Swa Landscape Architecture Los Angeles
Both partners were eventually bought out and in 1973 the firm changed its name to swa group.
Swa landscape architecture los angeles. Swa is a design firm renowned for creativity responsiveness and resilience in the planning and design of landscapes whether at the scale of an urban plaza a city waterfront or a new community. She is also co author of the book landscape infrastructure. Ying yu is an adjunct assistant professor of the landscape architecture master s degree program at the university of southern california and a design critic in landscape architecture at harvard graduate school of design. Designing for a more livable world.
Swa architects was established in 1985 to provide architectural design planning and consulting services in a fully integrated manner to healthcare industrial and commercial clients. Our public realm portfolio focuses on improving quality of life in our cities by addressing issues of density pollution mobility community programming arts and culture. Case studies by swa. Founded in 1957 swa group began in watertown massachusetts as sasaki walker and associates a partnership between hideo sasaki and peter walker.
Swa group designs napa winery integrating infrastructure while preserving the natural landscape. The second phase of hunter s point south in queens designed by the office of thomas balsley fasla now swa balsley with weiss manfredi architecture landscape urbanism extends the park s renowned toughness. 811 w 7th street.