Art on the Land: Bringing landscapes to life
By Delle Willett A few years ago, I went to the San Diego County Fair and began at my favorite place, the garden displays. I was taken by a display designed by a young landscape [...]
OJB Featured in The New York Times
NEW YORK TIMES, by Gregory Schmidt, Feb. 12, 2019 Bringing Nature Back to the Urban Core Frederick Law Olmsted understood nature’s ability to rejuvenate the mind and body. One of the principal designers of Central [...]
Chapter President’s Letter to the UT: Climate plan should include landscape pro
Read the article here: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/sd-san-diego-trees-lanscaping-climate-action-plan-utak-20190204-story.html The entire letter is below: SD Union Tribune letter to the Editor Re : Planner urges residents to help with tree program 1/25/2019 As a landscape architect I eagerly read [...]
OJB Interviewed on Fox News and in The Wall Street Journal
ATLANTA – Georgia’s capital city Downtown Connector is considered one of the most blood-boiling traffic funnels in the country, with hundreds of thousands of vehicles inching along a roughly 14-lane interstate during rush hour. Yet, [...]
Philip Armstrong New Chapter President of the American Society of Landscape Architects
San Diego—January 8: The American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego chapter (ASLA-SD) has selected Philip Armstrong to be its president in 2019. With nearly 30 years of professional experience as a licensed landscape architect, [...]
Art on the Land: Role-player in the Future of Sustainable Place- and City-making
Martin Flores’ love of urbanity, outdoors and physical form has always influenced how he guided his career in landscape architecture. “When our family voted where to go on vacation, I was the only one wanting [...]
Art on the Land: Art of Landscaping
Growing up in Colorado, Marcie Harris loved art, drawing, gardening, hiking, biking and just being outdoors. And when searching for a career, she asked her aunt, “If you could do anything, what would it be?” [...]
KTUA and Peterson Studio of San Francisco Team up on Chula Vista Bayfront Project
As reported in The Daily Transcript, September 25, 2018, their first design workshop on the proposed Harbor and Sweetwater parks was held on Thursday Sept 27. This workshop is the first of three public outreach [...]
Spurlock Influences the New UCSD Osler Parking Garage
As reported in The Daily Transcript, September 6,2018, UC San Diego officials opened its newest parking structure, a six-level facility with 1,300 vehicle stalls and a visitor’s center. The Osler Parking Structure is a design-build [...]
Schmidt Design Group Finishes First Phase of Cesar Solis Park
As reported in The Daily Transcript, Wednesday, September 26, a new South Bay-area park called Cesar Solis has opened. Designed by Schmidt Design Group, the park is located near two schools in Ocean View Hills. [...]