Students and emerging professionals met in Old Town Orange on Saturday morning, February 22 for a morning of sketching with Chapter Incoming President, Carlos Flores, Melanie Buffa, Chapter Emerging Professionals Chair, and Past President and Park Manager from City of Anaheim.
Landscape architects and their clients often worry that accessibility requirements will compromise design quality and water down otherwise cutting-edge projects. In this recorded presentation, hear from a landscape architect, an urban strategist, and a disability-rights advocate as they share successes and compromises on both sides of the conversation. REGISTER HERE
Landscape Architecture Department Head, Omar Faruque, was honored by his alma mater, Texas A&M University, as a 2019 distinguished alumnus for his innovative design and planning, his book Graphic Communication as a Design Tool that documents his pioneering research on creative exploration for design, and his academic leadership at Cal Poly. The award is the [...]
Amelia Aarestad Patti Abrecht Maya Amyx Parker Anderson Stephanie Bower Mei Cervantes Connie Chang Brent Cho Jerome Chou Megan Clermont Cliff Davis Sophie Elias William Estes Xiaojian Fan Deil Fernandez Lilliana Franco Thomas Galassi Ruihua Guan Campbell Hakim Michael Hee Weston Henry Xiaoxue Huang Katherine Hutmacher Jayden Jiang Diana Jih Oscar Johnson Kirk Keller Siddhi [...]
The ASLA Southern California Chapter was pleased to participate again in the 2020 Firm Day at Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday, January 23.
ASLA Career Discovery and Diversity is preparing to launch a new resource that highlights summer camps and experiential learning programs for students in grades K-12. If you know of a summer camp, program, course, or activity in your city/state, email details (including hyperlinks) to Lisa J. Jennings, Manager, Career Discovery and Diversity at discover@asla.org.
Preliminary financial results from the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Diego shows that more than 6,000 people attended the conference, exceeding the revenue budget three percent. The conference featured 106 education sessions, 12 field sessions, 6 deep dive sessions, 3 workshops, and 2 general sessions, and included over 350 speakers contributing to [...]
Highlights from the Chapter Trustee The Board of Trustees met in San Diego on November 14 and 15 for their Fall meeting. Highlights include: Climate Change and the role of ASLA: The goal is to move Landscape Architects into leadership roles to confront the impacts of Climate Change. Now that ASLA is all in on [...]
Southern California Chapter Member, Glen Dake, FASLA was elevated along with 21 other members to the Class of 2019 Fellows. Glen Dake received his nomination in Service from the Southern California Chapter. Glen serves on the board of the nation’s largest water utility where he fights for projects and programs that respect natural systems and [...]
Join the ASLA SoCal Webinar series, as the UC Irvine Office of Environmental Planning & Sustainability, and UC Cooperative Extension researchers speak about green infrastructure on the UC Irvine campus as well as the impact of the shot hole borer beetle on the campus’ urban forest. UC Irvine staff will provide an overview of green [...]
