Save the date August 27th, 2026
San Franciso Giants vs. Arizona Diamond Backs. Tickets will be on sale in July
In celebration of World Landscape Architecture Month and EARTH month, the Bay Area Landscape Architecture Resources Community (LARC) is sharing resources on designing Bay-Friendly landscapes and examples of Bay-Friendly landscapes. The Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines were created by Stop-Waste.Org, a public agency that works to reduce waste in Alameda County, [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated a public health crisis that has existed for decades. Rising rates of chronic disease, which can be partially attributed to the design of our built environment, have exacerbated the impacts of infectious disease on many segments of our population. This discussion with Sara, [...]
In honor of Women’s History Month, The Bay Area Landscape Architecture Resources Community (LARC) is sharing resources focused on women landscape architects. Our first Women’s History Month spotlight resource is the documentary, Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes, produced by Lauren DeFilippo and Amanda Pollak. This film tells the story of [...]
From my earliest days in private practice I was frustrated with how poorly conceived land use regulations “straight jacketed” my design work; I knew there had to be a better way to design communities. This has proven to be a driving force in my career and a key [...]
With heavy hearts we share the news of the passing of ASLA-NCC member Robert Hewitt, FASLA. Robert was a Professor of Landscape Architecture at Clemson University, and a scholar of cross-cultural design. Hewitt studied German, Spanish and French as an undergraduate at the University of California, Davis, before [...]
In honor of Black History Month, the Bay Area LARC is highlighting Black landscape architects who have made valuable contributions to the landscape architecture profession and have created positive change through landscape design. Walter Hood, a UC Berkeley professor and the owner of Hood Design Studio, is dedicated to [...]
It saddens me to announce the passing of HALS Member Cate Bainton. Cate died on January 23, 2021 after stoically enduring non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma disease for several years followed by an aggressive form of uterine cancer. She was 65. Cate’s death is a tremendous loss to the Northern California Chapter [...]
Chip Sullivan, ASLA University of California, Berkeley Nomination in Knowledge by Northern California Chapter For more than three decades, Chip Sullivan has developed a unique pedagogy in landscape architecture education by merging art, nature, and environmental consciousness. His focus has been to teach people how to see the [...]
he Northern California Chapter of ASLA Emerging Professionals Committee is working on creating a web page of resources curated by Landscape Architects and anyone related to the field. The Bay Area Landscape Architecture Resources Community’s (LARC) mission is to increase accessibility and awareness of resources related to landscape [...]
by John King Residential towers opened last year in San Francisco and Oakland. Silicon Valley sprouted yet more tech compounds wrapped in glass that glistens with an icy sheen. But the most profound change to the Bay Area’s urban landscape in 2020 had nothing to do with buildings, [...]
