Ron Lutsko, FASLA

Lutsko Associates Landscape, San Francisco
by

Northern California Chapter | Works

x

Northern California Chapter | Works

Ron Lutsko is a trailblazer in the West Coast landscape architecture community, where his passion for sustainable horticulture and the agrarian landscapes of California is evident in the many ecologically minded and beautifully detailed outdoor spaces he has designed since he began his practice 40 years ago. Ron's work is a powerful inspiration to others through its unique synthesis of elegant aesthetics, exquisite craft, and painterly use of native and drought tolerant plant materials. An abiding respect for ecological systems, sustainability, and the agency of conceptual art supports his firm's integrative design philosophy as evidenced in their residential, commercial, civic, and institutional landscape designs around the world. Among the firm's award-winning projects are: Kua Bay Residence, Kua Bay, HI-a residence on Hawaii's dry, volcanic Kona shore with indoor-outdoor living spaces that trace a landscape from mountain to ocean; UC Davis Arboretum GATEway Garden, Davis, CA-a public garden that combines natural beauty and contemporary design and provides an immersive experience of the lost landscapes of the Central Valley; and Law Winery, Paso Robles, CA-the landscape successfully marries contemporary architecture to its natural locale on a hilltop above the Salinas Valley. Ron's forward-thinking interests in agriculture, land restoration, public spaces, and private gardens have influenced a generation of California landscape architects.