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Jeremy moved to Cambridge in 2008 after receiving his BLA from the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. He is currently project manager for several residential and institutional projects throughout the country, as well as project designer for ongoing work at Baton Rouge’s Galvez Plaza. Jeremy’s previous work experience includes the Office of James Burnett and a substantial tenure at Hargreaves Associates, serving as project designer and manager for Crescent Park and Cumberland Park.

Natalie Yates is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design. Yates’s scholarly work focuses on the intersections between transitional environments, evolving technology, and adaptable human experience. Her research interests are centered on blending traditional and cutting-edge representation techniques, developing new methods for geographic information systems (GIS) at the site scale, and the use and implications of sensory devices and pervasive technology on perceived spaces. Prior to joining the faculty at Washington University, Yates was a research fellow in the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio. She has published research at the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) National Conference and coauthored Modeling the Environment: Techniques and Tools for the 3D Illustration of Dynamic Landscapes (Wiley, 2012). Yates received a Master of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 2008.

Chip Trageser is a registered landscape architect with more than 20 years of professional experience. As a principal at the Office of James Burnett in Houston, Texas, he is responsible for various healthcare, academic, and corporate campus projects and design and operations for the Houston office. His projects include the design of Halliburton’s Northbelt and Oakpark campuses in Houston, Boeing Regional Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, and Baylor University’s Fountain Mall redevelopment in Waco, Texas. Trageser is an active member of the Houston design community and a member of the Rice Design Alliance. He received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1990.

William Tietje has been an essential member of the Michael Van Valkenburgh team since 2011. He has been a key contributor on the design team for the Princeton Arts and Transit Neighborhood Project at Princeton University. Tietje has also worked on the design development of the Tulsa Riverfront Project, overseeing large site utilities coordination and overall earthwork grading. He received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 2011.

George Stanziale is a senior vice president and director of the Design Studio at Stewart, an engineering, design, and planning firm with locations in Raleigh, Durham, and Charlotte, North Carolina. As director of the Design Studio, he is responsible for the marketing and development of significant and unique projects in the areas of higher education, healthcare, mixed-use, corporate, commercial, and park design. Stanziale was a co-founder of HadenStanziale and has built his reputation on the design and implementation of complex projects for public, private, university, and medical center clients. He is based in the Raleigh office of Stewart and oversees the Durham office. He received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1976.

Seth Rodewald-Bates joined Spackman Mossop Michaels in New Orleans in July 2014 after working for eight years as an associate with Newton Landscape Group, a design-build firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Prior to working in South Louisiana, Seth worked for Sasaki Associates in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinatiin Marfa, Texas. Seth has also taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at Stephen F. Austin State University, Boston Architectural College, LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, and Tulane’s School of Architecture. He received a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, magna cum laude, from Stephen F. Austin State University and, in 2005, a Master of Landscape Architecture from the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. He is licensed to practice landscape architecture in Mississippi and Louisiana.

In 2014, Seth and his wife, Elisabeth Davies, built and moved into their new home—made out of two, four-ton shipping containers—in Uptown New Orleans. Years ago, Seth’s interest in container architecture was piqued during a graduate studio at RRSLA that looked at industrial canals and shipping in New Orleans. Read more about Seth in the March 2015 Alumni Spotlight.

Seth’s Portfolio

Margaret Robinson has more than 26 years of planning, urban design, and landscape architecture experience in Texas, California, and abroad. Her particular expertise is in large-scale project management, land planning, and development processing. Prior to founding Asakura Robinson Company, Robinson served as planning director for Richfield Investment Corp’s 10,000-acre area holdings. She also held a principal position at M2L Associates, was a senior associate at SLA Studio Land Inc. in Houston, and an associate at EDAW in Irvine, California. In 2004, Robinson and Keiji Asakura founded Asakura Robinson Company in Houston, Texas, and the firm has quickly grown in reputation for notable civic and development commissions. Robinson held leadership roles for the Gene Green Regional Park project for Harris County Precinct Two as well as the Urban Corridor Planning pedestrian realm recommendations for six METRO Guided Rail Transit Lines. Robinson received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1982.

Margaret’s Portfolio

James “Jim” Richards is a national award-winning designer, author, and educator whose work has creatively spanned landscape architecture, town planning, and urban design for 35 years on projects in 17 states. Richards is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is also a cofounder and principal of TOWNSCAPE, Inc., an urban design consultancy with offices in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and Vancouver, Canada, where he creates plans for downtown revitalizations, new town centers, urban villages, transportation corridors, and transit-oriented developments. Richards serves on the Board of Directors and as a blog correspondent for Urban Sketchers, an international nonprofit organization that teaches and promotes on-location sketching across disciplines and around the globe. His book, Freehand Drawing and Discovery: Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers (Wiley, 2013), won an ASLA Honor Award in 2014. Richards is also a recipient of the ASLA Bradford Williams Medal. Richards received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1978.

In 1993 Doug Reed, FASLA, founded Reed Hilderbrand in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he has shared design direction with Gary Hilderbrand since 1997. His role as a founding board member and co-chair of the Cultural Landscape Foundation affords him a platform for leadership in national debates that frame landscape architecture’s role in preserving and amplifying design heritage. The Architectural League of New York recognized Reed and Hilderbrand in their Emerging Voices program, an honor bestowed on firms with distinctive voices that have the potential to influence the design fields. Reed has served two terms as the landscape architect representative on the Design Review Board at Ohio State University. He received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1978 and is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 2012 he enjoyed the great fortune of a residency at the American Academy in Rome.

Tim Orlando received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1983. Orlando is an established practitioner currently working as a senior associate at Sawyer|Berson in New York City. He has worked on high-end residential townhouse and terrace projects in Manhattan and beachfront estates in the Hamptons. Select projects outside of New York include the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art, a neoclassical garden in Old Metairie, and a waterfront villa in the British Virgin Islands. Since his relocation to New York City from New Orleans in the summer of 1985, Orlando was first involved with the design and construction management of several park projects throughout the city. During the course of his professional career, he has received two design awards from the New York City Art Commission and three design awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects for individual and collaborative work. Orlando maintains licensure in New York and Louisiana, and is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the International Federation of Landscape Architects.