ASSOCIATE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
MAKI ELIZABETH BOYLE, ASLA
Maki E. Boyle, has been with the firm since Fall, 2013 after completing
a MLA at the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds a B.S. in
Landscape Architecture from Cornell University with a Concentration in
Architecture. Mrs. Boyle has eight plus years of experience in Landscape
Architecture and Project Development. She has successfully managed a
variety of complex public and private projects at all levels of design and
construction.
REGISTRATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Registered Landscape Architect,
California, License No. 5604
• JOHN NORTHMORE ROBERTS & ASSOCIATES: 2013 – Present
Landscape Architect. Conceptual planning and design, construction documents, construction administrative and community outreach.
EDUCATION
• INYO NATIONAL FOREST, USDA FOREST SERVICE: 2009-2013. Landscape Architect. Provided project and program management including Federal, State,
County and local stakeholder coordination, site analysis, conceptual planning and design,
design development, contract documentation, contract administration and inspection.
Interdisciplinary Team Leader for Environmental Assessments required by NEPA.
Master of Landscape Architecture,
College of Environmental Design
U.C. Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Science,
Landscape Architecture Degree,
Agriculture & Life Sciences
Cornell University, NY
Concentration in Architecture,
Art, Architecture & Planning
Cornell University, NY
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Society of Landscape
Architects (ASLA)
• SUZMAN & COLE DESIGN ASSOCIATES: 2006 - 2007
Job Captain. Provided conceptual planning and design, design development, contract documentation and contract negotiations for residential gardens.
• HART HOWERTON: 2005 - 2006
Landscape Designer. Assisted Project Managers with conceptual planning and design, design
development, contract documentation for large scale master plans, spa and resort design,
residential gardens and estates.
• MPA DESIGN: 2004 - 2005
Junior Landscape Designer. Assisted Principals with conceptual planning and design, design
development, contract documentation and contract negotiations for corporate and medical
campuses and for Doyle Drive.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS (Project Manager/Lead)
• MILLER KNOX REGIONAL SHORELINE PARK, East Bay Regional Parks District, Richmond,
CA: Conceptual design alternatives in support of the Lagoon Enhancement & Feasibility
Study.
• DWIGHT REGENT HOUSING, Gordon Commercial Realestate Services, Berkeley, CA:
Construction documents for five-unit housing compound with common gardens. Historic
building preservation project.
• BALD MOUNTAIN STAGING AREA, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Santa Clara
County, CA: Construction documents for new 28 car parking lot and trail staging area.
• CLOUD HALL RENOVATION, GREEN GULCH FARM, Muir Beach, CA: site development and
accessibility improvement in support of renovated residence hall and new program facility at
rural San Francisco Zen Center Community.
Work completed elsewhere
• INTER-AGENCY VISITOR CENTER, Lone Pine, CA: Coordination of multiple agencies with
the Forest Service. Design Development, Contract Documents, and Contract Administration
and Inspection.
• MONO LAKE VISITOR CENTER, Lee Vining, CA: Inspector with responsibility for the repaving of a parking lot and concrete pathways.
SELECT RECENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE, continued:
• SCHULMAN GROVE VISITOR CENTER, White Mountains, CA: Conceptual landscape design and coordination with an A&E firm
awarded the design-build contract.
• WHITE MOUNTAIN VISITOR CENTER, Bishop, CA: Prepared site plans and oversaw the installation of landscape drainage amendments.
• HOT CREEK INTERPRETIVE SITE, Mammoth Lakes, CA: Interdisciplinary Team Leader for the Environmental Assessment as required by NEPA, working directly with the District Ranger. Prepared the site analysis, site master plan and recommendations.
• MINARET FALLS CAMPGROUND, Reds Meadow, CA: Prepared a site master plan and oversaw the installation of amendments by
the Friends of the Inyo volunteer group.
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT DESIGN GUIDE FOR THE INYO NATIONAL FOREST: Provided a design guideline for the constructed elements of the forest that endeavored to create a stronger unified identity as well as provided current industry standards accessible
to all levels of management while maintaining a high standard for ecological sensitivity. Completed for a Master of Landscape
Architecture at U.C. Berkeley.
• COLOR PALETTE GUIDELINES: Designed a guide that served as a reference for both North and South Districts on the Inyo National
Forest by providing pre-approved paint colors for all recreation residences as well as district offices and other built structures.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• U.C. BERKELEY EXTENSION, Landscape Architecture: 2014-Present
Instructor/Lecturer. AutoCAD teacher. Lecturer in Introduction to Landscape Architecture.
• U.C. BERKELEY, Department of Landscape Architecture: 2012–2013
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). Teaching assistant for an undergraduate course in drawing, a graduate landscape design studio,
and a cultural landscape course.
AWARDS / HONORS
• Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department Fellowship, U.C.Berkeley, 2011-2013
• U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Spot Award for Excellence in the coordination & completion of the Eastern Sierra Interagency Native Plant
Interpretive Garden Design & Contract Package, 2009
• Photo Exhibit ‘Rome’, Cornell University, 2003
• Published ‘Stepping Stones’ Housing Competition, Landscape Architecture Department brochure, 2002
• First Place, Studio Competition in Landscape Architecture, Cornell University, 2001
• Diagrammatic Study Villa Del’Ava, Cornell’s LA newsletter, 2001
• Lazarus Leadership Fellow and Hope Program Coordinator, 1998