Firm: Loam, LLC, Minneapolis

ASLA Election Year: 2017

Category: Leadership/Management

Bruce Chamberlain, of Loam, LLC, received his nomination for 'Leadership/Management' from the Minnesota Chapter. Able to communicate complex issues with skillful clarity, Bruce inspires new ways of thinking about public space and urban form. His sincerity and enthusiasm for community building and respect for diverse opinions allow him to achieve consensus on difficult and contentious issues of public space. Within and beyond the profession of landscape architecture, he transformed the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. In private practice he has leveraged his professional experience and public stature to drive urban initiatives from vision to implementation. He blends the long-term vision of a landscape architect with the emotional empathy of a mentor, consistently engaging decision makers and the public in the enhancement of community quality of life.