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Peter Graves replied to the topic Online portfolio in the forum STORY BOARD 9 years, 3 months ago
I would recommend squarespace or cargocollective. Both paid services but so worth it. With squarespace you get your own domain name as well so it’s a little more professional. Stay away from anything that isn’t custom domain name, like behance.net/yourname or cargocollective/yourname. Just shows you haven’tput much effort into it, even if that isn’t true.
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Peter Graves replied to the topic Landscape Architecture Students and Debt — Is this a realistic picture? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 10 years, 3 months ago
In my experience talking with my coworkers and classmates, the depicted total debt load is not far off from the norm. I would say a standard debt amount for just the MLA could be anywhere from 20-40K, and you can almost double that for a BLA. The issue isn’t the cost of tuition, as many grad students are getting a break on tuition, but all of the…[Read more]
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Peter Graves replied to the topic Working in Asia vs in Western Countries as a Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 10 years, 7 months ago
yup, It very much depends on the firm, worldwide. The idea of working longer hours for less pay has been around for a long time in the design professions and is unlikely to let up anytime soon. I have worked for firms in China and the U.S. that expect crazy hours, even most weekends.
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Peter Graves replied to the topic Recommended firms specialising in quality digital perspective illustrations – FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE in the forum GRAPHICS 10 years, 8 months ago
firm called Hartness Vision does excellent landscape viz work but may be pricey
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Peter Graves replied to the topic Questions to ask when Interviewing for an Entry-Level Position in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 10 months ago
great input….good to hear from actual interviews that went well.
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Peter Graves replied to the topic Questions about MLA programs in the forum EDUCATION 14 years, 8 months ago
Hey Laura,
Thanks for the link! Yeah, that’s all I have been able to figure out- DesignIntelligence’s top 10. But I want like top 25 or 50, so all the schools I applied to will appear on the list, hopefully, so I can rank them accordingly.
I have applied to MLA programs at:
-LSU (accepted)
-Kansas State (awaiting)
-Texas A&M…[Read more]