Category: humor
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Reslience
A tree at Lime Kiln Point State Park on San Juan Islands. Soon, if this tree has its way – trespassing will again be allowed on this property: (images (c) Jason King – Landscape+Urbanism)
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Island Life
Greetings from sunny, partly cloudy Friday Harbor, where we are taking some late summer refuge from the urban areas of Portland. Life on the San Juan Islands gives one an opportunity to relax and live a more confined life -because you are literally confined with access either via plane, boat, or car (via ferry)… the…
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Animurbanism
I thought this was pretty funny (and ridiculous) when first heard on NPR, then seen in multiple locations. The story centers on the layouts of these planned Sudanese cities, shaped like indigenous animals and even fruit from the region. This has been all over the place lately in media snippets, with a reaction of surprise,…
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This WILL Cut Down on Blogging Productivity
Aside from the (at least impending) fact of summer, and general busy-ness at work – I thought I’d share my primary reason for the recent decline in blogging. Recipe: Take one laptop. Add one dog running by and catching the cord bringing the works to the ground. The result – one really beautifully broken lcd…
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Landcast by Christian Barnard
Dubbed with simple terms as ‘the voice of contemporary landscape culture’ – LANDCAST is a new series of podcasts from fellow landscape architect and blogger Christian Barnard that approaches landscape media in a brand new way. With the help of radio documentarian Adrien Sala, the podcasts aim to be an irreverent and informative way to…
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Earth Day Humor
As a staunch advocate of Earth Day Every Day – the actual date of the big historic 40th anniversary is somewhat unimportant. Much like volunteers rushing to soup kitchens on Thanksgiving – then leaving them abandoned the remainder of the year – the day (or week) offers myriad opportunities for getting out to do service…
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Perils of Urban Chickens
An amusing proposal from Vancouver BC, which recently allowed urban chickens for single- and multi-family owners after a long-standing ban. Via the Vancouver Sun: “Anticipating a wave of buyers’ remorse, city staff are recommending the city build a special shelter for hens they expect will be abandoned by owners having second thoughts.” I assume this…
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Floating Manhattan
Via Ptak Science Books, a proposal to float Manhattan into the adjacent Hudson River and seemingly into the Atlantic. “Robert Grosvenor had a delectable and memorable idea for a project in 1975: testing the sea-worthiness of Manhattan island. Grosvenor (b. 1937) was a well-known kinetic sculptor in Manhattan by the time of his detaching-Manhattan idea……
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Can I get a ‘Hell Yeah!’
From AnArchitecture, quoting an article from Inside PR.“I actually hate billable hours. Don’t get me wrong – I like working – I really like bringing in the money.. but I just don’t like tracking every minute of my time – especially when it comes to multi-tasking and working on more than one thing, or often…
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Big Box Surplus Space
One of the major ‘big ideas’ of our Integrating Habitats competition, or the idea of reinventing suburbia in general, is the reduced parking need over time – and what to do with the leftover paved areas. An article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows this idea isn’t merely peak oil induced futurism, but a more current…