Sandilya Digumarthy

Too many palm trees, so here is my frozen front yard, Shawn White eat your heart out!

Of course, I will share it with you. Nice pics on your profile:)

Greetings 🙂

Cool – I want to read it when you’re done.

Hi 🙂

generally said, I write about my beloved Sarajevo and its post-war urban structures incl. landscapes. It is very interesting I think. I have the whole next semester to finish and I´m traveling there this week.

Hope you´re also doing some interesting stuff. Keep us updated 🙂

Good luck with that, Haris! It’ll be over before you know it. I’m sure you’ll do great – what’s the topic?

Hi everybody,
yes, I miss it too.

Greets from Berlin where I write my Master-thesis 🙂

How is everyone doing? I miss our group, hope everyone is well 🙂

Hi Kevin,
If you need a really good nursery in Qatar, my suggestion is : Al Maktab Al Hollandi is one of the best!
Done a couple of projects with them, and their quality of work as well as their nurseries are superb~

Is there any significant project in UAE recently? I feel the government has cut off the fundings for development.

Joy, have your Chapter Trustee or President check in with Liz at ASLA national and she can certainly help find appropriate speakers for you. Also, the ASLA Sustainable Design & Development PPN can help guide you as well. We have many talented speakers that can address many different aspects of this topic.

Public Installations by Pete Dungey
‘If we planted one of those in every hole, it would be like a forest in the road’
An ongoing series of public installations highlighting the problem of surface imperfections on Britain’s roads.Project participation welcomed. Please send any images to: info@petedungey.com

LOL Dawid.. You Rockss!! Very Funny…

The NY Upstate Chapter of the ASLA is teaming with the NY State AIA for the first time ever to put a JOINT conference together! Sustainability is a particular topic that is HOT on both arenas. Please feel free to let me know if there are people interested in presenting at the conference regarding the SSI to LEED roll out, or to a particularly…[Read more]

Kevin,
As you are aware there are different sources useful for different type of projects especially nowadays when a lot of different companies are registered in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Could you please state something for your project/s and I will try to find you some information. I mean type of project, size, approximate cost, timeframe, location…[Read more]

Feel free to use the group’s forum to post questions and discussion topics. Just click the “+ Start Discussion” link.

Thanks!
Andrew

Greetings–

While I do not live in the middle east I am working on projects in Qatar and Abu Dhabi and am trying to get a sense of how to proceed in a meaningful way. I’ve worked abroad before and have had positive and negative experiences with trying to be as ‘local’ as possible. So far my impression of Qatar is to be sensitive to the climate…[Read more]

Thank you Eric for your feedback – invaluable information since many have been asking about the LEED GA exam.

Charles,
Perhaps they are hiring knowledgable Landscape Architects? Clearly they need help.

Just sat for the GA Exam and passed on the first attempt. It’s definitely distilled down from the old version of the exams. From my perspective the LEED GA is a great credential for LAs to have the distinction, but without having to go through the specialty portions that are beyond our typical work. Sustainable Sites is where I’m placing my emphasis.

My civil engineer handed me a brochure on the Filterra Bioretention System which appears to be a vault, filled with gravel, sand and a little peat moss that takes in and filters storm water. The vault is topped with a tree grate where you plant a plant from the recommended list provided by Filterra. Has anyone used this system? They recommend that…[Read more]