Land8 | Peter Briggs | Activity https://land8.com/members/peterbriggs/activity/ Activity feed for Peter Briggs. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:25:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 f46b088c342b387d34425cb63f763cf1 Peter Briggs wrote a new post, The Visibility of Landscape Architecture Is Up to Us! https://land8.com/?p=18703 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:41:24 +0000 Dear Professionals: We Can Influence Our Visibility!!!!
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]]> 0 be95948b5d35db971e9cd69999596907 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/#post-164662 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:53:10 +0000 We have a fair number. Private and public facilities (i.e. our new convention center in Anchorage). They have also heated street sections and intersection crossings. There are some issues… but that’s probably another topic stream.

]]> 0 5c312ef361cc5b7dcfc6950d3d0865ed Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/page/2/#post-164672 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:47:37 +0000 Interesting. I think we should also just be honest with ourselves… why do we put trees in places where they can’t achieve their potential in any sustainable fashion? If we want trees in urban areas… they’ll either be miniatures (with your idea being one way to address a form of sustainability)… or we need to provide the green infrastructure…[Read more]

]]> 0 b2830338085c520d07067f5299fed8c2 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/page/2/#post-164674 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:38:05 +0000 Heh… probably an idea someone might take you up on. One of the questions I do ask myself is to what end do we work “technology” to get trees that will still only live 10 years maybe (hopefully more!). Maybe more permanent urban design/canopies/artwork would fill some of the benefits without the need for a potential commitment to replacement…
 
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]]> 0 c4f14a4715e0c937da60b06f090c7c46 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/page/2/#post-164675 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:35:30 +0000 Rob:

The installation in Anchorage did use Silva Cells (Deep Root) with insulation above. They’ve been in 2-3 years now, and seem to be doing quite well. They were a maple tree (Crimson king or similar hardy type if memory serves). For the moment, the trees in the heated sidewalk seem to be doing similarly to the ones installed in a continuous…[Read more]

]]> 0 511c9e6fa49c3108b9735dfd696ab748 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/page/2/#post-164678 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:28:16 +0000 Knowledge. =)
 
And perhaps logical (pehaps cost neutral) alterations that might increase chances for success. If they’re spanning/cantilevering the pavement, leaving an air gap might be an option… and even if only for a small radius around the tree.
 
When we were researching this about 6 years ago, there just wasn’t much information out t…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c3f7ad764c7ec1adba1b6de86106ba3 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/page/3/#post-164686 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:01:09 +0000 I’m not sure what the final installation section was (I’ll see if I can find out), but they appear to be doing well enough. For us, we have other street tree issues (as with many locations)… so the discussion is more along the lines of “should we really be putting trees here?”. I think emerging consensus will probably be that rather than…[Read more]

]]> 0 abc31de32a6748c9c162c31e5b953192 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Heated Sidewalks and Street Trees in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE https://land8.com/forums/topic/heated-sidewalks-and-street-trees/page/3/#post-164689 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:50:15 +0000 Rob:
 
How far North? We have various somewhat similar installations in Alaska. One of my concerns was the ability of the tree to go fully dormant. (i.e. with heated sidewalk above, even with insulation, will the soil freeze?) For one project I was involved with, the potential solution was to try to get an air-gap between the soil and slab system…[Read more]

]]> 0 84bb9d1ddacbeb46c30bca97dade3c91 Peter Briggs replied to the topic Social Media in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/social-media/#post-165671 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:06:23 +0000 Sean:
 
Here’s some related info: https://sites.google.com/site/lpsocmed/ Including the text from an upcoming article on social media for landscape architects. The summary is that social media in our experience has three uses: 1) like a newsletter as a way of communicating with people, 2) for projects where an interactive public/team face is…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ecd906fb7bbdf27fc4203ad912673d4 Peter Briggs replied to the topic CSLA/AAPC - World Landscape Architecture Month Poster Competition in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/cslaaapc-world-landscape-architecture-month-poster-competition/#post-164871 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:24:57 +0000 Our apologies that it is for Canadians/Canadian Residents only. The reason for posting here is that Land8Lounge is international in scope, and a good way to reach those that meet that requirement. We hope if you know any of them, you’d direct them to it. One of the competition goals is to support the development of the profession in Canada, so we…[Read more]

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