By: Carmen Weber When most think of green infrastructure they think of expensive technology that requires city funding for services that often go unnoticed. Cities like Philadelphia have been breaking that mold and the citizens are loving the outcome! Philadelphia, like many cities in America, have a combined sewer and stormwater infrastructure system underground. A…
By: Jesse Buster In a recent ArchDaily article Steven Holl claims “It’s not a great moment, there are a lot of bad architects,” attributing to his successes of award winning projects. This reminds me of the 2014 ArchDaily article where Frank Gehry claimed that Today’s Architecture is (Mostly) “Pure Shit.” He alleges only 2% of…
Project Name: HP Inc. Corvallis, Oregon Campus Location: Corvallis, Oregon Date Designed: Spring 2018 Date Construction Completed: Fall 2018 Cost: $404,000 Size: 179.34 acres Landscape Architect: Will Howard, PLA, ASLA Stack Rock Group, Inc., Boise, Idaho Client: HP Inc. Corvallis, Oregon Campus Consultants: JJ Howard Engineers McMillen Jacobs Associates Oregon State University Heritage Seedlings Managed…
Recently Land8 announced the winners of their inaugural Social Media Awards for Landscape Architecture. To our bewilderment, we were among the winners. Categories were for Landscape Architecture firms (like Stack Rock Group), individual landscape architects, and for Allied Organizations (like the ASLA). Since day one, social media has been a big part of what we…
By: Josh Webb In the office our primary modeling tool is SketchUp. SketchUp is great for quick, easy and efficient 3D Modeling. We are able to keep our polycount low and texture a model within minutes which is great when it comes to working with these large landscape models. Polycount refers to how many faces,…
TODAY WE WISH OUR PRINCIPAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WILL HOWARD, PLA, ASLA HAPPY BIRTHDAY! MAY TODAY BE THE START OF A YEAR FILLED WITH GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH AND MUCH HAPPINESS! -EVERYONE AT STACK ROCK GROUP
BY: JESSE BUSTER Last week color standards company Pantone unveiled their 2019 Color of the Year. The color: Living Coral, a peachy shade of orange with a golden undertone. Pantone – an elegantly vibrant focal color that emulates life. Coral reefs are very intricate, delicate and robust offering infinite connections to life, from ecosystem to…
December 2018 marks a historic point in time here at Stack Rock Group.December 2018 marks five years of Trevor. Over the past five years Trevor has designed hundreds of projects, grown and developed professionally, and transformed himself into a nationally-recognized leader in 3D architectural modeling and architectural rendering. Trevor,Thank you for five years of hard…
TODAY IS DARIAN‘S BIRTHDAY!! Happy Birthday!! -Everybody at Stack Rock Group
*Most Everyone BY: CARMEN WEBER Before life got really hectic with three kids, I really enjoyed cooking. I still enjoy cooking for my loved ones, and getting my kids involved in making dinner has brought this passion of mine full circle. One of my kid’s favorite things to cook is homemade pizza, and with the…