FIRM
PROFILE
SLA Land Architects is dedicated to bringing its clients nothing other than the best from the world of Landscape Architecture. By carrying landscape architectural registrations and licenses in Nevada, Arizona, Utah and California; and being CLARB certified, SLA has the capabilities to meet the needs of each client. Our staff, including seven licensed landscape architects, provides each client the most professional landscape design available. Mr. Southwick, SLA's Principal Landscape Architect, has been practicing in the Las Vegas Valley since 1986 and has become familiar with the unique landscape needs of our Southern Nevada environment and community.
We strive to provide versatile designs integrating drought tolerant plant material, creative hardscapes, and efficient irrigation designs. One of our main goals is to provide low maintenance, water efficient and functional designs that are desired by our clients and essential in our Desert Southwest environment. We are members of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) providing energy efficient, sustainable, green designs to our clients. We strive for LEED design standards whether or not certification is requested by the owner.
SERVICES
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Park Design
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Visual Simulations
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Site Cost Estimating
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Trail and Trailhead Design
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Planting Design
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Master Planning
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Land Use Planning
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Site Planning
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Open Space Planning
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Irrigation Design
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Golf Course Design
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Construction Administration
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Construction Documentation
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LEED
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3D Modeling
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Interpretive Signage
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Photoshop Rendering
THE TEAM
Stanton W. Southwick, ASLA, PLA
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
ABA Business Administration
Utah State University, Logan, UT 1983
Registrations: NV #221, AZ #29917, UT #344974
CLARB #2303
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” -Albert Einstein
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We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time." -T. S. Eliot
Joseph D. Vickers, PLA
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Utah State University, Logan, UT 1999
Registrations: NV #638, CA #4977
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"
- Arthur O’Shaughnessy (& Willy Wonka)
Cassaundra Dawes, ASLA, PLA
Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 1995
Registrations: NV #597
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing." - Muhammad Ali
Matt Durham, PLA
Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 2006
Registrations: NV #895
“Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.”
– David Hockney
Caryl Davies, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 1998
LEED AP 2009
Registrations: NV #621, AZ #48669
CLARB #7721
"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life"
- Author Unknown
Cassie Grimes, PLA
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1995
Registrations: NV #584, AZ #43683, UT #6143043- 5301
CLARB #18292
"It’s important to make someone happy, and it’s important to start with yourself."
- Author Unknown
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"Life is not measured by the amount of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away."
- Author Unknown
Justin Van Cleef, PLA
Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 2009
Registrations: NV #992
CLARB #43726
justinvc@slalandarchitects.com
“Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side because it’s artificial.”
- Author Unknown
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2018 Honor Award for Inspirada Fire Station #91 / AIA
2018 Merit Award: Parks & Recreation for Ascaya Clubhouse / NAIOP
2018 Merit Award: Industrial Building Build to Suite Small for CJ Pony Parts / NAIOP
2018 Merit Award: Retail Building for Crate & Barrel in Downtown Summerlin / NAIOP
2018 Merit Award: Office Building for Credit One Bank Corporate Headquarters / NAIOP
2018 Merit Award: Retail Center for Hughes Center II / NAIOP
2018 Works Deal of the Year for Hughes Center II / NAIOP
2018 Merit Award: Public Use - Government for Inspirada Fire Station #91 / NAIOP
2018 Merit Award: Industrial Building Spec Small for Marnell Airport Center MAC 2 & 3 / NAIOP
2017 Landscape Architecture’s Best Unknown Firms / ASLA Professional Practice Networks
2017 Merit Award for Ascaya Streetscape / NVASLA
2017 Merit Award: Health Care for Henderson Hospital / NAIOP
2017 Merit Award: Recreation for Parkdale Community Center / NAIOP
2017 Merit Award: Recreation for Sean's Park / NAIOP
2017 Honor Award: Recreation for Sean's Park / NAIOP
2017 Merit Award for Sean's Park / NVASLA
2016 Spotlight Award: Retail Building for Hughes Center Retail Building / NAIOP
2016 Spotlight Award: Sustainable/Green Building for Konami Gaming Expansion / NAIOP
2016 Best Projects Award: Engineering News-Record Government/Public Building for Parkdale Community Center / ENR Southwest Region
2016 Merit Award: Built Category (CSD) for Parkdale Community Center / AIA
