Explore how Olmsted shaped Stanford University in California. by Cathy Blake Stanford University (Job No. 01032) is located in California’s Silicon Valley and is intricately intertwined with its history. When railroad magnate and former California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife Jane lost their only child, Leland, Jr., to [...]
Thank you to those that joined us for an evening of celebration in December to applaud our members' efforts and congratulate our 2022 Chapter Fellow, Adam Greenspan. There was also a tribute to Amy Cupples for her dedication to the Executive Committee for the last 12 years. She [...]
Meyer Studio in Berkeley created a unique exhibition in December where models and drawings of 3 projects embodied David Meyer’s intrigue with spaces that somehow touch the human spirit. While the show included ‘Limelight’, a winning commission for England’s Westonbirt Festival of Gardens along with ‘After Maximus’ a reimagined site in Rome, [...]
In 2008, ASLA introduced the Legacy Project as a gift to the host city of the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture. After the conference, ASLA exhibitors donate plants, products, services, and equipment to support the project, allowing ASLA to give back to the city that hosts the conference. The [...]
ASLA-Northern California is excited to be the HOST CHAPTER for the 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture to be held in San Francisco, November 11-14, 2022! WE NEED YOUR HELP. We are seeking ASLA members to assist with The Host Chapter Booth and the Women in Landscape Architecture Walk. The Host [...]
ASLA Elevates 27 Members to the Council of Fellows The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has elevated 27 members as ASLA Fellows for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large. Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is among the highest honors the [...]
The ASLA Northern California Chapter is excited to be hosting the 2022 National Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, November 11th-14th! To celebrate the amazing efforts of our host chapter committee volunteers, local education session speakers, field session leaders, and all of our Northern California Chapter members, [...]
The Friday Night Lights were shining bright at Oracle Park on September 16 when ASLA-NCC gathered for our 8th annual SF Giants Night. Members and guests enjoyed themselves on the Alaska Airlines Flight Deck, reserved just for our party on the third base side of the Club Level. [...]
In July ASLA-NCC along with PWP lead designers of Salesforce Park, Adam Greenspan and Cornelia Roppel, for a tour of the 5.4 acre park located on top of the Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco. The integrated park has become the central public open space in a new [...]
by Colette Curran The Bay Area Landscape Architecture Resources Community (LARC) is excited to share our most recently recommended book, Braiding Sweetgrass , by Robin Wall Kimmerer, with you. Thank you, Patricia Algara, for recommending this book. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi [...]
