’t get out and build the beautiful stone arch bridges on the Blue Ridge Parkway and other CCC projects that the still-manually skilled men of the 30’s knew how to or could be taught to do. “Shovel ready” jobs now take considerable construction training and we also have a lot of “undocumented immigrants” here that can…[Read more]