2016 Spotlight Award: Public Use/Government/DOD for RTC Mobility Center / NAIOP
2016 Best Project Award: Engineering News-Record Government/Public Building for RTC Mobility Center / ENR Southwest Region
2016 Citation Award: Built Category (Gensler) for RTC Mobility Center / AIA
2016 Citation Award: Built Category (KGA) for RTC UNLV Transfer Center / AIA
2016 Spotlight Award: Industrial for Thatcher Company of Nevada / NAIOP
2015 Honor Award for Corn Creek Visitors Center / NV ASLA
2015 Spotlight Award: Office Building for EVAPS Professional Law Office / NAIOP
2015 Multi-Family Merit Award for Landsman Gardens / NV ASLA
2015 Spotlight Award: Public Use/Government/DOD for Nevada System of Higher Education, Southern Nevada Headquarters (NSHE) / NAIOP
2014 Multi-Family Merit Award for Vantage Lofts & Apartments / NV ASLA
2014 Second Place for Charlie Frias Park & Detention Basin / SNWA
2013 Project of the Year for Charlie Frias Park & Detention Basin / NV ASLA
2013 Honor Award for Charlie Frias Park & Detention Basin / NV ASLA
2013 Project of the Year for Charlie Frias Park & Detention Basin / APWA
2013 Decorative Concrete Council: Multiple Applications over 5,000 square feet for Reunion Trails Park / DCC to TB Penick
2013 Elmer H. Anderson Park Excellence Award for Reunion Trails Park / Nevada Recreation and Park Society
2013 Award of Excellence for Reunion Trails Park / NV ASLA
2013 First Place Commercial/Industrial for Reunion Trails Park / SNWA
2013 Third Place Commercial/Institutional for Wetlands Pabco Trailhead / SNWA
2013 Environmental Stewardship Award for Wetlands Pabco Trailhead / SNWA
2012 Merit Award for Reunion Trails Park / NV ASLA
2011 Merit Award: Single Family Residential for Alber Residence / NV ASLA
2011 Merit Award: Planning & Analysis for Laughlin Regional Park Master Plan / NV ASLA
2011 Merit Award: Resort for One Las Vegas / NV ASLA
2011 Elmer H. Anderson Park Excellence Award for Sunset Regional Park - Phase I / Nevada Recreation and Park Society
2011 Commercial/Institutional Second Place for Sunset Regional Park - Phase I / SNWA
2011 Award of Excellence for Sunset Regional Park - Phase I / NV ASLA
2011 Merit Award: Trails for Upper Las Vegas Wash Trail Phase I / NV ASLA
2010 Best of 2010 Awards: Government/Public Building for Campos Office Building & Parking Structure
2010 Best of 2010 Awards: Small Project for College of Southern Nevada Fire Station & Instructional Center / SW Contractor
2010 Excellence in Design Award - Architecture Citation Award (Awarded to TSKA) for Henderson North Community Police Station / AIA
2010 National Design-Build Award: Private Sector over $25 Million for Ralph and Betty Engelstad Cancer Research Building (NCI Research Building) / Design Build Institute of America
2010 2000-2010 Decade of Excellence Community Service Award: Best of New Construction & Renovation for Westgate Planet Hollywood Resort / Building America
2009 Merit Award: Parks & Trails for Bradley Bridle Equestrian Park / NV ASLA
2009 Merit Award: Unbuilt for Holy Spirit Catholic Church / NV ASLA
2009 Project of the Year: Transportation Project under $5 Million for Hoover Avenue & Casino Center Boulevard Streetscape Improvements / APWA
2009 Merit Award: Residential for Norellat Residence / NV ASLA
2009 Third Place: Commercial/Institutional Design for Northwest Career & Technical Center / SNWA
2009 Award of Excellence for Northwest Career & Technical Center / NV ASLA
2009 Honor Award: Institutional for Northwest Career & Technical Center / NV ASLA
2009 Best of 2009: Office/Industrial for Nevada Cancer Institute Support Services Building / SW Contractor
2009 Best of 2009: Healthcare for Opportunity Village Englestad Campus Thomas & Mack Employment and Resource Center / SW Contractor
2009 Merit Award: Architecture (awarded to JVC) for Salvation Army Hope Chapel / AIA
2009 Best of 2009: Small Project for Salvation Army Hope Chapel / SW Contractor
2009 Merit Award: Institutional for Salvation Army Chapel / NV ASLA
2008 Third Place: Commercial/Institutional Design for JBA Office Building / SNWA
2008 Third Place: Landscape by a Design Professional for Norellat Residence / SNWA
2008 Multi-Family Design, Award of Merit, Water-Conscious Residential Landscape Design for Otto Meridia Desert Villas / SNWA
2008 Agency Award of Merit: Housing & Community Development for Otto Meridia Desert Villas / NAHRO
2008 Agency Award of Merit: Program Innovation for Affordable Housing for Otto Meridia Desert Villas / NAHRO
2008 Religious Architecture Merit Award for Salvation Army Hope Chapel / Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)
2007 Merit Award: Commercial/Retail/Mixed Use for JBA Office Building / NV ASLA
2007 Honor Award: Residential/Model Homes for Otto Meridia Desert Villas / NV ASLA
2007 Merit Award: Unbuilt for Sunset Regional Park / NV ASLA
2006 Citation Award: Built for CCSN Health Science & Nursing Buildings / AIA
2006 Merit Award: Commercial/Retail for District II / NV ASLA
2006 Citation Award: Interior Environments for Konami Gaming / AIA
2006 First Place: Commercial/Institutional for Summerlin Roundabout / SNWA
2006 Award of Excellence for Summerlin Roundabout / NV ASLA
2005 Merit Award: Institutional for ANC B1, B2, & B3 Office Buildings / NV ASLA
2005 Merit Award: Built for Arbor View High School / AIA
2005 Honor Award: Commercial for District I / NV ASLA
2005 Honor Award: Residential for Legarza Residence / NV ASLA
2005 Merit Award: Parks for Palomar Park / NV ASLA
2005 Merit Award: Parks for Summerlin Roundabout / NV ASLA
2004 Merit Award: Unbuilt for CCSN Health Science & Nursing Buildings / AIA
2003 Merit Award: Built for Alexander Dawson School / AIA
2003 Garden Tour: Best of Show for Chism Residence / People's Choice
2003 Award of Excellence for Chism Residence / NV ASLA
2003 Citation Award: Built for Las Vegas City Hall Expansion / AIA