David Meyer
Professional Experience Old Iowa Landscape, Blue Grass, Iowa, 1976 - 1984
Hargreaves Associates, San Francisco, California, 1985 – 1986
The Office of Peter Walker Martha Schwartz, San Francisco, California, 1986 –1989 Martha Schwartz, Ken Smith, David Meyer, San Francisco, California, 1990 – 1993
Peter Walker and Partners, Berkeley, California, Partner, 1993 - 2000 Meyer + Silberberg | Land Architects, Berkeley, California, 2001- Present
Representative Projects Office, Commercial and Research
Chevron Plaza Tower, Denver, Colorado, 1986
Charleston Place, Mountain View, California, 1986
IBM Solana, Southlake, Texas, 1987
Oracle Headquarters, Redwood City, California, 1988
Rio Shopping Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988
Herman Miller Regional Headquarters, Rocklin, California, 1988
Conagra Corporate Headquarters, Omaha, Nebraska, 1989
The Citadel Grand Allee, City of Commerce, California, 1990
Becton Dickinson, San Jose, California, 1990
Columbia Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1991
Puerta de Europa, Madrid, Spain, 1992
Los Angeles Center, Los Angeles, California, 1993
Principal Life Corporate Headquarters, Des Moines, Iowa, 1995
Europa Haus, Frankfurt, Germany, 1998
Munich Airport Center, Munich, Germany, 1999
One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 2000
DIFA Kurfürstendamm, Berlin, Germany, 2000
PeopleSoft Headquarters, Livermore, California, 2000
Imperial Bank Tower, Costa Mesa, California, 2000
Sony Center, Berlin, Germany, 2000
Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland, 2000
Cupertino Village, Cupertino, California, 2004
Fibrogen Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 2006
Suzchou Industrial Park, Suzchou, China, 2006
181 Fremont Street, San Francisco, California, 2007
1100 Broadway, Oakland, California, 2007
Urban Design and Planning
Ann Arbor Streetscape, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994
New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997
Chiron Life Sciences Center, Emeryville, California, 1999
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Talmage, California, 2003
Parc Dounya, Algiers, Algeria, 2007
Ain Taya, Algiers, Algeria, 2007
Oyster Point Industrial Park, South San Francisco, California, 2009
Lang Fang Eco City, Lang Fang, China, 2010
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Representative Projects Civic and Institutional
Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater, Denver, Colorado, 1985
Center for Innovative Technology, Herndon, Virginia, 1989
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, Austin, Texas, 1990
International Swimming Hall of Fame, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1992
Moscone Center – Howard Street Plaza, San Francisco, California, 1992
Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1994
Beverly Hills Parking Structures, Beverly Hills, California, 1995
Countryside Landfill, Greyslake, Illinois, 1996
Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California 2003
International Institute of Philosophy and Ethics, Talmage, California, 2003
Solano Community College, Vallejo, California, 2004
The Delaware Valley Architecture Center, Camden, New Jersey, 2006
Shanghai Healing Garden, San Francisco, California, 2006
North Shattuck Plaza, Berkeley, California, 2006
Osher Center, San Francisco, California, 2007
Edie and Lew Wasserman Building, UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, California, 2010
Hunter’s Point Art Studios, The Shipyard, San Francisco, California, 2013
Resorts and Hotels
Marriott Hotel, Westlake, Texas, 1988
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1989
Villamoura Resorts, Algarve, Portugal, 1991
Disneyland East Esplanade, Anaheim, California, 1999
Schools and Campuses
Minnesota College of Arts and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1991
Central Housing Office Building, University of California, Irvine, California, 1994
Library Walk, University of California, San Diego, California, 1996
Ohlone College, Fremont, California, 2003
Solano Community College, Vallejo, California, 2004
UC Riverside Student Center, Riverside, California, 2004
UC Irvine Engineering Unit 3, Irvine, California, 2005
Veterinarian Medical Center, University of California, Davis, 2005
Town Square, University of California, San Diego, 2007
Physical Sciences and Engineering Center, Foothill College, 2009
Foothill College, Los Altos, California, 2009
California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, California 2012
Foothill College, Library & Learning Center Renovation, Los Altos, California, 2012
Evergreen Community College, San Jose, California, 2013
Ohlone Community College, Fremont, California, 2013
Parks and Recreation
Candlestick Point Cultural Park, San Francisco, California, 1986 Marina Linear Park, San Diego, California, 1989
Todos Santos Park, Concord, California, 1989
Snoopy’s Garden, Mito, Japan, 1992
Village of Yorkville Park, Toronto, Canada, 1993
Stralauer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 1995
Civic Pond and Park, San Diego, California, 1996
Jamison Square, Portland, Oregon, 2000
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California, 2000
Triangle Park, Saint Louis, Missouri, 2000
Vietnamese Cultural Park, San Jose, California, 2004
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Representative Projects
Parks and Recreation (cont.)
