Firm: SWA Group, Sausalito, Calif.

ASLA Election Year: 2017

Category: Works

Hui-Li Lee, of SWA Group, received her nomination for "Works' from the Northern California Chapter. Hui-Li commands a sense of scale and exceptional site planning skills, keen intuition, a deep understanding of contemporary landscape ecology and urban issues, and the ability to analyze the unique attributes of specific project sites. Early in her career she concentrated on landscapes for urban plazas, mixed-use spaces, and office buildings. She now focuses on the large-scale urban renewal opportunities now beckoning in China. With this change of scale and purpose she addresses the urgent need for new and repaired infrastructure. She is an ideal advocate who strives to resurrect the invisible, nearly forgotten natural systems now so greatly at risk.