This is a brief guide for submitting your application for a landscape architecture internship. I do not take internships at World Landscape Architecture. Do your researchThe first thing you should do when looking for an internship is to undertake some research about the firms including where they are located, how big is the firm, do […]
Landscape 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 topics this article will briefly cover the main trends. I also recently published my recent review of my 2019 predictions for […]
The Australian Bushfires are a warning to the world
Over the past few months, there have been bushfires (wildfires) that have burnt in many states of Australia. These fires have burnt through over 8.4Â million hectares (21Â million acres; 84,000 square kilometres; 32,000 square miles) including over 2,500 buildings with over 25 people perishing along with an estimated 500 million animals. These fires have come during […]
Square or Park?
This week the International Landscape Architecture Festival kicks off in Melbourne Australia. The theme of the conference is The Square and The Park. The festival curators see it as a contentious issue between these two landscape typologies which dominate our cities that haven’t changed in the past hundred years. Many cities across the world are grappling […]
How to collaborate with Landscape Contractors?
As landscape architects, we work with contractors to achieve our design vision for our projects and how we collaborate can impact greatly on the project outcome. There are various approaches that we can use to achieve the best outcome. Start EarlyWhen we work with contractors it can start at different stages of the project, it […]