Brandywine Park, Wilmington, Delaware, 2005
Parc Dounya, Algiers, Algeria, 2007
Ain Taya, Algiers, Algeria, 2007
Dianshan Town Lake Waterfront, Dian Shan, China, 2010
Battery East Overlook, Golden Gate Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA 2013
EcoSong Park, Shanghai, China 2013
Residential/Housing
Amir Residence, Beverly Hills, California, 1991
Nancy Dickinson Residence, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1993 International Housing Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan, 1993
Schwab Residential Center, Stanford University, California, 1997
Matthes Residence, Des Moines, Iowa, 1998
Norman Foster Residence, Nice, France, 2001
Steve Jobs Residence, Palo Alto, California, 2002
Gordon Linden Residence, Piedmont, California, 2002
Mountain Landing, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 2002
Cooper Residence, Auckland, New Zealand, 2002
Hotel Tingry, Menerbes, France, 2002
Cottages at Shady Grove, Davenport, Iowa, 2002
Schaffer Residence, Mill Valley, California, 2003
Azalea Springs, Calistoga, California, 2004
US Naval Housing, San Diego, California, 2005
The Heritage, San Jose, California, 2005
Park La Brea, Los Angeles, California, 2005
Museum Plaza, San Francisco, California, 2006
Wildwood Gardens, Oakland, California, 2006
Raycliff Residence, San Francisco, California, 2010
Alta Laguna, San Francisco, California, 2011
Warner Park, Woodland Hills, California, 2012
Richardson Hall, San Francisco, California, 2012
Memorials
Maryland World War II Memorial, Annapolis, Maryland, 1997
Plains Indian Memorial, Little Bighorn National Park, Montana, 1998
After Maximus, Rome, Italy, 2001
Flight 587 Memorial, Belle Harbor, New York, 2005
Installations
Turfus Interuptus, Rome, Italy, 2001
Cypress Vigil, Rome, Italy, 2001
Limelight, International Westonbirt Festival of Gardens, Westonbirt, England, 2003
Pro Bono Atherton Central Park Master Plan Workshop, Atherton, CA 2004
Berkeley Community Orchard, Berkeley, CA 2004
San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA 2008
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Honors & Awards Garden Design Magazine Competition, winning entry, Birdsall Residence, 1984
A.S.L.A. Honor Award (Design), The Citadel Grand Allee, 1991
A.S.L.A. Honor Award (Design), Becton Dickinson Atrium, 1991
Cumberland Park Competition, Toronto, Canada, winning entry, 1991
International Jazz Hall of Fame Competition, Kansas City, MO, winning entry, 1992
Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence, Village of Yorkville Park, 1997
International Downtown Association’s Award of Merit, Village of Yorkville Park, 1997
A.S.L.A. President’s Award of Excellence (Design), Village of Yorkville Park, 1997
Financial Post, “Design Effectiveness Award,” Village of Yorkville Park, 1997
A.S.L.A. Residential Design Competition, 2nd Place, Dickinson Residence, 1997
A.S.L.A Honor Award (Design), Principal Life Headquarters, 1998
A.S.L.A Honor Award (Design), UCSD Library Walk, 1998
A.S.L.A Merit Award (Design) Children’s Park and Pond, 1998
Design Achievement Award, Iowa State University, 1998
Farrand Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, 2000
Farrand Research Fellowship, 2001
International Festival of Gardens, Westonbirt, England, winning entry, 2002
"Limelight" - First Place, International Festival of Gardens, Westonbirt, England, 2002 “Designing the Highline, New York City, New York, Advisor’s selection, 2003
