Congratulations to the newly elected members of the chapter's 2017-2018 Executive Committee! Four new directors join President Carolyne Orazi, Past President Elizabeth Boults, and Trustee April Philips on the board, while existing committee members assume new leadership roles. The Northern California Chapter relies on the volunteer efforts of their [...]
We are a group of concerned citizens leading a 23rd Street commercial corridor revitalization and we'd like to transform a block as a model for the rest of the district! If you've got just a little or a lotta time and the skill, would you be able to work [...]
ASLA-NCC participated in the annual international PARK(ing) Day event, which was on Friday, September 15, 2017. With much support and encouragement from the ASLA-National PARK(ing) Day campaign, the Northern-California chapter successfully included many different PARK(ing) spaces. AIA San Francisco (Park)ing Day Space For the first time [...]
by April Philips During this year's ASLA Mid-Year meeting, on Saturday April 29, The Peoples Climate March occurred in Washington DC. Members from the Board of Trustees and The Chapter Presidents Council took part during their busy 3 day schedule to attend the march. April Philips, Carolyn Orazi and [...]
by Andy Nowak Frederick Law Olmstead gained much of his design influence from personal adventures, and for those who spent a sunny Saturday afternoon touring various projects at Stanford University, many of us walked away, feeling like Olmstead, with a light bulb over our heads. Thanks to [...]
Chris Lyon, Chris Kent and John Denman Tournesol, a long time sponsor of ASLA-NCC, was asked by Director Gifford Bautista if they would host an ASLA-NCC Lecture and Facility Tour event, and without skipping a beat, agreed. With some coordination the event was scheduled June 9, 2017 [...]
On a gloriously sunny May afternoon at Blake Garden in Kensington, ASLA-NCC president Elizabeth Boults presented award certificates to outstanding students in the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning program at UC Berkeley. Students are nominated by faculty and are required to present their work to a jury of chapter [...]
by Elizabeth Boults ASLA-NCC president-elect Carolyne Orazi, national ASLA president Vaughn Rinner, and ASLA-NCC Trustee April Philips attend the Advocacy Awards reception On April 27, representatives from the Northern California Chapter joined with colleagues from around the nation to participate in Advocacy Day 2017 in Washington DC. [...]
by Elizabeth Boults On a stormy night in Oakland, overlooking the iconic Kaiser rooftop garden, ASLA-NCC members gathered to network and acknowledge each other's distinguished work. Eighteen projects were recognized this year from a record number of entries to our chapter awards program. The jury, composed [...]
Special congratulations to Peter Walker. Landscape architect Peter Walker is the first recipient of the $150,000 Richard Brettell Award in the Arts. The award honors an artist whose body of work demonstrates a lifetime of achievement in his or her field. "I can say without fear of contradiction that [...]