Veterans Day was even more special for our Bernardo Wills Architects design team, as we got to celebrate the redesign and rededication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Riverfront Park.
From the Spokane Journal of Business – learn more about the story of the City of Sandpoint’s comprehensive parks and recreation master plan and how it led to the rejuvenation of War Memorial Field.
More from the University of Idaho! The Bernardo Wills Architects landscape architecture team supported the University’s efforts to make improvements to 7th Street as it runs through campus. This project sought to create a more pedestrian-friendly corridor and a better access point to the Pittman Center, where campus tours originate. These improvements allow the University to put its best foot forward in recruiting new students, showcasing the campus’ natural beauty and character.
Our landscape architecture team carries a diverse array of projects in both the public and private sectors. On the public side, they are currently managing multiple parks and recreation master plans, waterfront park designs, pedestrian trails, higher education plaza design and construction administration, athletic fields, and state hospital site planning. On the private development side, the landscape architecture team plays a crucial role in developing multi-family site plans, supporting the architecture team, and bringing the most efficient site plan to the client. They are also currently working on financial services and retail landscape architecture.
The Festival at Sandpoint returns this year with an amazing lineup and a new field. During the Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Master Plan process, artificial turf was considered to ensure safety for athletes and a longer season of play. However, we had to ensure that the Festival at Sandpoint could still utilize the field for their needs. As the Bernardo Wills Architects landscape architecture team designed the War Memorial Field improvements, a special anchor system was placed under the turf to support the iconic festival tent. Additionally, designers planned for the increased pedestrian traffic and semi-truck access. Check out these photos from set up last week. The best part is that when the Festival ends, kids and teams will be able to practice the very next day with little disruption.
Our team of professionally licensed landscape architects is the largest landscape architecture group in Spokane, and has served public works and private sector client in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years. Project types we excel at include: parks and recreation, trail design, streetscapes, plazas, sports facilities, university campuses, master planning, and architectural landscapes that contribute to a “Sense of Place” within its context or community. The benefits of having a landscape architecture team in-house include valuable expertise in site planning for our architectural projects, in-house collaboration throughout design and construction, and enriched aesthetics, sustainability, and function of the projects we design.
Today is the day! We can’t wait to meet you at today’s Grand Opening of the Ice Age Floods Playground in Spokane Riverfront Park. Come find the Bernardo Wills Architects table for a coloring contest pack, and to learn about the design. We are honored to share this day with the Spokane community and know this will be a wonderful gathering place for many years to come.
Ages 18 and under are invited to participate in a coloring contest of the Ice Age Floods Playground for entry into the skateboard giveaway! Return coloring sheets to the Bernardo Wills Architects booth at the playground on opening day, or drop the sheet off at our office in Downtown Spokane. The winner will be selected Friday, May 28, and notified by phone. See you there!
Throughout the 1990s, Bernardo Wills Architects worked on a series of projects for Spokane Public Schools to rehabilitate and renovate their high school athletic facilities.
One of our landscape architects got to visit the University of Idaho last week and see our 7th Street Improvement project. It is still awaiting final completion but looked great with the plum trees in bloom. The goal of this project was to create a pedestrian mall here on 7th Street, which is the beginning of campus tours, and match the branding and character of the rest of the campus. Go, Vandals!
