Members by Sharon Chio and Naomi Horowitz Members News From Janis Birkeland: I was among the early members of OWA and was briefly a lawyer, architect and planner in San Francisco before moving to Australia. There I eventually entered academia, concentrating on sustainable development, planning and design. My focus has been showing that cities and buildings can be ecologically net positive. (See 'Positive Development' on Wikipedia.) I am soon moving from Auckland, New Zealand, to Melbourne, Australia, where I will be 'honorary professorial fellow' in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Before retirement, I was Professor of Sustainable Design at the University of Auckland, and prior to that Professor of Architecture at Queensland University of Technology. Recent publications include 'net positive building carbon sequestration' and 'net positive biodiversity offsetting.’ Books include Positive Development: from Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles through Built Environment Design (Routledge, 2008) and Design for Sustainability (Routledge, 2002) I visited OWA in about 2001 and I would love to hear from OWA people, especially those I knew from 1973–80. Drop by when in Melbourne. From Leslie Golden: Golden Associates is delighted to announce that we have expanded our geographic reach to Arizona and Colorado and have named Doug Craig, PLA, to principal-in-charge of our Mesa Office. Mr. Craig has more than 30 years of landscape architecture and planning experience in a variety of private and public sector projects including resort and hospitality, retail, healthcare, higher education, and recreational and community parks. Doug is a seasoned professional with professional licenses and work experience in both Arizona and Colorado. Doug is a great addition to our team and is the seasoned leader who can manage that growth for us and continue to provide our clients with high-quality innovative and sustainable solutions that create a memorable sense of place. Welcome New Members We welcome the following members who have recently joined OWA+DP: Jiseul An Angeline Askham Eza Chung Tracy Librea-Asunto Carissa Tjondro We hope you will all get involved, come to events, and get to know your fellow members. We also thank everyone who has renewed their membership (47 of you in the last two months). If you haven’t already renewed your membership for 2016, please login to the website and do so. We’ll also have our Square at the Galen Cranz talk in May, so bring your credit card if you prefer paying that way. |
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Newsletter | Mar/Apr 2016