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I think each design endeavour should take into account the health, safety and well being of the end user, but I dont believe it should always drive the design. According to CPTED principles, many of the great public spaces we’ve come to appreciate could be deemed havens for criminals and degenerates.

I may have miscommunicated the notion that I…[Read more]

We could also talk about how lame HGTV is or how insufficient Webster’s definition of Landscape Architecture is in this thread.

That’s thin ice your treading on there AG with that grammar stuff..lol. I think I’ll give LP a pass on this one because it looks like they slipped with the first.

True, BUT..

The job market is a global entity for most aspiring landscape architects and designers. It is impossible to visit all or even a great majority of the offices some of us desire to work in. A lot of schools are in places that may not offer a lot in terms of employment for designers and the job market is saturated with good…[Read more]

I appreciate that, but I think this was more true maybe 6 months ago than today. It’s a different ball game now and employers aren’t hiring because there is no work because banks aren’t lending to developers and entrepreneurs, not because they don’t want to hire.

Adding to that, there’s undeniably a surplus in good designers, architects, and…[Read more]

very good point wes.

I think we’re generally on the same page, philosophically.

I think I was trying to say what you just said in the last part of your comment with this:

Whether we carry this philosophy into the professional environment is up to each of us, but I think you fisrt need to educate yourself enough to have something to respond to- some way to DO…[Read more]

Right. I’m also saying that idealism is good for the community at large. Design is inherently subjective- your ideals in design may not match with others and ther is no right or wrong answer, ever. To that end, I think passionate discussion, even argument and the expression of discontent is important in moving the profession forward (or…[Read more]

I just had to post this:

http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=95535_0_42_0_C

At the same time, I dont think we need to dilute ouselves to the point of ignorance.

I think what Drew is ultimately doing by creating a ‘mission statement’ is synthesizing a set of personal and professional ideals. I think we all do this one way or another. What I like about Drew’s method is that it becomes tangible and readily accessible should…[Read more]

Good point.

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These comments are directed at Frank I presume?

Yes.

Use a template. Learn CSS and edit. We’re not graphic designers. Learning how to use CSS and make a page that displays pertinent information appropriately is hard enough and really all you need to do in my opinion.

I edited a CSS template to the point that I could have just started from scratch, but it was part of a learning process-taking…[Read more]

I havent seen it before, but it sounds interesting if the brick were crushed or broken and so long as the material didnt sift through the gabion cage.

It’s all about having a system, or multiple systems for processing different drawings.

Just the other day I was given two sketches of a planned community and asked to color it in less than an hour for a meeting. I colored it in photoshop in about twenty minutes and did a second alt plan in about the same time.

Knowing how to use masks and…[Read more]

Today I’m a ‘civil site designer.’ I think tomorrow I’ll be a planner..

Ben, my boss graduated college and went out on his own before the advent of photoshop and adobe software in landscape, early 90’s. He dose his illustrative plans including shdows and solid fill gradient hatches in autocad.

He ends up with HUGE cad files, but the plans look like basic photoshop rendering with gradient overlays and drop…[Read more]

Yes. It is unwise.

I use both photoshop and illustrator for most plans. I like to use photoshop with a wacom tablet. If a plan has to be done in twenty minutes, cad or hand drawn, I can ‘free color’ with a tablet on one layer to get it done quickly. Illustrator is good for vector shapes, diagramming, adding linework and linetypes, and labeling.

I think it was cost of construction-$3500 which includes the associated drive lane, curb and gutter and stall allocated in the budget to make that one stall work.

I’ve heard upward of $14,000 for structure parking/stall. Maybe there is an agenda there, I dont know.

Thats interesting about Charlotte Trace..