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2022 ASLA Student Awards

The 2022 Student Awards have been selected. 19 winners were chosen from 459 entries. Congratulations to Alyssa Leal-Moffitt for her Honor Award for "A Vision for Reparations: Reimagining the Eco Industrial Park for South LA". Faculty Advisors: Pamela Brief, ASLA; Jim Pickel, ASLA and Meg Coffee. University of California Los Angeles Extension. Congratulations to Andrea Binz and Diana [...]

By |2022-10-07T13:38:57-07:00October 7th, 2022|Uncategorized|

9th Annual Net Zero Conference Wrap Up

SoCal ASLA’s Climate Action Committee Chair, Ronnie Siegel, organized a session of four landscape architect presenters for the 2022 Net Zero Conference at the LA Convention Center on Sept. 15, 2022.  The session’s title was Landscape Architecture—Design for Resilience.  The summary of the talks were that Landscape Architecture is at the confluence of carbon, climate, [...]

By |2022-09-29T09:30:53-07:00September 29th, 2022|Climate Action Committee|

Landscape Architecture as a STEM Discipline

Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will begin accepting nominations of Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes for potential inclusion or removal from the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List.  ASLA will resubmit a nomination for landscape architecture's CIP code 04.0601 to be included on the list.  The deadline to submit [...]

By |2022-07-09T14:09:52-07:00July 9th, 2022|Uncategorized|

African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

ASLA, along with the American Institute of Architects and 160 other organizations, has expressed support for the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. ASLA's advocacy on behalf of the measure has been translating into progress in Congress. In recent months, both the House subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands and the Senate subcommittee on National Parks have held hearings on [...]

By |2022-07-09T14:08:25-07:00July 9th, 2022|Uncategorized|

House Passes Water Resources Development Act

Recently, the House of Representatives voted 384-37 to pass H.R. 7776, the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act, commonly known as WRDA. Along with supporting traditional Army Corps of Engineers projects such as developing and maintaining U.S. ports, harbors, waterways, dams, and levees as a means of facilitating navigation and promoting commerce, the measure would [...]

By |2022-07-09T14:03:46-07:00July 9th, 2022|Uncategorized|

ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture – “Designing for a Better Future”

Scheduled for November 11 through November 14, the ASLA 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture offers over 120 courses, allowing attendees to fulfill their professional development hours (PDH) over four days. Explore the 8 education tracks below. Additionally, the ASLA EXPO will provide hands-on access to products from over 300 manufacturers and suppliers. Learn More Here

By |2022-07-06T09:22:35-07:00July 6th, 2022|Uncategorized|

Acquisition Opportunity

Firm Description Successful Full-service Company since 1988 with over 34 years of sustainably designed and built public and private works in the North Bay. General and professional insurance policies, current staff: (3 full time, 1 part time bookkeeper and HR) CAD library of custom details, standards, specs and procedures are all in place for a [...]

By |2022-05-23T15:31:17-07:00May 23rd, 2022|Uncategorized|
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