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Anne-Émilie Gold

Landscape Architect and Garden Designer

Summary of Skills

  • Member of the American Association of Landscape Architect (ASLA)
  • Member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designer (APLD)
  • Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Washington
  • LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
  • Certified Watershed Wise Landscape Professional (WWLP)
  • Completed a WaterSense labeled professional certification program (EPA WaterSense)
  • Computer aided design: AutoCAD, PhotoShop, InDesign, some SketchUp and ArcGIS 
  • Productivity tools: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Quickbooks
  • Strong conceptual, analytical, and writing skills
  • Graphic proficiencies: technical drawing, rendering​
  • Cross-cultural sensitive design, planning and research
  • Bilingual in French and English, basic notions of Spanish and German

Work Experience

2014-Present
Landscape Designer & Co-Owner, Gravel To Gold, Inc., San Diego, CA​
  • Design of residential gardens with an emphasis on water conservation
  • Design of natural playgrounds for preschools

2008-2011
Landscape Architect, Urban Escapes Inc., Seattle WA & Solana Beach, CA
  • Design of residential gardens
  • Production of rendered landscape plans, site evaluations, planting plans & schedules

2006-2008
Landscape Architect, GGLO, Seattle, WA 
  • Developed design concepts for senior housing facilities in Northern California
  • Drafted detailed construction documents for high end hotel in Newberg, Oregon  
  • Designed public spaces, streetscapes, private rooftop decks and gardens, trail network and forest restoration for new condominium development on Mercer Island
  • Wrote Ko-Kwel Wharf Art Master Plan presenting integration of Art in a new retail development in North Bend, Oregon

2002-2006
Associate, Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd., Seattle, WA 
  • Contributed to projects such as urban design plans, zoos, visual analyses, highway design guidelines, public gardens, and urban parks
  • Worked on planning, design, and production of construction document sets
  • Assisted in proposal writing, gave public presentations

Summer-Fall 2001
Intern, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • Assisted staff members in designing, rendering and technical drawing

Summer 2000
Intern, The SWA Group Inc., Sausalito CA, and Dallas, TX
  • Completed five weeks of design charrettes for projects of all scales
  • Assisted principals and staff members in design and technical drawing

Summer 1999
Intern, Design Workshop Inc., Denver CO, and Tempe, AZ
  • Participated in a design charrette for the revitalization the 14th St corridor and district in Denver
  • Conducted preliminary design for an archeological park for the City of Mesa, Arizona
  • Assisted staff members in designing, rendering and technical drawing

Education

2000-2002
Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.), University of California at Berkeley, CA
  • Master’s thesis in cultural design and cultural preservation
  • Communications Officer for the Association of Students in Landscape Architecture
  • Delegate for the department at the Graduate Assembly monthly meetings

1996-2000
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.), University of Montreal, Canada
  • Coordinated the Final Exhibition of graduating student work
  • Student representative on committee responsible for electing the new school director 
  • Completed one term as an exchange student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Coordinated the exhibition for the 1998 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects/Quebec Association of Landscape Architects Conference 
  • Teaching and Research Assistant: evaluated papers and exams for first year undergraduate courses in Landscape Architecture; edited text for verbal accuracy and grammatical correctness
  • Completed one year of studies in Philosophy at the Université de Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France

Academic Awards

Spring 2002
H. Leland Vaughn Award, University of California at Berkeley
  • This award is given to students who show both academic distinction and active participation in departmental affairs.

Spring 2002
Stephen Lenci Award, University of California at Berkeley 
  • This award benefits outstanding graduate students in the College of Environmental Design who pursue a cross discipline of study, bridging architecture and landscape architecture, with an emphasis on history.

2000-2002
Beatrix Farrand Memorial Scholarships, University of California at Berkeley

Spring 2000
Department of Landscape Architecture Director’s Award, University of Montreal
  • This award acknowledges active participation in departmental affairs, and representation of the school abroad.

Personal Interest

Anne-Émilie is the mother of two young children. She loves to bake and cook traditional French fare and exotic foods, pairing them with the perfect wines. She has a natural aptitude for languages, enjoys traveling to foreign countries, and touring the gardens of France, Italy, Spain, and Bali. 
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