Rico Flor

I just got a recommendation of sorts…so I’d say it makes an impact.  As in business…connections…of a digital and different kind.

Gabby, I’ll cast my vote on World Heritage Conservation.  Good luck!

Hello Nick.
 
The record stands, but can I say I feel I’m still in good company with you around? 😀
 
Cheers!

On the other hand, this opens the door for making all shores of the world as a rallying point…and…heaven forbid…all nations a next door target……it just takes one charismatic clarion call…
 
In retrospect, it might be better to bury the whole issue under the sea rather than give it legs via a googlable network exposure….

Hello Earthworker.
 
I feel for you.  I’ve also cut my teeth to earn the title in our country (and still hacking away to earn my respectable body of work).  On several aspects, I certainly agree with you.
Meanwhile…
I did not have enough time to scan through twelve pageful of posts, but if this notion has not been presented yet — others do fe…[Read more]

Not really the state of the profession, but here’s a street-smart heads-up from a colleague: know the future venues of the Olympics, World Cup, Commonwealth Games (no comment on the present venue), World Expo, etc., and position yourself there….somehow…like, London is coming very soon…Brazil will be waiting in the wings…

What’s the updated stats?

Nice insight, Tom! Hey, I like it that I’m a larkie…!

I tend to go with landplanner’s reply that the Board (that is, LAAB for fellow practitioners in the US) looks into the academic programs individually, so BSLArch programs are not discriminated from accreditation – across the board.

We also had this same discussion in the University in the course of several curricular reviews and in the end, it is…[Read more]

Hello Rick.

That Bostonian accent was quite a hoot!

All three anecdotes (the LD and the LA) reinforce my theory that, without the laws..those applicable to your state…it’s a “my kung fu is better than your kung fu” thing (referring to my post a few pages above)..or whoever has “the quickest gun to draw”. Thanks to laws, issues sometimes get…[Read more]

The beer’s still waiting; the answer will come with the beer. Cheers!

Hi Nick.

Not an honest-to-goodness biography but do check out “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson, on FLO’s participation in the Chicago World’s Fair planning/design. I myself am surprised at how he became more human to me, toothache, depression, senility and all. But it was worth the read and education. Mystery thriller aside.

A plus…[Read more]

The Dubai Fountain, by the way…

For sheer power and size, I’d go for the Dubai Fountain. It’s akin to three Bellagios side by side. And you can feel the throb (or is it a boom) every time it shoots its highest pulse/stream. A plus due to its location too (Burj Khalifa, Old Town Burj Dubai…er, Khalifa, and the Dubai Mall).

For sheer interactivity, Lawrence Halprin’s Ira Keller…[Read more]

Yeppers. Seems to be cruising along the nadir point, if not a few millimeters up. Still ripe for a wipe-out. Hoping no big waves come.

Seems to me current work magnets are Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, China……

Hello Jessie.

In our country, the profession is regulated (yeah, the license thing). If your agricultural engineer boss who finished ecology and horticulture happens to have secured his/her license to practice through the LArch Licensure exam, then he/she has every right to bear the title. Do note that one cannot take said exam if he/she did not…[Read more]

IFLA doesn”t have a definition for landscape architecture, but I;m sure this short version definition of the landscape architect could help:

“Landscape Architects conduct research and advise on planning, design and stewardship of the outdoor environment and spaces, both within and beyond the built environment, and its conservation and…[Read more]