Recent News
Rafael Vinoly Architects
Claremont McKenna Kravis Center ENR "Best in California"
Engineering News Record (ENR) named the new Claremont McKenna Kravis Center the 2011 Region’s Best Overall Project and Best Higher Education/Research Project. Led by Rafael Vinoly Architects (RVA), this LEED Silver building creates a prominent western gateway to the expanded campus mall at Claremont McKenna College. Kravis Center’s terraced design considers the low-rise character of the campus and community, unifies circulation through three campus buildings and across multiple levels of interior and exterior spaces, and encloses a courtyard. AHBE is pleased to have been a member of RVA’s team.
Reflections Mini Park Opens!
This new neighborhood park in the City of Carson, California had its grand opening on Saturday Jan 21, 2012. Although the site had fallen victim to illegal dumping, resulting in elevated concentrations of hydrocarbons within the soil, remediation efforts transformed the property into a usable, passive green space for the area’s residents. Referencing Carson's history, topography, and native ecology, the park’s most prominent feature is a rising knoll with a colorful children’s playground at its highest point. Planted with only Southern California native plant species, visitors will experience a Californian landscape not often found in our public parks.
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10am - 1pm 164 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502
Burbank Water and Power's EcoCampus
A Community Fair and Dedication Ceremony to Celebrate California’s First Sustainable Utility Campus
Special Guests Senator Carol Liu, Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes and representatives of the US Department of Energy. The day’s program will be hosted by Discovery Planet Green’s Planet 100 Host, and green media maven, Sarah Backhouse.
Join us for exhibits, tours, music, food trucks, children’s activities and much more! Burbank residents attending the event will receive a highest-efficiency LED bulb, so bring your Drivers License showing your Burbank address.
Free Parking at Metro Parking Lot on Olive Street. Shuttles will be provided. For more info, please call BWP at 818-238-3730.
Evan Mather, Principal
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Evan Mather as Principal of AHBE Landscape Architects. With over twenty years of experience in landscape architecture, Evan has led and managed hundreds of successful projects for AHBE and other firms, particularly in the areas of urban design, utilities, public works, and education.
Evan joins our practice leaders in guiding AHBE, which celebrates its 25th anniversary, into the forefront of landscape architecture. In his new role, Evan will build upon our experience in landscape infrastructure and sustainable community spaces, and advance our involvement in projects that address water quality and conservation, infrastructure and environmental performance.
Evan is a registered landscape architect in California and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He is also an independent filmmaker, known for his short films about design and architectural issues, which include “So What?” an ASLA award-winning documentary about sustainability. Evan holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University.
Evan Mather, RLA, ASLA
emather@AHBE.com
310-838-0448 x21
Ojama
The Ojama installation is about creating a hindrance or momentary interruption in our daily experience of space. This temporary art installation is an exploration of space, time, materiality, and our experience of nature in the urban environment.
Monday, October 24, 2011 5:30-7:30pm
CUC Opening
Celebrate the opening of Claremont University Consortium Administrative Campus Center! This new administrative center allows CUC to consolidate the majority of its departments into a single location. Designed for a LEED Gold rating, the project incorporates sustainable and environmentally sensitive features for the building and its exterior spaces.
Monday, October 24, 2011 5:30-7:30pm
Administrative Campus Center 101 South Mills Avenue Claremont, California
Friday, September 16, 2011
Park(ing) Day
Park(ing) Day strives to salvage the void used by the car to create a “Park.” Our exploration envisions the Park as a space that functions beyond its traditional uses: a productive agricultural landscape integrated within the typical park. Our installation, complete with goats and edible plants, is a playful reminder that urban open spaces can provide access to healthy and affordable food options as well as recreation.
Friday, September 16, 2011
In Front of TEAFOREST CAFE 8686 Washington Blvd Culver City, CA 90232
