Damian Holmes | Landscape Architect Shanghai China http://www.damianholmes.com Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:04:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why I chose digital format for WLA quarterly magazine http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/03/05/why-i-chose-digital-format-for-wla-quarterly-magazine/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/03/05/why-i-chose-digital-format-for-wla-quarterly-magazine/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:19:55 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=1003 Last year I launched WLA quarterly landscape architecture magazine and it has had a humble beginning and sold a few copies in print and digital…mostly in digital. The reason I selected digital is for many reasons, the biggest was the ability to transport in 0′s and 1′s in digital across the world. Media is changing ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/03/03/children-in-an-urban-world/feed/ 0 The growing importance of water in China http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/02/27/increasing-importance-water-china/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/02/27/increasing-importance-water-china/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:08:24 +0000 Damian http://www.chinalandscapearchitect.com/?p=169 Water is growing daily in importance in China with water featuring more and more in the news and government announcements. Water as a economic and cultural issue is coming to ahead as it starts to impact on the economic growth of China and the health of its citizens. There have been recent announcements about investment in ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/02/27/increasing-importance-water-china/feed/ 0 China pushing faster growth in western regions http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/02/27/china-pushing-faster-growth-in-western-regions/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/02/27/china-pushing-faster-growth-in-western-regions/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:35:54 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=984 The central government has been increasing its focus on the western region of China for some years but in the 12th 5 year plan (2011-2015) it seems as though their is a greater push into the west not only in manufacturing but also in other areas of growth. So what are the western regions of China? They ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/02/27/china-pushing-faster-growth-in-western-regions/feed/ 0 Book Review: Screw business as usual by Richard Branson http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/27/book-review-screw-business-as-usual-by-richard-branson/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/27/book-review-screw-business-as-usual-by-richard-branson/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:18:48 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=975 I picked up Screw Business As Usual when I was in Hong Kong returning to Shanghai late last year and had seen a couple of videos online of Richard promoting the book and thought it would be a good read.

Screw Business As Usual is full of Branson’s anecdotes on how he setup Virgin Unite and The Elders. The book ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/27/book-review-screw-business-as-usual-by-richard-branson/feed/ 0 Happy and Prosperous Year of the Dragon http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/22/happy-prosperous-year-dragon/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/22/happy-prosperous-year-dragon/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:06:15 +0000 Damian http://www.chinalandscapearchitect.com/?p=166 The rabbit is bounding away and the dragon is just around the corner as we celebrate the coming of the Year of the Dragon. Chinese New Year in China is always an interesting time of year, lots of people go home, Shanghai turns into somewhat of ghost town(in comparison to the raging Spring/Summer period) taxis ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/22/happy-prosperous-year-dragon/feed/ 0 What’s in a name? Companies that use country of origin to become ‘international’ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/22/whats-name-companies-country-origin-international/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/22/whats-name-companies-country-origin-international/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:44:46 +0000 Damian http://www.chinalandscapearchitect.com/?p=165 There is a growing number of landscape firms in China, some are foreign, some local and many a mix (often referred to as sino-american or sino-australia, etc). The company names are interesting to read some a very simple and aimed at a certain market, others keep their name from abroad or just create a literal ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/22/whats-name-companies-country-origin-international/feed/ 0 Chinese New Year Holiday Period and construction stops http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/12/chinese-year-holiday-period-construction-stops/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2012/01/12/chinese-year-holiday-period-construction-stops/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:28:11 +0000 Damian http://www.chinalandscapearchitect.com/?p=162 Currently its leading up to the Chinese New Year holiday period with people heading home for celebrations with family. Building and landscape construction has stopped on many sites, most of the projects I have been working on had a rush until Wednesday (11 January) and now they are ghost sites with not a soul to ......

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