Appointed to the GSA's Commissioner’s National Register of Peer Reviewers, 2004
Flight 587 Memorial Competition, Finalist, 2005
Brandywine Park Public Art Competition, Finalist, Wilmington, Delaware, 2005
Courthouse Square Competition, Finalist, Santa Rosa, California, 2007
Best Practice Award for Overall Sustainable Design, University of California, 2009
AIA Merit Award, Lang Fang Eco City Master Plan, China, 2010
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Master Plan, Finalist, Santa Barbara, California, 2011
LABC Los Angeles Architectural Award of Excellence, Community Impact Award, UCLA Edie and Lew Wasserman Building, 2011
A.S.L.A Landmark Award, Village of Yorkville Park, 2012
ENR California Best Projects, Foothill College Physical Sciences and Engineering Center, Award of Merit, 2013
AIA East Bay Design Honor Award, Foothill College Physical Sciences and Engineering Center, 2013
ASLA-NCC Honor Award – Design, Foothill College, 2014
ASLA-NCC Merit Award – Design, Airbnb Headquarters, 2014.
Exhibitions Design Alumni Invitational, College of Design, Iowa State University, 1992
“Interpretations of Nature”, The McMichael Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1993
“Urban Pageantries,” Union Square, San Francisco, Competition Exhibition, 1997
School of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 2001
New Italian Blood, Architecture Interactive Exhibition, Special Guest, 2005
Teaching University of California, Berkeley, California, Lecturer, 1997– 1999
University of California, Berkeley, California, Asst. Adjunct Professor, 1999– Present
Roma Tre University, Visiting Critic, Rome, Italy, 2001
Iowa State University, Summer Program, Visiting Critic, Rome, Italy, 2001
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Visiting Lecturer, Spring Semester, 2002
Guest Lecturer/Critic California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, California, 1990
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1992, 1995, 1998
Practitioner’s Advisory Council, Iowa State University, 1994-1996
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1997
Des Moines Art Center, “Landscape as Art”, Des Moines, Iowa, 1998
Penn State University, Sede di Roma, Rome, Italy, 2001
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001
International Seminar on Architectural Design, Rome, Italy, 2001
David Meyer
Guest Lecturer/Critic Italian Fulbright Fellowship in Visual Arts Juror, Rome, Italy, 2001
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, 2001-2002
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2002
UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California, 2004
Programa del IV Congreso Nacional de Arquitectura de Paisaje, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November, 2004
Seminario Internacional de Paisajismo y Decoracion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct., 2005
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006
“Future of Landscape Architecture” Panel Discussion, N. California ASLA, Oct. 2011
ASLA NCC Professional Awards Program, Jury Chair, April, 2012
ASLA NCC Emerging Professionals Mission Bay Open Spaces, Tour Leader, May 2012
ASLA NCC Lecture Series, “Lost in Translation”, February 2013
Stanford “Origins” Spring Architecture/Landscape Lecture Series, May 2014
Registration Landscape Architect, Iowa and California
Education Iowa State University, B.S. Landscape Architecture, 1975
Publications Handmaker, Linda. “Setting the Landscape in Motion.” Garden Design Magazine. August 1984.
