Robert Schäfer

oh, i must have missed the insult 😉

I understand and I heard this argument while attending the (expensive) ASLA meeting just now. How much is a mediocre hotel room per night? How much do you pay for a dinner for two in a reasonable restaurant?
Exactly!..plus tip 😉
So, should culture, and I see books and journals as part of culture, be delivered for free? A rhetorical question, for…[Read more]

I am so sorry. I do not really know the interna, but I guess there is no funding like in the Highline case, in China these projects are just investments, private and state money.
So far Topos featured all Chinese projects in a friendly way as we did with the US ones. Pretty pictures are essential. But you are right, we should start to publish more…[Read more]

Well, so far as I know: Turenscape is doing well. But I may ask Kongjian when I meet him next time. In PR of China most firms do well, ask AECOM or Hassell orany other firm.

It is so funny. Topos did publish Turenscape’s work since 5 years. Does nobody read reviews those days in the US?

Yeah, I threw 2 baits in the pond. The reading aspect was eaten first. I agree, it is much more interesting to investigate new terms and find out if they are hollow.
Karen Weintraub wrote in the Boston Globe April 19 this year that landscape architects reinvent roles and link diciplines at Harvard. I think this is another proof that issues only…[Read more]

You are right. But we just experience that students never use libraries. And so many publishers do not believe in the future of print!. But I do. To my opinion a review such as Topos is not much worth in a digital version. So we have to build up other media aside, digital and daily updated. There is many fresh information to be sent out…[Read more]

Hi Claudia,
on one hand I expect intelligent technical solutions saving energy and ressources, minimizing waste etc. There are so many good technics available already. At least in Germany they get accepted quickly. On the other hand, as you say, the behavior of ourselves must change, solutions for housing and traffic are key issues.But we are only…[Read more]

dear Roland,
the question is not about doing a better job than others. What we all need is doing a good job. It may start with the compost and bike lanes and does not end with sustainable sites. We do have to change the way of living on many levels. If you have a look in European books from 1920 or so and later, city planning, housing, ecology,…[Read more]