Spotlight
Our Golden Year
It’s hard to believe EPTDESIGN has been around for 50 years, but Eriksson, Peters and Thoms Landscape Architecture hung up its first shingle in Pasadena in 1962. John F. Kennedy was President, the Beatles’ first record came out (Love Me Do), and Southern California was enjoying a post-war development boom … anything seemed possible with [...]
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Publications
Sonia Sotomayor Learning Academies: Best Sustainable Project
The Los Angeles Business Journal featured the 2012 Commercial Business Awards. LAUSD’s Sonia Sotomayor Learning Academies earned Best Sustainable Project. EPTDESIGN worked with HMC Architects and Breen Engineering to create a landscape that treats stormwater on site, blends with the adjacent Rio de los Angeles park’s ecological restoration, and provides a compelling place for students [...]
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On The Boards
Lv Shun
This high density residential village in Dalian’s LvShun Kou District is phase one of the future master planned community. Two greenbelts weave through five residential villages totaling 250,000 square meters. Residences vary from four to eleven stories, and are modeled after two themes – ‘French Simplicity’ and Irvine’s highly successful The Village community. Inspired by [...]
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TREK
TREK: Travel, Renewal, Exploration, Knowledge
TREK was created to give two employees each year a chance to travel … to be inspired and inspire our studios. EPTDESIGNers propose where they want to go, what they hope to experience, and why their trip will contribute to the advancement of our practice. We host dinner for a jury of our clients, consultants, [...]
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Studio Life
Cross-Office Event
EPTDESIGN held its 8th Cross Office Presentation at our Irvine Studio. This biannual event brings our two studios together to get to know each other and share our most recent projects and ideas. We began with the traditional storytelling of the firm’s history for our newest employees (we are fortunate to have a big group!). Claire, [...]