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Terragrams dispatches interview with Matthew Urbanski of Michael Van Valkenburg Associates.

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Added by Craig Verzone on August 30, 2010 at 10:53pm — No Comments

NCSU Student LID Stormwater Project Finished!!! plus new footage

Thanks to everyone who has been following our first-ever student design/build project. We've put together this video of the construction process and ribbon cutting ceremony. This picture is the first flush of 1/2" rain event. You can see the rain… Continue

Added by Dave Toms on August 29, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

A Brief History of the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Order of Free Gardeners

1. Introduction
Brethren, this talk was prompted by a visit to Melbourne when I saw an insignia
showing a similar arrangement to our own square and compasses.

Figure 1 Showing a Typical Insignia of the Free Ga

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Added by SlavaU on August 29, 2010 at 12:50pm — No Comments

portfolio

www.wix.com/ricardofsfonseca/portfolio

i'm staring now as a landscape architect and this is my portfolio. i'd like you to take a look at it and tell me your opinion.

thanks

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Added by RicardoFonseca on August 27, 2010 at 3:01am — No Comments

DESIGN CHANGE THE WORLD SHENZHEN CINA OCT 10 - NOV 21 2010

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Added by Andre Igor Chandravega Osman on August 18, 2010 at 12:47am — 2 Comments

InsideOut - Introduction

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Added by Jack Rossi on August 11, 2010 at 5:10am — No Comments

NCSU Students Complete Stormwater LID Design Build Project - Check it out!

When Andrew Fox surveyed the grounds behind Syme Resi

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Added by Dave Toms on August 5, 2010 at 6:48am — 11 Comments

Integrated Project Delivery and Landscape Architecture

(Wrote this for my blog

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Added by Benjamin Boyd on August 3, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Professor Simon Schama and Rene Bihan of SWA Group, San Francisco to headline UK Landscape Conference.

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Added by Paul Lincoln on August 2, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Interactive map to showcase best landscapes in the UK

As part of the preparation for the UK Landscape Award 2010, a new interactive map highlights entrants as they register for the UK Landscape Award 2010. Entry closes on 27 August. Have a look at the map.

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Added by Paul Lincoln on August 2, 2010 at 6:58am — No Comments

Tuesday Tutorial: Between a Rock and a Mossy Place

One of the fairly unique features of this site is the granite outcropping that runs along its eastern edge. Giving a feature like this both realism and readability is something that requires multiple layers of textures, with manual manipulation required to give it an organic, natural feel.

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Added by Frank Varro on July 20, 2010 at 9:08pm — 5 Comments

Testing the Waters

The back edge of my property was all turf when I bought it. This year I began the process of reducing the mowed areas and replacing with prairie/meadow plantings. Due the fact that I have neighbors and a neighborhood association I decided to test the waters first. The photo

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Added by Alec Johnson on July 16, 2010 at 10:31am — No Comments

Landscape Invocation: USC Exhibition Explores "Creative Nature" in Shanghai

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Added by Benjamin Boyd on July 7, 2010 at 10:40pm — 3 Comments

Passing of Chad Crutcher

Chad Taylor Crutcher, 5

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Added by Andrew Spiering on July 7, 2010 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

Create The Next Great Dream Golf Hole

Golf, anyone? How about golf course design? The folks over at Golf Digest have just launched their Armchair Architect Competition. The idea is to let anyone design the next great golf hole, and they suggest that participants use -- you guessed it -- SketchUp

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Added by John Pacyga on July 1, 2010 at 8:27am — No Comments

Gábor Horváth wins SketchUp 3D Challenge!

Congratulations to Gábor Horváth for his award-winning model, Tokyo 100 x 100 for the

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Added by John Pacyga on June 29, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Bike Parking: Design mis-Considerations

What's wrong with this picture? It appears that the hula dancers are beckoning riders to park their bikes here. However, it is to no avail. This was taken on the opening day of Trader Joe's in Larkspur, California. If you live in Marin or happen to find yourself nearby, you will quickly realize two things - the hula dancers are not

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Added by Andrew Spiering on June 27, 2010 at 11:30pm — 10 Comments

12 Eco-friendly Ways to Design an Outdoor Space

Whenever I’m designing for a green-minded client, which happens to be my favorite kind, it’s nice to have some great pieces handy for inspiration. Thankfully, commercial stores are incorporating a few amazing options, making browsing for site furnishings easier and a little more fun. Most of the pieces pictured here are high in recycled content or made of r

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Added by Jill Bellenger, ASLA | LEED GA on June 26, 2010 at 8:22pm — 1 Comment

I have architectural drafting tables and flat files for sale....solid and old school.

I have architectural drafting tables for sale....solid and old school.

I am located in Norwalk, Connecticut. Architectural table for $150, steel compression spring engineers:$350

tHANKS

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Added by Nick Overall on June 26, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Weekly Landscapes

I thought this was a great opportunity to share some landscapes that I've visited. Each week I'll try to post a landscape design project. Some you've seen maybe some you haven't. The idea is to provide a visitor's perspective and a designer's critique.

This week's landscape is the second largest park in Barcelona; Central Parc Nou Barris.

Check it out at http://thisislandarch.blogspot.com/

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Added by Adam Trujillo on June 24, 2010 at 2:40pm — No Comments