Geran, Monica. “Becton Dickenson.” Interior Design. August 1991.
Woodbridge, Sally and Hiroshi Watanabe. “Cross Cultural Concert in the Far East – Nexus World Kashi.” Progressive Architecture. August 1991.
Hume, Christopher. “A Garden in Yorkville’s a Refreshing Site.” Toronto Star. September 25, 1991.
Freedman, Adele. "Putting up Paradise in a Parking Lot." The Globe and Mail, October 1, 1991.
Perspectives. The Canadian Architect. November 1991.
“1991 Awards; Becton Dickenson Atrium, The Citadel Grand Allee.” Landscape Architecture. November 1991.
Dillon, David. “Freeway Landmark.” Architecture. December 1991.
Kimball, Elizabeth. "A Victorian Collection Box." The Globe and Mail. April 30, 1992.
___________. “On the Edge in Santa Fe.” Garden Design Magazine. May/June 1992.
Kapelos, George Thomas. “Cumberland Park.” Interpretations of Nature, Contemporary Canadian Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism. 1993.
Reid, Susan. "Yorkville 'Rock' Park 40 Years in Making." The Toronto Star. February 1, 1993.
Griswold, Mac. “Box Set – Cumberland Park.” Landscape Architecture. April 1993.
Hume, Christopher. “The Rock Rolls In.” Toronto Star. August 3, 1993.
Artuso, Anotella. “Park’s Start Rocky.” The Toronto Sun. August 6, 1993.
Freedman, Adele. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place Grows a Garden of Myriad Detail." The Globe and Mail. November 6, 1993.
David Meyer
Publications Freedman, Adele. “Lighting Lanterns in the Wilderness.” Toronto Globe and Mail. January 1, 1994
Kahn, Eve. “Controversial Toronto Parks.” Landscape Architecture. July 1994.
Ashcraft, Michael. “Village of Yorkville Park, Toronto.” The Canadian Architect. August 1994.
Potteiger, Matthew and Purinton, Jamie. Yorkville Residents Roam Canadian Landscape – In an Urban Park.
Architectural Record. July 1995.
Vojvodich, Colleen. “Corporate Construction.” Iowa Architect. No. 98:226
Oberdorf, Charles. "City 'Travesty' Honored in US." The Toronto Star. November 23, 1996.
“1996 Awards: Northern Exposure – The Village of Yorkville Park.” Landscape Architecture. November 1996.
Cerver, Francisco A. “Village of Yorkville Park.” Landscape Architecture 02, The World of Environmental Design. 1997.
Leccese, Michael. “A Campus United.” Landscape Architecture. April 1997.
Bennett, Paul. “On the Grid.” Landscape Architecture. December 1997.
Potteiger, Matthew and Purinton, Jamie, “Landscape Narratives; Design Practices for Telling Stories.” John Wiley and Sons. 1998
“Village of Yorkville Park” and “World War II Memorial.” Designed Landscape Forum 1. 1998.
Ashcraft, Michael. “Designing Iowan.” The Des Moines Register. September 6, 1998.
Kirkwood, Niall, “The Art of Landscape Detail: Fundamentals, Practices and Case Studies” John Wiley and Sons. 1998
Guy, Catherine. “Landscape Architect Plants Ideas” The Leader. September 27, 2000.
Conan, Michel. “Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture”, 2000.
Antonini, Maria Chiara. “Con Gli Occhi Dell’ America.” Architectural Digest, Edizione Italiana. Luglio 2001.
School of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition Catalog. “Spring Exhibit.” American Academy in Rome. 2001.
Banti, Sara. “Mostre.” Casamica, Numero 5, con Amica. n. 21 del 23/5/2001.
Tate, Alan. “Great City Parks” Spon Press, 2001.
"Westonbirt 2003 Underway." Garden Design Journal, June/July 2003.
