2023 Class of Fellows, David Koga, Idaho/Montana Chapter
The Land Group, Eagle, ID
For forty years, David Koga's enviable professional practice, remarkable for its breadth and high quality, has transformed places through a deep understanding of the broad natural and cultural contexts. Throughout his career, David has been an advocate for and innovator in landscape architecture, from his successful efforts to authorize landscape architects to design and stamp grading plans, to his leadership as the principal and lead consultant on complex multidisciplinary teams. His legacy will continue to define the Intermountain West's future through the people he has connected with, the places he has created, the company he envisioned, and the impact he has had on the profession, including his mentorship for current and future landscape architects. His projects include: Barber Valley Master Plan, Barber Station Mixed-Use Community and Marianne Williams Park, Boise, ID, a mixed-use master plan that addressed the site's pre-design condition which included polluted industrial settling ponds, a degraded side channel, highly erosive land cover, and spotty riparian vegetation along the Boise River; Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve, Boise, ID, a biophilic design for a 54-acre reserve that repurposes a former gravel pit into a functional, aesthetic, and educational jewel in an underserved community; and Old Boise Placemaking Projects, Boise, ID, a multi-phase project addressing the utilitarian spaces of Boise's alleys with a combination of green stormwater infrastructure and placemaking elements.
