RPA Landscape Architecture, Inc.
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

RPA, established in 1975, is led by principal Richard Price, ASLA. Projects throughout the Southwest include hotel renovations for Disney, the Park Towers high-rise rooftop project in Las Vegas and City Place, a large multiuse urban redevelopment project in Long Beach. Unique projects include a 1,100 ft. long natural wall on Pacific Coast Highway in San Clemente, a museum quality Ming Dynasty estate and a 122-acre residence in Beverley Hills.

Lakeview Business Center, Phase I, Spectrum 3, Irvine, Calif.
This 2-phase 30-acre business park in Irvine won a Grand Gold Nugget Award and a NAIOP National Honor Award. The vehicular drive isle that links the project entrances, central auto courts and pedestrian plazas, forms a strong axial design. Geological formations were duplicated to form the lakes. A formal water element is centered within an amphitheater, forming the terminus of major pedestrian walkways. RPA scope of work addressed all pedestrian and vehicular accent paving, plaza and site lighting coordination, site furnishings, design of lakes and water elements, and coordination of grading and drainage with the consultant team.

Paradise Canyon Golf Course Homes Entry, Summerlin, Las Vegas
This private community of single-family desert homes is on the prestigious TPC Golf Course in Summerlin. The Paradise Canyon entry has security gates, guardhouse, a community center and a recreation center. The design includes a swimming pool and spa with a series of waterfalls and geological rock formations throughout the community center. The project was designed as a “desert oasis” with a Scottsdale, Arizona design concept. The scope of landscape architectural services included all entry walls, gates, hardscape, pool, spa, water elements, water feature, fencing, mailboxes and coordination of grading and drainage.

CityPlace, Long Beach, Calif.
CityPlace is an urban retail development of eight city blocks on the former site of Long Beach Plaza. CityPlace features approximately 475,000 square feet of retail space, plus 258 rental units and 70 loft condominiums. RPA’s scope of services included design through field/construction phases, hardscape, streetscape, site furniture and “Green Screen” for all streetscapes, plaza areas, housing projects and retail areas.

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