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2017 Fellows and Honorary Members

Congratulations to our 2017 ASLA Fellows and Honorary Members. All will be celebrated at the 2017 ASLA Annual Meeting. Members, Kelly Comras, ASLA and Evan Mather, ASLA will be installed as newly elected Fellows on Sunday evening, October 22. Individuals recognized for ASLA Honorary Membership will be, Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles and [...]

By |2017-07-09T13:51:46-07:00July 9th, 2017|Uncategorized|

DEADLINE July 8 – Chapter Nominations

Deadline to Submit Application information is July 8, 2017 Full and Associate Members interested in serving on the Chapter's Executive Committee, please email the Chapter's Executive Director, Vicki Phillipy at vphillipy@socal-asla.org There are five (5) open seats on the Executive Committee for the 2017-2018 Calendar year. These are: Treasurer, Secretary, VP Membership, VP Sponsorship, and [...]

By |2017-07-05T15:14:16-07:00July 5th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Video: Frederick Law Olmsted – The Father of Landscape Architecture

April 26, 2022, marks the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted — author, journalist, public official, urban planner and founder of American landscape architecture. Olmsted and his successor firms designed thousands of landscape projects across the country. His democratic vision of public parks and their capacity to bring communities together is more important than ever. [...]

By |2022-03-17T16:20:26-07:00March 17th, 2022|Videos & Presentations|

Howard Troller – In Memorium 1923-2017

A native Californian and beloved Southern California Chapter member, Troller was born and raised in Glendale. While studying landscape architecture at University of California, Berkeley he worked at the San Francisco offices of Eckbo, Royston and Williams, drafting and designing graphics. Royston convinced Troller to pursue an M.L.A., which he received in 1950. Returning to [...]

By |2017-06-16T15:27:18-07:00June 16th, 2017|Uncategorized|

The New NACTO Resource: The Urban Street Stormwater Guide

A vital new resource, the NACTO Urban Street Stormwater Guide illustrates a vision of how cities can utilize one of their best assets—streets—to address resiliency and climate change. The guide outlines the strategies to creating streets that serve as truly public spaces, while delivering social and economic value, protecting resources, and reconnecting natural ecological processes. [...]

By |2017-05-24T10:22:32-07:00May 24th, 2017|Industry News, Professional Resource|

Congratulations to ASLA 2017 Honor and Merit Student Award Recipients from USC

USC's 2017 Student presentations were held on Saturday, April 22. Facilitated by our Liaison to Students, Carlos Flores, juror participants included, Steven Chavez (Juror, SCA-LARC), Samuel Kim (Juror, SQLA, Inc.), Martin Armstrong (Juror, Rain Bird), Kathy Wishard (Juror, LRM Landscape Architecture), and Evan Mather (Juror, AHBE Landscape Architects). Representatives from USC included: Esther Margulies (Associate [...]

By |2017-05-06T17:02:19-07:00May 6th, 2017|Uncategorized, USC|

People’s Climate Change March

On April 29, ASLA Leaders meeting for their Mid-Year business meetings in Washington, DC took time out to participate in the People's Climate Movement March in Washington, D.C. Thousands of people, including landscape architects, not only participated in the People's Climate Movement March in Washington, D.C., but other cities around the country to demonstrate opposition [...]

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