Drawn to Scale
Sharing stories from the Landscape Architecture & Design world
Episodes
Enrique Guzman is the owner and founder of Contexto Landscape Design + Build in Grover Beach, CA. Enrique and his team create outdoor spaces that are embedded in context, authentic by design and forward thinking in execution.
Alex Breedon is the founder of Offcuts Landscape Architecture based in Melbourne, Australia. He shares his practice journey through daily social media content, giving an under-the-hood look at his process and tribulations.
Blake Tomilloso-Rhinehart is a landscape architect and the founder and CEO of BLOCS, a California-based landscape architecture studio focused on multifamily, senior living, and mixed-use development.
Pablo Cortez of Sitio Landscape Architecture, is using AI—not to replace creativity—but to streamline and strengthen the business behind his design practice. From zoning workflows through Sitio’s “Code Flow” service to real-time financial forecasting, Pablo shares how tools like ChatGPT help him lead more effectively while keeping all creative decisions strictly human-made.
We also talk about where AI ...
Enjoy a 'small scale' episode. Artificially generated hosts, Jess and Marcus, go over some of the financial challenges Sitio has faced and how radically changing operations and processes can position the company for future financial success.
The A.I. episode. An experiment with an artificial intelligence generated interviewer. Pablo Cortez converses with an AI about his career, starting a firm and his insights into the landscape architecture industry. 6sVofqpIM8sJYw54x9IZ
Senior Principal of NBWLA Thomas Woltz joins me to share his journey from entry level first hire to his leadership role and discusses the how his company balances projects between multiple offices.
Learn more at: https://www.nbwla.com/
NBWLA Monograph available at: http://bit.ly/3PKhRKR
Bayview founder Greg Marett discusses his New York firm's transformation into a design-focused studio, emphasizing collaboration, transparency, and an enjoyable design process.
https://www.bayviewla.com/
Sponsors:
38 West, https://38west.com/sitio-la/
HAPS Agency, https://hapsagency.com/
Lead environmentalist of Rana, Paul Kephart shares his insights into the profession, his personal journey and the incredible work Rana the Cohabitat Company has produced out of Carmel, CA.
https://www.ranacohabitat.com/
Sponsors:
38 West, https://38west.com/sitio-la/
HAPS Agency, https://hapsagency.com/
The very first episode now remastered with improved audio. Nick Straabe of Hunter Industries talks about his career and insights into the sales business.
Eric Sargeant joins us for our final(ish) episode of the podcast. Eric talks about his work in urban design, planning and 3D modeling using Sketchup.
Creator of Videogarden, Jonathan Davila joins us to discuss his work in capturing and sharing stories of the Los Angeles landscapes and the people that live in them.
Instagram: @Videogarden.la
This week design/build contractor and creator of the Rockstar Platform, Robert Renteria joins us to discuss how he shares his experience and business knowledge to help other business owners improve their skills and profitability.
This week's guest is CMG Landscape Architecture senior associate Doug Jones. Doug discusses CMG's work and approach to public realm projects and how the team increases social and ecological wellbeing through artful design.
Architect and Urbanist, Marcus Martinez joins me this week to chat about his work at Ultrabarrio with the goal to shape cities to be more civic, sustainable, and generationally connected by design.
Rohan is a designer, builder, teacher and advocate of Regenerative Practices around the world. He joins us this week to discuss his design build company, Regenerative Systems and building self-sufficient homes and communities.
https://www.regenerative-systems.com
CEO of Land F/X , Jeremiah Farmer joins us for a discussion about how the AutoCAD add-on software helps landscape and irrigation designers save time and money.
www.landfx.com
Founder and owner of Signature Illumination Designs, Scott Beverly chats with us about the company's services and history as the premiere lighting design and installation firm.
https://www.lightsbysignature.com/
Instagram: @signatureillumination
LinkedIN: @signature-illumination-designs
The Woland Foundation's president and founder, Elizabeth Van Dillewijn joins us to discuss the foundations principles, future growth and bridging the gap between education and the future workforce for women in Landscape Architecture.
Instagram: @wolandfoundation
Content creator Carter of Design it Green joins us to chat about using his social media platform to share landscape architecture and urban design methods, ideas and processes with the community at large.
Instagram: @design.it.green
Youtube: Design it Green
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