The 3rd annual ASLA-NCC Sharks Night event was held on January 23rd 2018 and drew a sold out crowd to the ASLA-NCC hosted Penthouse Plaza. Members and friends were treated to exclusive seats in our private loft, dinner, and drinks as we watched the San Jose Sharks rush onto [...]
Once again the ASLA-NCC Giants Night was a big success. Members braved the biting wind and fog to meet up with fellow Landscape Architects, sponsors and vendors. The crowd celebrated the evening with great food and drink on the mezzanine. The Chapter gave out t-shirts commemorating the evening. The [...]
by Loretta Drummond Over the past 2 months, our Emerging Professionals Chair, Loretta Drummond, collaborated with Elisa Horta to help her earn her Girl Scout Gold Award and come up with a conceptual design for a "nature discovery area" at the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge in Fremont. The original [...]
We would like to congratulate the members elected to the ASLA NCC Executive Committee for the 2018-19 term! They will join 2018-19 President Katrina Majewski and Past President Carolyne Orazi and CCASLA Representative Tala Fatolahzadeh on the Executive Committee. The committee is entirely dependent on the volunteer efforts of [...]
by Katrina Majewski In the office, landscape architects focus on collaboration whether we intend to or not: working with other teams, on projects, with peers, colleagues etc. Out of the office, ASLA-NCC is also focusing on collaboration: we are working to connect more with community partners and others in [...]
ASLA-NCC is saddened to report that the bay area landscape architecture community lost two esteemed professionals in June. Michael Painter, FASLA (1935-2018), earned his BSLA from UC Berkeley in 1956. Over the course of his four-decades-long career, he was recognized with numerous awards and honors, and was the [...]
by Ashley Cruz As a kickoff to World Landscape Architecture Month I attended a lecture that helps define my beliefs in what our profession of landscape architecture stands for: the New Landscape Declaration. This is a new-age declaration, since updated from the 1966 Declaration of Concern, addresses the basic [...]
by Katrina Majewski Public Relations Committee On the weekend of January 5th 2018, I attended The American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA)'s Public Awareness Summit (the Summit) in Austin, Texas. This is the third time that I have been sent to this annual national event, representing the Northern California [...]
ASLA Elevates 23 Members to the Council of Fellows The American Society of Landscape Architects has elevated 23 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2017, 3 of them of the Northern California Chapter. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the [...]
Although the team finished the season with a miserable record, their bats were hot on July 25th for ASLA-NCC's Annual SF Giants night! Our members convened on Anchor Plaza for a pre-game BBQ social and then headed to our seats to witness an impressive 11-3 victory over the Pittsburgh [...]