Dancing with Nature By Morgan Dix Wheelock
Dancing with Nature is a monograph of gardens and sculpture created by Morgan Dix Wheelock, landscape architect, during his forty-five years of professional ...
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John Moseley, 96, at his home on Camino Lejo. Moseley traveled the world, working as a landscape architect for the National Park Service, and he survived the Bataan Death March. Chris Quintana/The New Mexican
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War veteran and former National Park Service landscape architect John Moseley, 96, doesnt have many wants, but if he could, he said, he would like to go back to Amman, Jordan, to paint a landscape.
Moseleys home is already adorned with watercolor paintings from scenes that illustrate his travels to countries such as Turkey and Ireland. Other pictures depict adobe walls lined with glowing farolitos. But all reveal a man who can spot and re-create the beauty of his surroundings.
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Garden water conservation design |Kenneth Francis |Central Texas Gardener
How can we maximize rainwater in drought? Surroundings Landscape Architect Kenneth Francis illustrates water management designs from experience in New Mexico...
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Former NFL star running back Eddie George has a secret passion he wants to share with America: architecture. He signed on to be a judge on a new NBC reality show called American Dream Builders, in which hell get to put his Ohio State University landscape architecture degree to good use.
This opportunity presented itself for me...not only to show the talents of a landscape architect, but also to be creative, George told the Associated Press at the Television Critics Association Press Tour.
George played in the NFL for nine years with the Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys. He also won college footballs Heisman Trophy in 1995. On the side though, he had his firm, Edge Group, in Columbus, Ohio. He also earned an MBA at Northwestern University.
American Dream Builders will be hosted by designer Nate Berkus and will judge as well with George and interior decorator Monica Pedersen.
The show involves 12 contestants in two teams who have to renovate a house in each episode. In the finale, the last two contestants will have to redesign two Southern California homes to win a cash prize of $250,000, NBC said in a statement. Theres also an online contest to win a chance for the shows winner to renovate a viewers home.
It's interesting to see the contestants react to Eddie's judgment week after week, because if they don't get the details right, he notices every time, Berkus told the AP.
George noted that he has a differing view of renovations from Berkus and Petersen.
If Eddie can't watch football wherever they put the sofa, he wants to send them home, Petersen said.
American Dream Builders starts on Sunday, March 23 on NBC.
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In the 1880s, a student disciple of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted envisioned a giant figure "8" encircling Minneapolis and St. Paul, crisscrossing the two cities with a continuity of trails.
In time, Minneapolis embraced the idea, creating the bicycle-friendly Grand Rounds, Midtown Greenway and Chain of Lakes. St. Paul has been a slower study.
That could be about to change.
St. Paul planners on Tuesday plan to unveil a 20- to-30 year bike plan that would complete H.W.S. Cleveland's vision of Grand Rounds trails encircling the city. In addition, the plan adds a 1.7-mile trail loop, or square, within downtown St. Paul, one of the largest holes in the city's existing bike system. And it more than doubles the number of on-street, off-street and designated "bike boulevard" routes throughout St. Paul.
"As a city, we've struggled with how to accommodate bikes downtown for a number of years," said Reuben Collins, a sustainable-transportation engineer and planner within the St. Paul Department of Public Works.
The Grand Rounds improvements would add new cycling amenities along Pelham Boulevard, Raymond Avenue, Como Avenue, Wheelock and Johnson Parkways. A new off-street path for casual riders along Johnson Parkway would complement the existing on-street bike lanes, which typically draw faster riders.
Wheelock Parkway, which has no bike path, could gain both types of lanes as well. The already popular trails along Mississippi River Boulevard would be expanded. The net result is a giant trail ring around much of St. Paul.
The Grand Rounds concept, which spans 51 miles of hiking, biking and drivable trails in Minneapolis, "has been hugely popular," Collins said. Minneapolis neighborhood parks receive 5 million visits per year, and the city's regional parks receive 15.4 million visits, numbers that are no doubt buoyed by their accessibility and the trail connections between them.
Downtown St. Paul would also see changes. Modeled after the popular "Cultural Trail" in downtown Indianapolis, the plan recommends a 10-foot bike path at sidewalk elevation along St. Peter Street, 10th Street, Jackson Street and Kellogg Boulevard in downtown St. Paul, forming a rectangular loop. Curb, trees, plantings and marking would likely separate the 1.7 miles of biking paths from both pedestrian and street traffic.
Each side of the new bike square will lead off to an existing bicycle and pedestrian trail, such as the Sam Morgan Regional Trail, Gateway Trail, Bruce Vento Trail or Indian Mounds Regional Trail. Until now, city officials have wondered how to make those trails connect in ways that invite casual and not just hardcore cyclists.
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Columbia, Md. Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the Japanese-language version of the Vectorworks 2014 line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks.
A&A Co., Ltd., the distributor of Vectorworks software in Japan, held a series of pre-launch events last month to introduce the new version of Vectorworks software to designers across the country and, beginning today through February 24, the company will hold several online product launch events, as well. More information about the online events can be found here: http://www.aanda.co.jp/seminar/web/Vw2014.html
The Vectorworks 2014 software contains more than 130 improvements, including new BIM tools for architects, increased site design capabilities for landscape architects and designers, as well as enhancements to lighting devices, documentation and graphic controls for entertainment designers. Visit http://www.vectorworks.net/2014 to learn more about all the new features in Vectorworks 2014 software.
