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PROJECTS

Major Sport Venues

Mosaic Stadium (officially the "Regina Revitalization Initiative Stadium") Outdoor Concourse. Regina, Saskatchewan. 2013 - 2017. CONCOURSE    ROUGHRIDERS FAN PLAZA    MORE images


Academic and Institutional

Outdoor Research and Learning Lab. Ohlone College, Newark, California. January - November, 2011.

West Coast Green Conference 2009 Pedestrian Walkway Planting Installation. Fort Mason, San Francisco, California. October 1-3, 2009. MORE

City of Porterville Animal Shelter and Dog Park. Porterville, California. July - August 2009. MORE

Shinnyo-En Buddhist Temple. Redwood City, California. Renovation of a former Catholic Monastery. August 2004 – October 2007. MORE

College of San Mateo Accessibility Study. San Mateo, California. Accessibility Master Plan. July 2003 – June 2004.

Los Medanos College. Pittsburg, California. New Science Center, Information Resource Center (Library), and Math Buildings, major parking areas renovation, pond bank restoration, plaza, pedestrian thoroughfares, Quad. May 2003 – October 2007. MORE

College of San Mateo – Science Building. San Mateo, California. New Science Building. June – November 2003.

San Francisco State University Accessibility. San Francisco, California. Accessibility ramps on campus. March 2003 - April 2004. MORE

Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Crime Lab. San Jose, California. New high-security Lab Building. December 2002 – October 2007. MORE

Stanford Auxiliary Library. Livermore, California. Rare-book facility for Stanford University. May 2002- September 2003. MORE

Gan Or Shalom. Vancouver, British Columbia. Synagogue garden. Or Shalom Spiritual Community Association. Completed October 1998. MORE

Arthur Erickson Garden. Vancouver, British Columbia. Measured drawing of the garden and house, and installation at VanDusen Flower and Garden Show. Arthur Erickson House and Garden Foundation. 1995 – 1996.


Resorts; Provincial and State Parks; Urban Parks; Recreational Trails

Tell Park (Riverbend MR-4), Tell Ventures Ltd. Regina, Saskatchewan. 1-ha neighbourhood park with a key segment of the City multi-use pathway and Trans-Canada Trail. 2013 - July 2017.

Donor-Recognition Viewpoint Plaza and Rest Area, Meewasin Valley Authority. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Overlooking Circle Drive South Bridge and the South Saskatchewan River. July 2012 - April 2013.

South East Recreational Trail, Meewasin Valley Authority. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Circle Drive South Bridge to Chief Whitecap Park. May 2012 - April 2013.

North West Recreational Trail, Meewasin Valley Authority. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 71st Street to Wanuskewin Heritage Park. January 2012 - April 2013.

Hyde Park. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 35-hectare (80-acre) public park, urban wetlands, playground, dog off-leash area, pedestrian trails, and pedestrian bridge. January 2012 - June 2012. MORE

Aetna Springs Resort. Napa, California. Resort campus, golf courses, estate residential units, cultural landscape planning, stream restoration. February 2006 – October 2007. MORE

Nairn Falls Provincial Park Group Campsite. North of Whistler, British Columbia. New group campsite facilities. Vancouver, British Columbia. March 1999.

Alice Lake Provincial Park Campsite Expansion. Near Squamish, British Columbia. Analysis of park use and existing facilities for expansion. January 1999.

Francis Lake Forest Recreation Site. Near Harrison Bay, British Columbia. Rehabilitation of intensively-used site for camping and day-use. February 1998.

Upper Lillooet River Forest Recreation Site Resort. North of Whistler, British Columbia. Wilderness resort, day-use recreation site, and campsite. December 1997- January 1998. MORE

Seven Forest Recreation Sites. Fraser River Valley, British Columbia. Rehabilitation of intensively-used sites for camping, boating, and day-use. August – October 1997. MORE


Corporate

Hummer Test Facility. Dublin, California. Test track and improvements. August 2007 – October 2007.

Agilent Technologies Inc. Corporate Head Office. Santa Clara, California. Renovation of 1960s-era HP Inc. campus. August 2005 – November 2006. MORE


Urban Design and Planning

Open Space Plan. “The Meadows” Residential-Mixed Use Development. Weyburn, Saskatchewan. March - April 2013.

City of Saskatoon Downtown Master Plan. Existing conditions analysis. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. June - August 2012.

Clear Vistas Community. Regina, Saskatchewan. Master plan for mixed-use development. Clear Vistas L.P. February 2008 – Current. MORE

“A Vision for the San Francisco Design District”. San Francisco, California. Urban Design and open space plan for San Francisco Design District. February-May 2003. MORE

Official Community Plan Mission Statement and Environmental Planning Strategy, City of Ottawa. Mission Statement of the Official Community Plan of the City of Ottawa and Environmental Management chapter. City of Ottawa. 1990.

