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We’re thrilled to announce that our Anchor House

We’re thrilled to announce that our Anchor House project has been featured in Architectural Record, @archrecordmag! Funded by an incredible donation, Anchor House brings much-needed housing to UC Berkeley with space for 772 transfer students. Central to the project is the idea of ‘home’ and creating a place where these new students can build community. The landscape design works with the architecture and programming to foster a supportive and inclusive environment. As the first students finish up their fall semester, we can imagine them cozying up on the front porch as the Japanese Maples start to change colors, catching incredible sunsets from comfy chairs on the upper terraces and gathering with new friends under twinkling lights and leafy vines. To learn more about this transformational project, visit the links in our bio.

Executive Architects: @bdearch
Architects: @morrisadjmiarchitects
Greenwall: @habitat_horticulture
Photographer: @jasonorear

We’re thrilled to announce that UC Davis Health’s California Tower is the proud winner of the 2024 AIA Healthcare Design Award! This incredible project will feature a 14-story hospital, 5-story pavilion, and over 4 acres of open space and rooftop gardens. While the full build is set for 2030, we’re already hard at work with @smithgroup and @mccarthybuild getting the landscape ready for the next phase! To learn more, see the link in our bio.

Marion and Andie at the WxLA event during this yea

Marion and Andie at the WxLA event during this year’s ASLA conference. Through Marion’s lens, outdoor spaces are transformed into works of art, capturing the delicate balance between clean design and nature’s soft elegance. It’s been a true privilege to witness our designs immortalized through your vision. Thank you, Marion, for your friendship and boundless talent!

Art and nature share a unique bond, and collaborat

Art and nature share a unique bond, and collaborating with collectors like Suzanne Booth allows us to truly bring the landscape to life. We feel so fortunate to design spaces that celebrate this beautiful connection! To learn more, visit the link in our bio.

We are honored to be included in Architizer’s co

We are honored to be included in Architizer’s collection of top design firms in San Francisco alongside many of our peers in the industry. For the complete list, check out the link in our bio.

@architizer
Photograph by @marionbrenner

Let us give you a tour of our recently completed p

Let us give you a tour of our recently completed project Bay Area Retreat, featured in May in Architectural Digest @archdigest , by following the link to our website in our bio. There, you can explore the meadow and sequence of gardens designed for an active family through the photographs of @douglasfriedman . This project was designed in collaboration with @olsonkundig with interiors by @nicolehollissf .

Architectural Digest magazine features one of our

Architectural Digest magazine features one of our newest projects Bay Area Retreat. See the link in our bio to read the article. Check back for the full project case study in August!

Office field trip visiting our new rammed earth wa

Office field trip visiting our new rammed earth wall installation. Project will be complete this summer!

#rammedearthwall #rammedearth #rammedeartharchitecture

Andie and Sarah with fellow landscape designers Ro

Andie and Sarah with fellow landscape designers Roderick Wyllie and James Lord of Surface Design, David LeRoy of Ground Studio, Ron Lutsko, landscape contractors Dave and Lucas Dexter & Fleur Flanery from Outlandish Ventures on this last weekend’s California Garden Tour. A big thank you to Suzanne Booth, for her gracious hosting, her stewardship of the land and for sharing the property with the group. Thank you to Fleur and Outlandish Ventures and the talented group of landscape designers from Australia for a wonderful weekend! It was so great to see everyone’s beautiful landscapes and to be able to share our designs at Bella Oaks Estate.

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Spring is in the air! We are glad to see the wiste

Spring is in the air! We are glad to see the wisteria in full bloom at our Hollywood Hills project

As a follow up to Andie’s acceptance of the 2023

As a follow up to Andie’s acceptance of the 2023 Design Futures Council Lifetime Achievement Award, DesignIntelligence Media invited her for an interview to discuss her career and her thoughts on the future of landscape architecture. To hear the podcast, see the link in our bio!

Photography by Marion Brenner

This residence is situated in the adjacent highlan

This residence is situated in the adjacent highlands of where Carmel River meets the Pacific Ocean. Capturing this context as an integral part of the experience links the home to its natural surroundings.

To learn more about this project, see the link in our bio.

Architecture: Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney (EYRC) Architects
Photographer: Matthew Millman
Recognition: 2023 AIA CA Residential Design Awards

Happy Holidays from ACLA! ❄️

Happy Holidays from ACLA! ❄️

It’s that time of year to celebrate the persimmo

It’s that time of year to celebrate the persimmon! We are lucky to have this fruit liven our landscapes with its earthy hues of burnt umber and ochre. Its vibrance reminds us just how special these late fall months are.

Our favorite way to celebrate the persimmon is by making a delicious pudding or by simply eating it with our favorite cheese and a drizzle of olive oil.

Cyrus, Douglas Keane’s Michelin-starred restaura

Cyrus, Douglas Keane’s Michelin-starred restaurant, reopened in September of 2022 in Geyserville California after much anticipation. ACLA worked to craft the surrounding landscape to meet the needs of this new restaurant that provides a unique experience by moving patrons through different rooms for a curated culinary journey.

To learn more about the project see the link in our bio!

Architecture by @olsonkundig (2023) and @jensen_architects (2006)
Photographs by @aaronleitz

We are thrilled to announce that Andrea has receiv

We are thrilled to announce that Andrea has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Design Futures Council. The award recognizes lifelong design leaders for the contributions of their life and work to their profession 40 or more years. The Design Futures Council was founded to connect leaders within the built environment industry and share ideas about technology, sustainability, and the business of design. Andrea will be honored at DFC’s Leadership Summit on the Business of Design this November in Atlanta.

For more ACLA fall updates subscribe to our Fall Newsletter on our website, link in bio!

Embracing the essence of contemporary aesthetics,

Embracing the essence of contemporary aesthetics, this Southern California guest house features a dialogue between the verdant textures of low water use plants and a minimalist approach to a productive orchard.

To see more about the project, see the link in our bio.

Photographs by @marionbrenner

Landscapes are nothing short of Dreamscapes, espec

Landscapes are nothing short of Dreamscapes, especially when the Jacarandas are in bloom. We are happy to have collaborated with @masastudio to create such special moments.
Photography by @marionbrenner

Andie and Virginia visited Concreteworks last week

Andie and Virginia visited Concreteworks last week to check out the progress of our custom-made sculptural bench. We are so happy with how it is coming out and can’t wait to see it in its new home.