We are an optimistic and insatiably curious team with a portfolio that spans multiple sectors and typologies. BASE is a Woman & Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (WMBE) and a Local Business Enterprise (LBE) in San Francisco, with another office in beautiful Portland, Oregon.
People
BASE is a full service landscape architecture firm with a wide range of expertise.
Our services include:
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Design documentation from concept through construction documentation
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Master planning
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Bilingual community facilitation
Sectors of Expertise
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Parks and playgrounds
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Schools and campus design
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Green roof / ecoroof design
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Pollinator gardens
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Museums and interpretive centers
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Residential design - single and multifamily
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Hospitality and retreat centers
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Healing gardens
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Streetscapes
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Pop-up parks and temporary landscape interventions
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Stormwater management and green infrastructure
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Landscapes responsive to climate disruption
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Permaculture
Services
BASE is a full service landscape architecture firm with a wide range of expertise.
Our services include:
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Design documentation from concept through construction documentation
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Master planning
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Bilingual community facilitation
Sustainability
Ecology
Parks
Green Roof/Ecoroof Design
Pollinator Gardens
Residential Design
Hospitality
Retreat Centers
Healing Gardens
Streetscape
Pop-up Parks
Temporary Interventions
Stormwater Management
Green Infrastructure
Climate Adaptation
Permaculture
Community Engagement
Stakeholder Outreach
Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder Facilitation
Education
Play
Playground
Schools and Campus Design
Museums
Interpretative Centers
News / Awards / Press
Selected Client List
Non-Profits & Cultural Institutions
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Ecotrust
Resilient by Design
One Tam Alliance
Children’s Museum of Sonoma
Parklab
Santa Monica Mountains Fund
Chesapeake Conservancy
Corporate + Developers
Mission Bay Development Group
Mozilla
Marriott
CIM
Bishop Ranch
Ethos Development
Renaissance Homes
BH Development
Meriwether Condominiums
Municipalities & Agencies
City of San Francisco, CA
City of Milpitas, CA
Walnut Creek Downtown Association
City of Felton, CA
City of San Leandro, CA
US Department of Veteran Affairs
National Park Service
US Forest Service
Schools & School Districts
San Francisco Unified School District
Sequoia Unified School District
Milpitas Unified School District
French American International School of SFGerman Int'l School of Silicon Valley
Gardner Bullis School
Hospitality
Aramark
21st Amendment Brewery
Drake's Brewing Company
Bumble Cafe
Chow Cafe
Sunflower Caffe
ASLA AWARD
2018
The Dolores Pollinator Boulevard was selected for the Honor Award in the Student Community Service category of the 2018 ASLA Student Awards.
ASLA NCC AWARD
2015
BASE received two NCC ASLA awards: 1) An Honor Award in the Planning, Research, Analysis, and Communications Category for the El Monte Urban Agriculture Initiative Program. 2) A Merit Award in the Parks, Recreation, Trials, and Open Spaces Category for the Children's Museum of Sonoma County.
ASLA AWARD
2016
BASE received an Honor Award in Communications from the American Society of Landscape Architects for our work on the Roving Ranger and LA Ranger Troca.
Let'sPlaySF
2018
BASE was selected to advance to the second round of San Francisco's Let'sPlaySF Initiative. This public/private partnership between the SF Recreation & Parks Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance will renovate 13 of the city's most deserving playgrounds.
Portland Monthly
2017
BASE landed in Portland Monthly Magazine's Trophy Case of winning finds for the design and fabrication of the One Tam Roving Ranger. "Is a Bull Run bread truck next?" they ask. Let's hope so!
SXSW ECO
2015
The Redd on Salmon Street was recognized as the winning project in the Place by Design Resilience category at SXSW Eco. BASE's work to weave stories of Portland's culture of regional food into the designed landscape of this two-block campus is ongoing.
Resilient by Design
2017
Grappling with the risks of global climate disruption is the challenge of our time. BASE led the research phase for the Permaculture and Social Equity Team, one of only ten global teams to be selected to provide a research-based blueprint for resilience to address sea-level rise in the Bay Area.
SF BEAUTIFUL
2016
The Dolores Pollinator Boulevard was honored with an award from SF Beautiful, a nonprofit whose mission since 1947 has been to advocate for civic beauty, neighborhood character, and accessible public art for all in San Francisco.
ASLA AWARD
2011
BASE's Patricia Algara was the faculty advisor to a team of UC Berkeley Extension landscape architecture students, whose project, Extended Landscape, won an Honor Award in the Communications category from the American Society of Landscape Architects.