May 15 marks the deadline for four different kinds of scholarships grants offered landscape architects from the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF). As one of its major goals, LAF has developed the following scholarship programs to assist practicing professionals seeking to advance their knowledge and career status through continuing education: the Harriett Barnhart Wimmer Scholarship; the Lester Walls 1ll Endowment Scholarship; the LAF Student Research Grants; and The Raymond E. Page Scholarship Fund.
Each of these scholarships have different requirements and offer from $500 to $1000 awards. The Harriett Barnhart Wimmer Scholarship is awarded to a woman in her final year of undergraduate studies in landscape architecture. Applicants should call Wimmer, Yamada & Associates in San Diego, California at (619) 232-4004 for details. The disabled will qualify for the Lester Walls l1l Endowment and should call Courtland P. Paul, FASLA of The Peridian Group in Irvine, California at (714) 261-5120. The LAF Student Research Grants are considered for either undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in a professional degree program in landscape architecture. Call (202) 223-6229, in Washington D.C. for more information. Also for the undergraduate or graduate student in need of financial assistance, “regardless of scholastic ability” is the Raymond E. Page Fund, which can be reached at (202) 223-6229.
At the Twelfth Annual Concrete Industry Paving Awards Luncheon recently, Sullivan Concrete Textures of Costa Mesa, California was honored for its work on a private street in nearby Orange. Sullivan Concrete, honored by the concrete industry for the past nine years, also installs Bomanite, a concrete process that produces the texture and appearance of brick, cobblestone, tile, slate and other surfaces.
Several years ago it was very uncommon to find a “woman” in landscape architecture. The industry was started by the male species and naturally controlled by them.
The ladies didn’t wait for the so called women’s liberation to make their presence known in landscape architecture. There were several who took their purse in hand, paid the tuition and began their assault on the industry. Pursuing their chosen field, they were still in an uncertain position as to whether they would be accepted as qualified even with the same degree as the males.
As they made their way into the field they found most positions with the well-established firms were in a more or less support capacity.
With perseverance to their life ambitions, it did not take long for all to realize the contributions that were to be made, and in a relatively short period of time. In 1983 as George Schmok and I were developing the National Interior Landscape Expo for the landscape architect, it became apparent that the ladies had not only been accepted, but had attained a leadership role. Of 11 chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects who we contacted to assist in developing the show, we found eight chapter presidents or president elect were women. It became apparent very quickly to me why. Every one of these ladies were 100 percent behind our show and anything that would promote the education and development of Landscape Architecture.
Ladies, WE SALUTE YOU.
The Florida Irrigation Supply, Inc. has been named the exclusive distributor for Rain Bird’s line of golf course irrigation products in Northern and Northeastern Florida. The 11-year-old business is a full-service supplier of all types of irrigation; equipment and pumping systems to golf courses, contractors, institutions, and end users. The company’s two Northern Florida branches are in Jacksonville and Gainesville.
In keeping with the public’s idea of what Southern California is?EUR??,,????'??+with palm trees, fountains and whimsical sculptures, Sullivan Concrete of Costa Mesa will help complete a fantasy theme for Plaza Alicante, a lavish new 400-room hotel and office complex in Garden Grove. The company has signed a contract in excess of $600,000 with Huntcor, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona to provide about 100,000 square feet of imprinted Bomanite paving. At the request of the SWA Group of Laguna Beach, California the master planners and landscape architects for the plaza, Sullivan Concrete Textures has created a pattern that resembles the beachfront walk of the Copa Cabana in Rio de Janeiro. The continuous swirl pattern in charcoal and oyster white was selected to create continuity between the interior and exterior environments.
Following the linear plaza design of the land plan, the Bomanite paving will span the entire outside length between the hotel and office building. The imprinted concrete process will also be found in the 15-story atrium, which faces the plaza and connects the two buildings.
