April Philips Design Works was recently featured in a press release regarding their work in Alameda. The Alameda Sun published an article announcing the public workshops proposed for the waterfront park and Site A development. APDW is thrilled to be part of the team for the first development at Alameda Point – Site A, at…
April Philips Design Works was featured in the October issue of Landscape Architect and Specifier News Click here for Article . Selected as one of the top twelve women in Landscape Architecture, April was interviewed to empower women in Landscape Architecture. April Philips is the owner of APDW which was founded in 1998. The firm…
In addition to the American Society of Landscape Architects Northern California Chapter’s honor Award, April Philips Design Works was awarded the 2015 Design Merit Award for their work at VF Outdoor. The corporate campus design was a 15 acre project for industry leading brands such as; The North Face, JanSport and lucy. The facility…
April Philips Design Works was recently awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects Northern California Chapter’s honor award in research, planning, analysis and communication for their book; “Designing Urban Agriculture – A Complete Guide to the Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Management of Edible Landscapes” 2015 honor award . The publication has helped shape the way…
We are excited to announce our 38 Dolores project not only received Sustainable SITES Initiative Certification, but a two gold star rating! Check out our project and others recently awarded at the Sustainable SITES Initiative website or at the newest publication of THE DIRT magazine.
APDW is so excited to announce THREE Grand Prize Gold Nugget awards at this year’s PCBC! Our 38 Dolores Street project won two awards! One for Residential Project of the Year and one for Best Multifamily Housing Project – over 60 du/acre. In addition, APDW’s project Ninth Avenue received Grand Prize- Best Mixed Use Project and an Award…
April Philips was interviewed by ASLA’s THE FIELD: A Professional Landscape Architecture Network. In the interview April talks about challenges, lessons learned and offers advice towards working on urban agriculture topics. To read the full interview check out the link below. http://thefield.asla.org/2014/04/10/interview-with-april-philips-fasla/
During the fall of 2013 APDW, along with the Mission “Y”, Zynga.org and JKT Associates came together to build an edible garden at the Mission “Y” in San Francisco, CA. We compiled a few photos to share with you Welcome to the Mission “Y” Edible GardenThank you to everyone who contributed to make this project a successful…
Our mixed-use retail and residential project at 38 Dolores is finished! Check out the images below to see the design process for one aspect of the project, the Parklet on Dolores Street. It started with a sketch… Then details… Next, construction… and voila! complete… Check it out at 38 Dolores at the corner of Market!