April Philips is excited to donate one of her pencil drawings to The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s 18th annual Silent Auction 2022. Titled “Lands End Dreamtime” the piece uses 314 draughting pencil on mylar and rice paper. With the Conference being in san Francisco this year, Lands End is the western most portion of San Francisco where land,…
Design matters. Nature matters. Humanity matters. April Philips Design Works, Inc (APDW) is excited to announce the opening of a new office in Medford, Oregon in collaboration with Terrain Landscape Architecture. With staff residing in both Northern California & Oregon, APDW is spreading our roots to serve all of our valued clients on the West…
Some say eat, pray, love – we say eat, plant, drawdown! As part of Colorado State University’s LA days lecture series March 3, 2021 | 5pm MST (4pm PST) , April Phillips will be presenting her research: Eat – plant – drawdown: why designing for climate matters. This is a free event open to all. https://scasla.agsci.colostate.edu/home/aprilphilips/…
“If not us, then who? If not now, then when? We’ve read about the raging fires, melting ice caps, rising seas, hurricanes, droughts and record increase in temperatures. We’ve started to educate ourselves on the the climate crisis. We’ve adopted electric cars, recycled and biodegradable products, and urban gardens – but even so, our built…
What do you do when you are stuck at home because of Sheltering in Place? The stores are closed, and you cannot go out for meals. How about growing your OWN food? In an effort to slow COVID-19 most households stayed home, and one of the key concerns was the anxiety over food. However, instead of…
One of our most exciting projects – Marin Farmers Market and Center for Food & Agriculture is holding their biggest event of the year, tonight. Please support AIM’s vision and goals for the future Center for Food and Agriculture, a dynamic public space that will house the new state-of-art farmers market and supports education,…
Do you need a gorgeous filler plant that performs well in a wide range of conditions? Get to know Lomandra longifolia ‘Breeze’. This perennial grass known as Dwarf Mat Rush is a trustworthy plant that performs wondrously in most soil conditions. It has become one of our studio’s favorite plants, which is artfully incorporated into…
Today, thousands of young protesters were out in the streets to alert the severity of climate change to send a strong message to global leaders headed to the U.N. Climate Action Summit, which begins tomorrow. We were very inspired and pleased to meet and hear the passionate young voices demanding rights for immediate action, right…
We, APDW, #StandWithGreta and pledge to 1. support those who wish to participate in the Climate Strike on September 20 2. encourage our firm members to be Citizen Architects 3. share our pledge with our clients, consultants, and suppliers On August 20, 2018, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg walked out of her Stockholm school and stood in…