We were invited to support community member Kris Rebillot with the siting strategy and promotional material for intergenerational outdoor chess tables in downtown Petaluma! Over the weekend Kris hosted a ‘Chess-In’ to generate excitement about this soon-to-be addition to the Petaluma community. The folding tables and chess boards pictured below were temporary, but permanent chess tables have been ordered and will be installed at this same riverfront location.
We had the pleasure of collaborating on two parklets in Petaluma with artists Niki Adani, Zoe Fry and Kevin Clark; Managing Principal at Summit Engineering Yi Yang; and photographer Will Reed. This editorial from the Sonoma Index-Tribune calls them the ‘prettiest parklets on Earth’, so wow and thank you! We’re grateful for the support from the Petaluma Downtown Business Association and opportunity to co-create these meaningful spaces.
On April 16, 2020 at the ASLA NCC Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation (by video conference of course!) Reed Gilliland accepted an Award of Excellence on behalf of the WxLA team (Gina Ford, Jamie Maslyn Larson, Rebecca Leonard, Steven Spears, and Cinda Gilliland) for WxLA’s multi-pronged initiatives to enact, instigate, and inspire greater equality for women in the landscape architecture profession..
We were pleased to hear from our design collaborators, Mogavero Architects, that Tercero 4 at UC Davis won a Silver award in the Multifamily Student Housing category. Our own Lawrence Reed was principal in charge of this project while at SWA. This is truly a wonderful project, one that we visit often when we happen to be passing through Davis. It looks to be ready to stand the test of time.
Conceived in plan, hand drawn in section, modelled in Rhino (thank you Patrick Haesloop!), and beautifully manufactured by the team at QCP these planters, part of a larger composition on the third floor terrace at CZI’s new headquarters in Redwood City.
Building architect: KSH Architecture. Interior architect: BCJ. Construction: Devcon.
Thanks to Neil Elenzweig of QCP for the photos.
Construction can be stressful, but seeing something that lived only on paper and in our imaginations come to life is also glorious. We look forward to seeing plants and then people occupying this series of terrace gardens at the future headquarters for CZI in Redwood City. Building architect - KSH Architects. Interior architects - BCJ. Construction - Devcon
We’re excited to be on the team that won the contract to design and build a new visitors center at our State Capitol in Sacramento. Our fabulous team is led by Plant Construction with Mark Cavagnero Associates and CSHQA, and includes Arup, and Rutherford and Chekene. We are also excited to be partnering with Kimberly Garza of Atlas Lab, our boots on the ground and dynamic local landscape architect.
Last Friday we had a send off dinner for our summer intern, Palak Agarwall, who is headed back to Philadelphia to continue in the landscape architecture masters program at U Penn. We enjoyed a dinner and views at the Coastal Kitchen at Dillon Beach. We will miss her quick wit, acute observational skills, remarkable digital graphic and 3D modelling skills, and the stories of her weekend adventures as she explored North California with curiosity, vigor, and courage. (Skydiving in Monterey! I’m just sayin’.) Good luck in your studies, Palak!
Amy, Palak, Larry, and I at Dillon Beach
Congratulations to Sonoma Clean Power on providing clean energy to 87% of eligible customers. And congrats on the article in the Press Democrat today, “Curbing the carbon”, highlighting your achievements and future goals. CEO Geof Syphers and his team have been extraordinary to work with as we designing their new headquarters. As part of a consultant team led by EHDD we are designing a renovation of an existing building and parking lot (how green!) in downtown Santa Rosa. Sonoma Clean Power has been both pragmatic and decisive. Our public agency is in good hands!
We are so happy to have had Amy Fitzpatrick, https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-fitzpatrick-b2b3b718/ join us in April. (Yes, we’re tardy in posting this! We had such a whirlwind of work when she arrived that we are just coming up for air.) She brings a wealth of experience, and strong interest in both plants and design. We are looking forward to all the great project we will work on with her valuable input.
Join Laura Crescimano, Karen Alschuler, Akiko Ono, and our own Cinda Gilliland and moderator Allison Arieff for an evening of lively discussion at CMG’s upcoming evening salon!
Look for us in the new issue coming out now.
Reed Gilliland is pleased to be on the design build team led by Trubeck Construction and EHDD selected for the upcoming renovation of Stevenson Hall on the Sonoma State Campus in Rohnert Park, CA. This is the main building on campus, and houses both classrooms and offices. The team will explore updating both the interiors and the exterior spaces. The latter include a large courtyard, envisioned as an enclosed atrium space and the plaza area to the south of the building. The hope is to create more usable and functional spaces that better serve this evolving and dynamic campus community.
Cinda was thrilled and so honored to be part of the Positive Changes in the Landscape: A Discussion on Female Leadership and Courage panel at the ASLA National Meeting today. She shared the stage with three amazing women and one man: Gina Ford of Agency Landscape and Planning, Rebecca Leanord of Lionheart Places, Jamie Maslyn Larson of Wagner Hodgson, and Steven Spear of GroundWork Development. Besides talking about the opportunities and challenges for women in traditional landscape firms we also announced an initiative within the profession to rectify persistent inequity. Please join us in this initiative by signing The Women’s Landscape Equility (re)Solution seen here and available at www.lionheartplaces.com. Join us in creating a movement!
Reed Gilliland wants to congratulate Marcy Wong Donn Logan for their winning entry to the 2018 Acterra Business Environmental Awards in the category of Environmental Project. The USCG Training Center (TRACEN Petaluma) is designed to be the most environmentally sustainable Coast Guard base in the US. The project itself, a wastewater treatment facility, is a paragon of environmental acheivement. The buildings, surrounding landscape, and site restoration are designed to enhance the visual environment for the campus community. Reed Gilliland's own Larry Reed was the principal in charge on this project while at SWA Group.
Reed Gilliland in partnership with a team from SWA SF have been working with the City of San Jose to re-envision the historic park/plaza at the heart of downtown San Jose. The plaza has been in place since 1797. It was renovated by Hargeaves Associates during the 1990's, but with a design that probably facilitated the reinvigorating of the downtown, but which didn't envision, and wasn't designed for, the heavy year round use that the park is getting, especially for special events. We are also looking at modifying the way that vehicular circulation which affects pedestrian-unfriendly look and feel of the entire downtown, and cuts the park off from its surroundings.
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The National Ecosystem Forum, sponsored by the American Architectural Foundation and the Kirkpatrick Foundation in Oklahoma City, was inspiring. The American Architectural Foundation, in partnership with the Kirkpatrick Foundation, brought over 20 thought leaders from 12 different cities across the country to Oklahoma City to share their expertise and discuss holistic and multi-disciplinary strategies to maintain healthy urban ecosystems for all species. Read more at :http://www.archfoundation.org/2017/10/urban-eco-forum-recap/
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Reed Gilliland is happy to welcome Liza Court to our staff. Liza is a third year landscape architecture master student at University of Virginia. She holds a prior degree in Art from Davidson College. Liza draws design inspiration from experiences in outdoor leadership and farming. She started in May, but we can tell already that we will miss her when she goes back to school in August!
When I was in China last month I had a chance to look in on my office and hotel project completed in 2015. The buildings were designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill. The 30 foot tall "plant wires", designed by my team at SWA in conjunction with, and created by, the amazing team at Mingzhu Nerval (www.mingzhunerval.com), looked amazing, and did everything I hoped they would for the atrium space they occupy.
Country house in Sonoma by Turnbull Griffin Haesloop with SWA (Larry Reed, principal in charge and Bill Hynes) is zero net energy. The natural landscape setting is honored with a restrained touch and features an outdoor living room.
