Bonnie Fisher
| Bonnie Fisher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Blythe, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of California at Los Angeles University of California at Berkeley Harvard University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | ROMA Design Group |
| Projects |
Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Washington, D.C. San Francisco Waterfront, Mid Embarcadero |
Bonnie Fisher FASLA, LEED AP (born c. 1951)[1] is a Landscape Architect and Principal of ROMA Design Group, a San Francisco-based interdisciplinary firm focused on infill development and the design of the public realm.[1]
Biography
Fisher is a California native, born into a family with a long-term interest in water and land issues. Fisher is also the great-grand daughter of City Beautiful advocate, Dana Webster Bartlett and the University of Southern California Fisher Museum founder, Elizabeth Holmes Fisher.[2]
Fisher grew up on a third generation farm along the Colorado River in Blythe, California and was educated in forestry, environmental planning and landscape architecture at the University of California and Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Fisher was educated at the University of California at Los Angeles, University of California at Berkeley, and at Harvard University. She is a registered Landscape Architect in California and Texas and a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects.[3][4]
In the 1980s Bonnie and her husband Boris Dramov became Principals of ROMA Design Group, establishing the firm’s current interdisciplinary practice and its focus on infill development and the design of the public realm.
Works
With ROMA Design Group, Fisher played an important role in the planning and design of the San Francisco Waterfront, including the planning for the South Beach neighborhood, the Embarcadero Boulevard, the Mid-Embarcadero Transportation Open Space Project, the Downtown Ferry Terminal Project and Pier 7.
Bonnie was the principal landscape designer for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C (2011)[1] and the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California.
In 2008, Fisher participated in the site design for the Slow Food Nation event at Fort Mason.[5]
Boards
- Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) [6]
- Drew School, San Francisco
- Museum for Art and Technology at Yerba Buena Center (Zeum)
- Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for University of California at Merced
Writings
- Waterfront Design Chapter, Remaking the Urban Waterfront Urban Land Institute, 2004 [7]
Others
- Partners for Livable Communities, Investors in America Award
- Congress of New Urbanism Jury Member
- National and State Design Awards, American Society of Landscape Architects
- National Planning and Design Awards, Congress of New Urbanism
- Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, Urban Land Use Institute
- J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, Urban Land Institute
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Siler, Julie (October 9, 2012). "Making a Man Into a Monument". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- ↑ USC Trojan Family, Elizabeth Holmes Fisher
- ↑ American Society of Landscape Architects
- ↑ Landscape Online
- ↑ Slow Food Nation '08
- ↑ CUESA Board of Directors
- ↑ Remaking the Urban Waterfront