PRC Magazine looks at two IFLA Award winners showcasing the work of Atkins Landscape in Asia. This month, we explore Hong Kong and China landscape team’s achievements for Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, whose latest works were recognised at the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Asia-Pacific Awards. Calkins also practiced with Burks Toma Architects in Berkeley where she was able to combine her work in architecture and landscape architecture.Landscape architecture is about creating experiential places, from framing a single element to providing harmony and character to an entire township. Post-graduation, she practiced with Freeman and Jewell, and Lutsko Associates Landscape Architects. In the Bay Area, she worked while in grad school for Peter Walker and Partners (PWP). She was part of a project Team that won an ASLA award for Analysis and Planning for the Alexandria 2020 Urban Design and Master Plan in 1988. In Washington, DC, she engaged in community design, urban design and master planning for HOH Associates. Her recent articles have discussed alternatives to tropical hardwoods, stone sustainability standards, and methods of reduced carbon concrete.Ĭalkins has practiced landscape architecture in the California Bay Area and in Washington DC.
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In 2003, the LAM Editorial Board awarded her the Bradford Williams Medal for Journalistic Excellence for a four-part article series on using and specifying green, recycled and salvaged building materials. The book was translated and published by China Architectural and Building Press in 2017.Ĭalkins has been a Contributing Editor with Landscape Architecture magazine since 1999, writing over thirty invited articles on issues of sustainable landscape construction and technologies and feature articles on significant design projects. She conceived of this book to provide information on the strategies and technologies that support the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) credits. She edited and contributed to The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes in 2012. She wrote the book Materials for Sustainable Sites: A Complete Guide to the Selection, Evaluation and Use of Sustainable Construction Materials in 2009 and is currently working on the second edition. She has practiced in California and Washington, DC.Ĭalkins’ scholarship focus is on the environmental and human health impacts of site construction materials. Calkins holds masters degrees in Landscape Architecture and Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree in Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to joining the faculty in the College of Design at NC State University, she taught first at the University of California at Berkeley, then at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and most recently at Ball State University. She has taught design, construction and theory for over twenty years. Professor Calkins was appointed Head of the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department in Summer 2018. Calkins is the head of the department of landscape architecture and environmental planning. CELA only has 70 fellows throughout North America, and the organization comprises over 120 institutions and 11 regions that cover North America, Australian, New Zealand, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Meg Calkins, department head of landscape architecture and environmental planning, was recently inducted into the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Academy of Fellows.
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