Hilton in Pattaya, Thailand

Great design here (the new Hilton Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand). I love the birds-eye aerial shot. You really get a sense of the organic cohesion that is happening.

Hilton Pattaya landscape

Update!

Well, things didn't really work out with Kurisu International. Too many extended periods of travel (read: "relocation"). I am thankful for the time spent working under one of the best in the business and to have seen some of the most beautiful Japanese Gardens outside of Japan.

Since early spring I have been working for a plantscaping company. I've always had an eye for creative container gardens, so this is a good fit. As the Exterior Supervisor, I am responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of all of the company's outdoor containers. I get to be outside a lot and am working directly with plant material, which is great.

Regardless of how rewarding and fun this new job is, I have decided to once again focus on growing my own residential design/consultation business. Keeping this blog updated is Step #1!

Interview on Thursday

I have a ridiculously important interview happening this Thursday, August 18, 2011.

Kurisu International is world-renowned and respected for their high-end residential, commercial, and institutional landscape design and construction. Specializing in Japanese Gardens and healing environments, they have an amazing portfolio and I would be honored if hired on as part of their talented team.

The founder, Hoichi Kurisu, studied in Japan and at one time was the Landscape director for the Garden Society of Japan (Nihon Teien Kyokai). He also directed construction of the Portland Japanese Gardens.

www.kurisu.com

amazing Yugoslavian architectural relics suggest alien landscape

This is a mind-blowing collection of photographs featuring abandoned architectural sites in Yugoslavia. These unique and desolate creations seem to suggest a sort of other-worldly type of influence:
http://www.cracktwo.com/2011/04/25-abandoned-soviet-monuments-that-look.html

Herbal Remedies being censored in the EU

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1382135/Herbal-medicines-banned-EU-directive-comes-force.html

Fusing Nature with Architecture

This is a very inspriational video which highlights a project by Danish architecture firm
BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group).

Relocated!

I have relocated to the Portland, Oregon!
I'm excited to be "where the action is" in regard to
sustainable landscape systems.
I'm looking working for a local firm that specializes in eco-roofs
and other "green" technologies,
meanwhile growing my professional network.