Lori Molitor

Not 100% relevant, but have you seen the Dirr iphone app?  I really like it; it is so much easier to carry around than the paper volume.

“Green wall” has been mentioned on two of my projects in the past month and both assumed grid+vines was the only option available.

It is very aesthetically appealing.  I meant to add these close ups, but forgot until today. You can easily see the substrate.


 

I’ve visited the National Academy of Design museum in New York when they were exhibiting the work of a landscape architect. It was December 2007. I don’t remember who the LA was, but I found it very interesting.

I like the idea of a “Place Score” or “Place Finder”. It seems similar to the PPS Great Place finder, http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/, but I’d hope it would be an easier search that includes many more spaces based on location. It seems you could get a lot of data from the designers of the places themselves, especially when it comes to…[Read more]

I’ve worked in engineering firms for the past 10 years and I’ve found that entry level Environmental Science folks don’t always have degrees in that field or even BS degrees at all. I knew one with a degree in Economics, another who had simply spent several years doing asbestos remediation work as a contractor. Many of the major firms doing NEPA…[Read more]

Sometimes one must sell the drawings to get the plan built.

My RLA supervisor once had me change a concept plan drawing because it ‘had too many circles on it’. It wasn’t about the design he further explained, but more about what the plan looked like on the piece of paper that the client would see. He told me that on the ground, my original plan…[Read more]

Ahh, it seems the ‘finding a balance’ arguement works here. Until we stop buiding roads, highways, bridges, houses, shopping malls, schools, churches and other buildings and structures, places like this will exisit. I’d venture to say that hardscape applications of quarried materils is a very low, single diget percentage of all quarried materials.…[Read more]

Sure, transportation costs of stone = energy lost, but what are the other sustainability arguments against using stone?

It doesn’t really require chemicals to install or maintain. It has good insulating properties. Depending on installation methods, it can make allowances for water infiltration. It doesn’t require much maintenance and has an i…[Read more]

What is your rationale for making successful = sustainable instead of profitable or sellable? And what definition of sustainable are you using? It seems that your answers mix up a variety of values that may or may not contribute to profitablity or sustainablility. Maybe is my question relates to what perspective success is judged from: the…[Read more]

Yes, they are rather inexpensive and don’t bother me with spam. I used InDesign and Image Ready, along with a little HTML to build my site.

Let me clarify, while I’m not actively on the job hunt, I’m always interested in professional growth and open to discussing employment with Seattle area firms that may run across my site. =)

Mine is rather simple and presents only a sampling of my portfolio. My hope is that this gets me through the door where I would present a more complete picture of my work, customized toward the culture and values of the particular firm I am interviewing with. I’m not actively seeking a new position at this time, so this is mostly a toy. I agree…[Read more]

This story gives a better image of the final installation.

http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-11-17-21-01-03-ghost-forest-a-powerful-visual-statement-about-climate-change-at-trafalgar-square.html

I agree. A post card with eye-catching photos may entice me to visit your website, but I won’t even open a letter (not even if I can tell there are product samples inside).

I counted at least 6 (maybe 8) questions that required you know two types of information. First, they all set up a situation so you had to know which types of plants were appropriate in that situation (ie. surrounding a playground). Exact plants were the second type of information you needed to demonstrate knowledge on. There was only one answer…[Read more]

At the very least, being able to draw things out in a client meeting is good for communication and reinforces the fact you can do magic. It is a very good skill to establish credibility.