Ryan A. Waggoner

Hey Bailey, good question. Are you looking at more residential design or commercial as well. I ask because I’m joining a high-end residential design firm and wondering how to incorporate some LEED ideals myself…

Haha, I thought I was the only LA Chip Foose fan. He has great graphics and works very fast and loose. He has a show called “Overhauling” which shows his renderings at least once an episode.
I like to use AD Chartpaks on Vellum as well, and to me Staedtler ergosoft colored pencils are hands down the best. Mike Lin does have great graphics. People…[Read more]

Great models Daniel…I look forward to getting the book!

It is beautiful, do you know how old the Wisteria is there? I tried to look up the garden but couldn’t find any information…

Some more good links I’ve recently found:

http://cals.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape/workshop_water.html
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/xeriscape/xeriscape.html
http://www.eartheasy.com/grow_xeriscape.htm
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07228.html
http://www.delange.org/Xeriscape/Xeriscape.htm

I totally agree with your perspective Ben. If you don’t have the LA working on the graphics or modeling tools, you may be producing graphics that don’t match your design. I think that it is very important to own many tool sets as an LA, especially in today’s environment.
I personally really enjoy the graphics (both hand and digital). As a visual…[Read more]

And someone mentioned today that the term “xeriscaping” is actually copywritten. Apparently Florida calls it Florida Friendly planting?

both are too funny! love the comments in the denverinfill blog…

Hey Daryn, myself being someone fairly new in the industry I would also like to know a few opinions. My first position was in a large firm that heavily pushed the LEED accreditation which I unfortunately passed right after our office was closed. I think that it was a great thing to learn, and think it may help in a smaller office for the points…[Read more]

I had a friend that was reading this book, doesn’t Christopher Alexander have a whole series of books like this?

I just heard from another friend last week this was a great book to read, I’ll try picking it up next…

Congratulations Steve! That’s interesting you got to comment, mine didn’t have that option. Just so you know, they didn’t post that I was certified on the website until last week and I still haven’t received my certificate, apparently it takes awhile (maybe October for you). I was kind of freaked out at first, but I guess that’s…[Read more]

agreed, if everyone just kept a compost of food waste think how much organic matter could be kept from being “thrown away”. then that could be used for mulching, soil improvement, etc…or for systems similar to this…

i like the ideals in the video…just wish the pictures showed the growth a little better. i do like how the pushed the use of biodiversity to enhance the area. here’s a link that breaks desertification down a little further http://www.greenfacts.org/en/desertification/

ya roland, cool idea, but it kind of creeps me out for some reason. i’m assuming the entire bodies are “digested” by the fuel cells??

Wow, this has turned into quite the rigorous and thoughtful exchange of ideas, with great points being made on both sides. I’m definitely one that is guilty of quickly jumping on any bandwagon that tries to eliminate fertilizers and shipping food hundreds of miles when it can be grown locally instead. But through this discussion I see that this…[Read more]

yes, i definitely want to go to the dbg as i’ve seen pictures in the past. the chihuly exhibition looks like it was amazing. i think we’ll hit up the flashlight tours, as it was 109 here yesterday and only getting hotter in the months to come….

Cool site and a good idea. Stuff like this makes perfect sense, makes you wonder why it hasn’t been implemented at a large scale yet?? Maybe this would lead to consumers appreciating local, seasonal food again? There are plenty of organic farmers out there just waiting for opportunities like this…

Ya, we were thinking about going thru Birmingham. The BBQ alone is a draw for me, haha. We would like to go down thru New Orleans, but it is a bit out of the way. Maybe we’ll try it tho. Thanks for the suggestions.

Yes, I’ve seen that a few times and I’ve always meant to pick it up, but just haven’t. Some of the “green” books I have grabbed have just been “greenwashed”. Good to know this one isn’t…