Hedge, Geoffrey. "Contemporary Style in a Woodland Setting." Gloucestershire Echo, June 6, 2003.
David Meyer
Publications "Stealing Beauty", Bath Chronicle, June 6, 2003.
Donald, Caroline, “Daring to be Different.” The London Times, June 15, 2003.
"Rethink your Garden with Contemporary Materials." Stroud News and Journal, June 18, 2003.
Richardson, Tim. “Plunge into the Trails of the Unexpected.” The Daily Telegraph, July 12, 2003.
Louie, Elaine. “In the Cotswolds, A ‘Snake in the Grass’ and Other Aesthetics.” The New York Times, July 24, 2003.
Bradshaw, Mandy. "Expect the Unexpected." Cotswold Life, July, 2003.
"Gardener's World -Documentary." British Broadcasting Company (BBC), August 22, 2003.
"Westonbirt Shows the Way." The English Garden, September, 2003.
White, Hazel. "How to Celebrate a Tree." The San Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2003.
"Westonbirt Review." Garden Design Journal, October/November, 2003.
Sullivan, Chip. "Drawing the Landscape." John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004.
Society of Fellows News, American Academy in Rome, Spring 2004.
Krasne, Alexandria, "Vietnamese Garden", Viet Heritage Society Quarterly Newsletter, 2004
Perez, Luis, "Memorial Finalists Eyed", Newsday, July 20, 2005.
El Jardin en la Argentina, Augosto, 2005.
El Jardin en la Argentina, "Paisajismo internacional", Septiembre, 2005.
Brenneman, Richard. “Plans unveiled for Gourmet Ghetto Plaza, October 3, 2006.
Puchall, Lauri. “Common Ground: The controversy over the North Shattuck Plaza shows how, in Berkeley, designing public space is a public process”, April, 2007.
Benefield, Kerry. “A Plaza with Pizazz”, The Press Democrat, August 28, 2007.
Dulin, Michael, “Focus on the Center: Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square Competition”, Competitions, Winter 2007/2008.
Meyer, David. “Limelight: Honoring a Hero’s Tree at England’s National Arboretum”, Berkeley Environmental Design Frameworks - Emerging Forms, Spring 2008.
Gardens Illustrated, “In Praise of Conceptual Gardens”, October, 2008.
Richardson, Tim. “Avant Gardeners”, Thames and Hudson, 2008.
Landscape, “Limelight – Celebrating a Champion Tree”, January, 2009.
Jost, Daniel, “There’s No Place like Rome” Landscape Architecture. September 2009.
David Meyer
Publications Lam, George, “Ideas and Concepts – Landscape Architecture, Pace Publishing, 2009.
Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, “Limelight”, October – December, 2009.
Rihan, Xing, “Public Landscape”, H. K. Rihan International Culture Spread Ltd., 2010.
Landscape World, Vol. 42, “Landscape Architecture Environment Design, Choseok & Archiworld, 2011.
Landezine, “Presenting Contemporary Landscape Architecture Works”, January, 2011.
Ground Up 01, “Landscapes of Uncertainty”, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2012.
Global Sustainable Landscape Masterpieces, Eco Landscape Today – Volume 2, Dopress Books, 2012.
Amoroso, Nadia. “Digital Landscape Architecture Now”, Thames and Hudson, 2012.
Global Design Trends in Landscape, “ThinkArchit” Group, Architecture and Landscape, The Architecture Brank Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, 2011.
World Landscape Architecture, Volume 11, WLA Magazine, 2013.
The Atlas of World Landscape Architecture, Braun Publishing AG, 2013.
Danzhi, Weng, “Breathing and Living Wall”, Artpower International Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014
World Landscape Architecture, Volume 11, Small, WLA Magazine, 2014.
Jia, Song, “Public Landscapes”, Artpower International Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014
Hunt, John Dixon. “Historical Gound: The Role of History in Contemporary Landscape Architecture”, Routledge, February 13th, 2014.
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