Linescapes

Hi,

I have a BA, double major in English and Liberal Arts, from Concordia, took a couple of courses in landscape as an independent student at U de M and I ended up going to U Manitoba for an MLA.

With your academic background, I would suspect you would easily be a candidate.

1st thing you need to know:
it is extremely unlikely that you will…[Read more]

Thank you both for your input.

Keeping things simple organized, and pure is indeed necessary.

True, Xrefing doesn’t allow for Civil functionality. Just two or so persons in my office use Civil 3D to it’s fullest. The rest of us in the office, myself -the new guy- in particular, focus on 2D drafting, creating standardized layers and styles…[Read more]

If Civil is leading the project, we work from their base files and reload as they send updates.
We always attach survey and civil drawings as Xrefs, and if necessary adjust line weights &/or opacity of the Xrefs without ever modifying the original files. That said, some projects will have standards requirements that every office involved must…[Read more]

Thank you both for your replies.
I will take a look into Pinnacle.
Our office is going through a transition period, and though most are quite comfortable with Civil 3D, proper setup and standardization is taking some time, and I am very new to it.
It is an LA office, though we work pretty closely with Civil offices.

http://architectureforhumanity.org/updates/2011-03-27-sendai-update-moving-from-relief-to-recovery

Have been meaning to reply to this post, but with work & the countless “Are you OK/radioactive?” messages…
At any rate, I by and large agree with what’s been written.
I’d just like to emphasize that there exists in Japan a very long standing tradition of “rebuild it”: the 30 year renewal of Ise Shrine, 20 year rethatching of Gasho house rooves,…[Read more]

http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_NEWS/SBA_news_5.htm

tks!

for animals (not sure if dolphins are a priority at the moment but hey):
http://www.arkbark.net/?q=en%2Fnode%2F2901
 
& if you don’t mind the religious affliation, i’ve been told that this organization does a better job than red cross & others at getting a large portion of your donation to those in…[Read more]

Thanks all for your input.
 
I’ll try contacting Architects for Humanity shortly, as well as the architect Shigeru Ban’s office. Ban has worked on numerous relief projects.
 
I’ve been residing on n’ off in Kobe, Japan- the once booming port city most affected by the Hanshin Quake in ’95- for the past 3 or so years.
During this time I have made s…[Read more]