The release of the Japanese localized version of Vectorworks 2014 continues the global rollout of the software. The English-language version was launched on Sept. 17, 2013; several localized versions were released across Europe in October and November of 2013; the Portuguese localized version was released in Brazil on Oct. 31, 2013; and the Spanish-language version was released on Nov. 26, 2013.
Please visit http://www.vectorworks.net/international to find a local distributor.
About Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is the developer of Vectorworks software, a line of industry-specific CAD and BIM solutions that allow designers to easily capture, develop and communicate their ideas with accuracy and efficiency. With more than 450,000 users around the world, Vectorworks software is a global leader in 3D design technologies for the AEC, landscape, and entertainment industries. Nemetschek Vectorworks was founded in 1985 and has been a part of The Nemetschek Group since its acquisition in 2000. For more information, visit http://www.vectorworks.net.
Lisa Lance Global Communications Manager Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. 7150 Riverwood Drive Columbia, MD 21046
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David Callahan is Kootenai County's new director of community development. A San Antonio native, Callahan started work here in November of last year after holding a similar position in Fort Morgan, Colo.
If you had it to do over, what would you do with your life?
I'd be a jazz pianist. Jazz is one of the art forms that is cerebral while being all at once emotional. It can reach people in a way that gets to them on multiple levels.
After high school, I was already in the jazz program at University of Texas, Austin, when I realized I had to switch careers. When I saw talent like Lyle Mays and others of that caliber barely eking out an existence, I realized there was some real competition out there and that I wasn't really that talented. I decided that my strengths were in other areas.
How did you learn about landscape architecture as a possible career?
I had some vocational counseling while I was in junior college and that was when the idea of landscape architecture first popped up.
At the same time, my best friend was at Texas Tech and Texas Tech, as it turned out, also had a good landscape architecture program. Oh, and I wanted to get as far away from home as I could and still stay in Texas.
Sounds like the educational equivalent of the trifecta. Do you think you made the right choice?
In the end, I was thrilled with the idea of being a designer. I was at the top of my class and very good at it. It was something entirely new and I positively sank into it and embraced it. I figured I would be a practicing landscape architect for the rest of my life.
What do landscape architects do?
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MONTEVALLO, Alabama -- The Montevallo City Council is considering enlisting the services of a Birmingham landscape architect firm to create a master plan that would outline development of the 167-acre property donated to the municipality last November.
The City Council during its meeting on Monday night briefly discussed using Kelly Landscape Architect to develop the Shoal Creek Park master plan. The document would cover the land donated by Elizabeth A. Mahler and Shoals Creek Farm Inc. located near the Alabama National Cemetery and American Village on both sides of Highway 119.
The donation of land that includes an antebellum home comes with a request to the city to preserve the property as a park and other municipal purposes, possibly the site of a new City Hall.
Kelly Landscape Architect's Chuck Kelly told the council he has submitted a proposal that would create a process for developing the master plan. The process would include public hearings and opportunities for comment.
"A final master plan would be subject to review and comments," Kelly said.
The donation of land appraised at $670,000 includes the white home prominently located off Highway 119 that city leaders are planning on using as a possible museum or visitors center for Montevallo. Plans call for naming the area Shoal Creek Park under Mahler's request.
The council will consider Kelly's request at an upcoming meeting.
Also on Monday night, the council approved an agreement with Lonnie Bearden and John Nix to allow them to use the Mahler property to run up to 60 cattle for grazing on the land.
In exchange for paying rent to the municipality, the two men will maintain fences on the property and keep the hayfields and open areas cut. The lease approved by the council carries a one-year term and can be terminated by either party with a 90-day written notice.
Councilman Don Hughes raised concern about the cattle on the land polluting the creek that runs across the property. The council agreed to approve the contract with a stipulation to abide by any state regulations concerning runoff into the creek caused by the cattle.
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission largely praised a preliminary design for the Town Hall Square Historic District restoration project presented Thursday by architect Mark Marsh and landscape designer Jorge Sanchez.
Well done so far. This is gorgeous, said Commissioner Elizabeth Murphy.
I love the pleached oaks. I think they are brilliant, said alternate member Anne Fairfax, an architect.
The plan calls for adding 22-foot parallel parking spaces and tabby-concrete sidewalks to the perimeter of Memorial Park; changing the existing rows of tall Royal Palms to shorter coconut palms; placing a large kapok tree on each side of the Addison Mizner-designed fountain to create a canopy; adding stairs to the south side of the Addison fountain; installing an allee of live oaks with tops clipped into squares on the south side; and changing parking spaces on the west side of the two-block area of County Road to parallel spaces. The design would increase spaces in the district from 41 to 66.
The stairs make the park much more usable because once you are in the park, you can go down the center, said Commissioner Penny Townsend.
The plan also would increase green space in the island north of the town-owned park and eliminate a curb that divides the park from green space just north of Town Hall.
Thats a big improvement, Murphy said.
Chairman Ted Cooney said hes glad the Town Council has gotten behind the project. In November, the council designated up to $5.7 million through bond financing for park and district improvements, expecting that residents and businesses also would contribute money.
Cooney argued for keeping Royal Palms on each side of the reflecting pool, but others including Murphy, William Feldkamp and William Strawbridge, agreed with Sanchez that tightly spaced rows of the shorter coconut palm would provide more shade. Marsh called Cooneys idea to add narrow landscaped areas to existing sidewalks a good one.
Fairfax suggested that a crosswalk closer to the center of the park might be more convenient than having to use crosswalks at the north and south ends of Town Hall, but Marsh said doing so could cost up to eight parking spaces. District merchants, Marsh said, are thrilled at the prospect of more parking.
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