Meet-Ups and Mixers
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Upcoming Chapter Meet Ups and Mixers NUVIS Los Angeles, June 1st SWA Los Angeles, July 13 BrightView Orange County, July 20
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Upcoming Chapter Meet Ups and Mixers NUVIS Los Angeles, June 1st SWA Los Angeles, July 13 BrightView Orange County, July 20
Congratulations to our 2017 ASLA Student Honor and Merit Award Recipients: Honor Awards: Juliana Welch Ryan McKay Rodolfo Perez Jr. Merit Awards: Jolie Leung Nicholas A. Crump Justin Dean Jore
April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM), an international celebration of landscape architecture. WLAM introduces the profession to the public by highlighting landscape architect-designed spaces around the world. ASLA is continuing their social media campaign by asking members, firms and the public to post pictures of landscape architecture with #WLAM2017 and a card that reads, [...]
On March 29, the Colorado Senate passed SB 17-218, legislation that would extend landscape architecture licensing and continue the landscape architecture licensing board until 2028. Several days prior to the full Senate vote, the Colorado Chapter testified at a hearing on the legislation. The bill is now before the Colorado House of Representatives and is [...]
Hunter Industries tested out a new event for 2017, hosting their 1st annual Spring Cornhole Tournament during the month of March. Over the last two weeks, 60 people attended the first Cornhole Tournament at the Anaheim Brewery and 80 people attended second tournament at LPA in Irvine (representing 28 firms in total). It turned out [...]
On March 8, 2017, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Planning published a Handbook, titled "Metropolitan Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning Handbook." The purpose of this handbook is to provide Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) with practical information and examples, as they consider pedestrian and bicycle transportation in their regional planning activities. Based on research including [...]
Over 4,000 state legislative bills were introduced by late February in Sacramento (a record number for the beginning of the state's two year legislative session). Among the many bills are several measures that could impact many state licensees if legislators decide to make the entry into different professions easier. The upside for the agencies is, [...]
The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is thrilled to announce the Fellows and recent Olmsted Scholars selected for this inaugural year of the LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership! Congratulations to our very own Southern California ASLA Member, Claire Latane', one of four Fellow LAF Fellows named for this inaugural year of 2017-2018. Two Olmsted Scholars [...]
Deadline date for the ASLA Professional Awards is April 17. The deadline for the Student Awards is May 15. Learn More Here
Approximately 130 people turned out on Monday, February 27 for "A Conversation with Women from Cal Poly Pomona Landscape Architecture". Held as part of the Cal Poly Pomona Department of Landscape Architecture's 60th Anniversary celebrations, the department hosted a screening of the documentary "Ruth Shellhorn: Midcentury Landscape Design in Southern California.” The documentary was followed [...]