Category: work
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Down with People… NW Style
Shameless self- and blog- promo… via Ultimate NW Magazine… p.38… Enjoy. :: images via Ultimate NW (Click to Enlarge)
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Incenting Ecoroofs in Portland
Some previous posts Sustainable Stormwater and Grey to Green alluded to a large push for incentives to promote stormwater management projects in the City of Portland. For ecoroofs, the City is putting up the money to back up the talk, with a recent announcement.:: image via Bureau of Environmental Services Read the text below… excerpted…
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Habitat Heresy?
When I first heard the grumbling around Colwood National Golf Course being rezoned as industrial space from it’s current state as an ailing golf course I had the same reaction as others: Do we really want more displacement of open space into industrial lands, especially in NE Portland, which has a legacy of industrial lands…
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Missing Something?
A post via anArchitecture… made me think a bit about our fair profession and it’s place in the grand scheme of the world. Via the site and post ‘The Architectural Practice, Part I’ – this graphic: :: image via anArchitecture And the text: “Architectural practices are a project based businesses: Changing teams create unique, tailor-made…
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BIM and Landscape Architecture
As Building Information Modeling (BIM) gains in market share in architecture and related disciplines, there will be a need for landscape architects to adopt this technology in order to maintain the level of service for their clients. This shift is not just a new technology to adopt but a paradigm shift in thinking, designing, and…
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Exporting Sustainability
A shameless plug for a fantastic upcoming workshop/summit this summer. If you want to travel and learn from the lessons of the Portland region, get some credit, and interact with other professionals around sustainability – this is not one to miss. Oh, and you get to hang out with me, too… 🙂Sustainability in the Urban…
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Career Shifts…
Things in June have been quiet around here while I seriously contemplate a career shift to acting, as a way of increasing my credibility and potential to access high-end ‘green’ projects… 🙂 And, there have been a few presentations of our habitats entry as well – one for a great local group called ccurbangreen. Or…
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80/20 for Sustainability
A recent post from anArchitecture mentioned the Pareto Principle – also known as the 80/20 rule. The idea, as explained on the site: “The 80/20 rule asserts that approximately 80% of the effects generated by any large system are caused by 20% of the variables in that system. The 80/20 rule is observed in all…
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Media Good & Bad = Rant
Ok, perhaps the last post on Integrating Habitats. Oh, probably not. Anyway, the best part of competitions is the joy of having freedom to explore ideas outside of the confines of either client or constraint (wherever these may come from). The second best thing is working to create a winning entry, and then sitting back…
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Regional Green
A busy week, and apologies for lack of posting. I’m well under my once-a-day quota for March, but alas – work is hopping with exciting projects in the region. As I mentioned in a previous post, we tend to take for granted the innovative projects that come out of the Pacific Northwest. The recent National…