Happy Birthday to CEO/Founder Don Brinkerhoff, FASLA, 90 Years Young Today! By 16, Don was already working in the landscape industry. Then, he attended Cal Poly Pomona, graduating in 1952 with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture. After 5 years working for others, he received his Landscape Architecture license in 1957, establishing his own firm with [...]
Before we get involved in our holiday activities and say good-bye to 2020, the Chapter wants to update you on an important issue we know affects many of our members. ASLA is thinking about you. Today, we were notified that our ASLA CEO, Torey Carter-Conneen, has written to the leadership in Washington concerning the Paycheck Protection [...]
It is with a heavy heart that we say good-bye to Pete DiLallo who passed away unexpectedly on November 19, 2020 while with family in Yucca Valley, CA. He was a wonderful man, talented landscape architect, friend; and above all, he was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. His patience, creativity and knowledge of [...]
Centuries after the Pilgrims dropped anchor in Plymouth, MA, the colony became the site of an Olmsted Brothers-designed Country Place Era estate. Learn More Here
Landscape Architects may know Angelus Block Co., Inc. for its line of concrete masonry units, Proto II Wall System and Angelus Wall System, but did you know Angelus has been manufacturing interlocking concrete paving stones in Southern California for more than 35 years? It began under the banner of Perma Concrete producing on one machine [...]
Retail development is a catalyst. It's synonymous with all things capitalist. It's the primary driver of commerce and economy, of housing and density, of transportation infrastructure and mobility, and operates both within private and public realms. It's inherently a public space as the population of our communities are the core of its function and purpose, [...]
As this year comes to a close, we take this opportunity to congratulate all of our 2020 ASLA Honor and Merit Winners! USC: Jing Wu, Merit Award; Al Ju Liu, Honor Award UCLA: Walker W. Young - Merit Award Cal Poly Pomona: Daniel Scheir - Merit Award; Sancho Cagulada - Honor Award; Jin Eilene Gold [...]
Mia Lehrer, founder and president of landscape architecture and urban design practice Studio-MLA (formerly Mia Lehrer + Associates), has been nominated by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to the powerful L.A. Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Commissioners. The naming of Lehrer as LADWP Commissioner set the stages for a board composed entirely [...]
Congratulations to Chapter Member, Pamela Brief who has been appointed to the Landscape Architects Technical Committee by Governor Gavin Newsom. Pamela is a Landscape Architect and President and Founder of Pamela Studios, Inc. since 2012. Her prior extensive experience includes award-winning domestic and international projects with such notable firms including POD; Emmet Wemple & Associates; The Jerde [...]
Our students are our future. The ASLA Fund is launching our Students Grow Here campaign that focuses on our future landscape architects. Landscape architects play a vital role in climate change mitigation —and that’s why we’re sending current and upcoming graduating landscape architecture students to reVISION ASLA 2020. Students Grow Here is our way of [...]
