WLA #02 – Landscape Architecture Magazine – combining my two passions
I have recently set about publishing a quarterly landscape architecture magazine called WLA, after my website World Landscape Architecture. It is an interesting process with many hours of emailing,...
View ArticleKeynote by Kongjian Yu (俞孔坚 土人设计)at IFLA 2011 Congress in Zurich [Video]
Kongjian Yu (俞孔坚) gave a keynote at the IFLA 2011 Congress in Zurich which give a brief history of his career and then moves on to his ideas about Big Foot Landscape/Urbanism. Kongjian Yu has been key...
View ArticleTraces in Landscape – PWP Landscape Architecture [VIDEO] Chinese Subtitles
Peter Walker speaks of the many landscape around the world and his experiences designing in Japan, Taiwan and other parts of the world. Subtitles in Chinese. 字幕在中国。 Traces in Landscape from PWP...
View ArticleSustainable Landscape Architecture Part 4: Can standards and certification...
At last I got round to finishing my blog posts – Part 4 and 5 of Sustainable Landscape Architecture Series. Although I believe that standards such Sustainable Sites and certification such as LEED AP...
View ArticleChinese New Year Holiday Period and construction stops
Currently its leading up to the Chinese New Year holiday period with people heading home for celebrations with family. Building and landscape construction has stopped on many sites, most of the...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name? Companies that use country of origin to become ‘international’
There is a growing number of landscape firms in China, some are foreign, some local and many a mix (often referred to as sino-american or sino-australia, etc). The company names are interesting to read...
View ArticleWhy do we accept mediocrity in landscape architecture?
Recently, I have watched videos with Bjarke Ingels, Rem Koolhaus, Fabrio Novembre, Marc Newson, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Karl Lagerfeld and many others to gain more of an understanding of idea...
View ArticleWhy do I write simply?
Over the 10 years of the WLA blog and this blog, I have written many op-eds and posts that people have commented and appreciated. One comment I often receive is that my writing could be at a higher...
View ArticleShould landscape architects have minimum fees?
This blog post caused some interesting discussion but less about the topic and more about the act of discussing minimum fees. Depending on the which country you are located and the legal frameworks and...
View ArticleWLA #02 – Landscape Architecture Magazine – combining my two passions
I have recently set about publishing a quarterly landscape architecture magazine called WLA, after my website World Landscape Architecture. It is an interesting process with many hours of emailing,...
View ArticleKeynote by Kongjian Yu (俞孔坚 土人设计)at IFLA 2011 Congress in Zurich [Video]
Kongjian Yu (俞孔坚) gave a keynote at the IFLA 2011 Congress in Zurich which give a brief history of his career and then moves on to his ideas about Big Foot Landscape/Urbanism. Kongjian Yu has been key...
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Park Sketch Natural | July 12 2015
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Park Sketch Mechanical & Forestry | 12 July 2015
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View ArticleCan landscape architects take on the challenges of Climate Change?
In their latest report Climate Change and Land, the IPCC has stated that land is a critical resource under growing human pressure through Agriculture, forestry as well as other types of land use that...
View ArticleLandscape Architecture trends for 2020 and the coming decade
Every year I look to predict the future landscape architecture trends for the coming year and for 2020 I will be looking at the coming decade. As there are many areas of the industry and possible...
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