"Planning for Ecological Reserves in Nova Scotia". Implementation of ecological areas based on Special Places Protection Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 438. Nova Scotia Museum. 1990.


Residential and Mixed-use

Private Residence. St. Francis Woods, San Francisco, California. 1970s-era garden renovation. May – June 2013.

Private Residence. Sausalito, California. February 2008. MORE

Private Residence. Fresno, California. January 2008. MORE

Private Residence. San Francisco, California. June 2005 – September 2006. MORE

Penryn Place. Penryn, California. Mixed-use development. March – August 2005. MORE

Hyde Park Homes. Vallejo, California. Multi-family development. January – July 2005.

Danville Senior’s Residence. Danville, California. December 2002 – January 2003.

1 Henry Adams Street. San Francisco, California. Mixed-use development. November 2002 – February 2005. MORE

801 Brannan Street. San Francisco, California. Mixed-use development. November 2002 – February 2005. MORE

Windemere Apartments. Contra Costa County, California. Multi-family development. June – July 2002.

Cotati Cottages and Retail Center. Cotati, California. Mixed-use development. May 2002 - September 2003. MORE

Private Residence. North Vancouver, British Columbia. September 1999 – February 2000.

Private Residence. North Vancouver, British Columbia. September 1999 – February 2000.

Private Residence. Vancouver, British Columbia. June 1997 - September 1998.


Habitat Restoration and Forestry Visual Quality Management

Shinnyo-En Buddhist Temple. Redwood City, California. Slope stabilization and naturalization at former Catholic Monastery. February – October 2007.

River Park Marsh Restoration. Vallejo, California. Digital terrain model. April 2002.

Field Margin Stewardship Program. Delta, British Columbia. Farmland Wildlife Enhancement Projects. April 1999 – February 2000. MORE

Naturalization Policy Guidelines for Canadian Municipalities. Guidelines and Case Studies for urban naturalization. Evergreen Foundation. January 1999.

Landscape Inventory Pilot Study. Fraser River Valley, British Columbia. Forest landscape visual inventories. British Columbia Forest Service. March 1997.

Expert Witness Before the Ontario Municipal Board. Ottawa, Ontario. Expert Witness on behalf of the Carson Woods and District Community Association. August 1994.

"Partial Cutting to Meet Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs)". British Columbia Interior. Investigate public preferences for the visual character of different systems of forest cutting, published. August 1993 – March 1994.

Sava Dam Visual and Ecological Impact Assessment and Hannover Worlds Fair Visual and Ecological Impact Assessment. Ljubljana, Slovenia and Hannover, Germany. With the Harvard Graduate School of Design. June 1991.


Commercial and Industrial

Medical Waste Treatment Facility. Waste Management Inc., Fremont, California. Site plan and landscape concept to meet LEED and Bay-Friendly sustainable sites requirements. November 2010 – December 2011.

Northgate Marketplace. Vallejo, California. Neighborhood shopping center. November 2004 – August 2005.

Serramonte Center. Daly City, California. Shopping mall renovation. July 2003 – December 2005. MORE

Plaza San Jose. San Jose, California. Shopping Center renovation. April 2003 – July 2006. MORE

Intergulf Cascadia Group - Gloucester Industrial Development (two sites). Richmond, British Columbia. Construction Drawings. September 1999 – February 2000.

EMCO Distribution Centre, River Road Warehouse. Richmond, British Columbia. Construction Drawings. September 1999 – February 2000.

Nikolai Manufacturing Ltd. Richmond, British Columbia. Construction Drawings. September 1999 – February 2000.


Transportation

Transit Center Area Arterial Roads Medians. Dublin, California. Median and street frontage. March 2003 – October 2007. MORE

Grant Line Road Commercial Center. Tracy, California. Arterial street frontage design. December 2002 – May 2003.


Web Apps and Web Sites

Congregation Beth Sholom website. Product design and development, application structure and user navigation. CBS (On-line 2005 - 2009). July 2001 - August 2005. MORE

EC Wise Tool Suite. Product design and development, application structure and user navigation, templates for data collection and for specifying user scenarios. EC Wise, Inc. March 2000 – November 2001.

Pattern Language Design. Typology of Web user interface idioms. EC Wise, Inc. March 2000 – June 2001.

Business Objects WebIntelligence User Interface. Web Application Functional Prototypes. EC Wise, Inc. March 2000 – November 2001. MORE

iSaySo.com User Interface Usability Evaluation. Web Application Functional Prototypes. EC Wise, Inc. March 2000 – November 2001.

Vulcan Northwest Audio-Visual Installations. Web Application Functional Prototypes. EC Wise, Inc. March 2000 – November 2001.

Homeport Infomediary. Web Application Functional Prototypes. EC Wise, Inc. March 2000 – November 2001.

EC Wise, Inc. Corporate website navigational /structural and content design. EC Wise, Inc. October 2000 – August 2001.