[Rob Halpern]

Thanks Robert. After reading Andrew’s link I decided to simply contact the Project Manager. This project does require that planting plans be stamped.

[Rob Halpern]

Thanks Andrew. It appears to me that planting plans are fine but I’ll still need to inquire whether the State agency requires that landscape plans be stamped.

[Rob Halpern]

The Middle East is a diverse place with different cultures and different relationships to the landscape. If you can focus on what you wish to learn it will be easier to begin.

[Rob Halpern]

But fascinating! Now he needs to study Arabic. Why try to understand the history of Middle East landscapes by only reading what English speakers have to say about it?

[Rob Halpern]

http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14389.html

http://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.php?g=310220&p=2077650

http://ag.arizona.edu/oals/ALN/aln36/Hamed.html

http://www.brill.com/products/book/gardens-time-great-muslim-empires

https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9

There appear to be many avenues to explore easily available on line

[Rob Halpern]

No direct experience to report but I expect these products are best suited to vehicles or erosion control rather than for running or lounging on. Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen to me

[Rob Halpern]

Bamboo rots and bamboo dries out and cracks. Both bamboo species used and preservation methods chosen will affect just how durable it is.

For example, see http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00107-013-0707-2#/page-1

[Rob Halpern]

The original research is here https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/UFUG.pdf?token=AWxJETYY6TZkollkBWmxOL2OJXSOBgMBTWt_hDCVVrpVY2ZRK57wmCgNWf6RMu2tFWnBb8CuDBUZsvh6KSzThOsCRWmNjOPYKA0Psl0iUhnQfjrMqUKbWrBI9D-oVM0dbbYdk22plqKt9zQkiJO8BE0Y

[Rob Halpern]

Well here is the “where”

http://www.homedsgn.com/2013/08/31/villa-nilsson/

[Rob Halpern]

The “design/build field” is pretty broad. Are you confident that there is enough info targeted to your little corner to make it worthwhile?

[Rob Halpern]

There are a number of concrete fabricators who will custom build anything. The entire Parthenon if you want

[Rob Halpern]

To be clear: the issue is not whether green roofs are pretty, sometimes provide habitat, sometimes reduce run-off, etc.

The issue, IMO, is when we promote the equivalent of a cup of tea to cure baldness and cancer. It’s a nice cup of tea. That’s all. There are green roof designs that do some real good for the environment. Let’s find out what those approaches are and be clear when we are not using them to speak truthfully about the benefits of the design at hand.

Telling our clients and ourselves that we have made the city sustainable without any supporting evidence is not going to make things better. We cheat ourselves and our clients if we speak forcefully from ignorance.

[Rob Halpern]

In fact, even the claims about reducing storm run off are only true for intensive green roofs, not extensive ones. And extensive green roofs are far more common

[Rob Halpern]

Thanks Eric! That should be fascinating browsing and reading

[Rob Halpern]

A 10′ high fence,especially angled out a bit , is usually effective for the most part.

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