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7 Reasons Why 3D Illustrations Are Your Best Friend When It Comes to Exterior Home Renovations and Construction

by Ed Ball 1. 3D is better than 2D! For starters, even though we may not all prefer 3D at the movie theatre, when it comes to landscape design and home construction, a 3D virtual illustration is always better than 2D drawing. For starters, it’s difficult for people to look at 2D drawings and then […]

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Q&A with Ed Ball: Designing a Water Feature (Case Study)

by Ed Ball   Q: What were the goals of project?  A: For a family of five. So typically whenever we speak to a client, they have a number of uses or amenities that they want to incorporate into the project. In this particular case, they wanted a pool. They wanted an overall outdoor entertaining […]

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Water, Sustainability, and Legend Bruce Lee’s Warning for Landscape Architects

“Water can flow or it can crash.” Those are the simplistic and yet profound words of the great Bruce Lee – the martial arts legend and actor as he discussed the philosophical nature of his fighting style Jeet Koon Do during a TV interview. Ironically, this famous Bruce Lee quote happens to also be a […]

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Why Quality 3D Virtual Illustrations are a MUST-HAVE (for any exterior home project or construction renovation)

If you are considering any outdoor home or office renovation of significance or scope, make sure your Landscape Architect can provide quality 3D renderings of the proposed project designs. Quality 3D virtual illustrations or renderings are photo-realistic representations that visualize what the landscape architectural plan designs are expected to look like when the project is […]

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