A Perfect Time of Year To Say Thanks

We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving full of joy shared with your families
and friends. Today we want to say thank you in appreciation of your business,
trust and loyalty with us.

—McCullough Landscape Architecture

This beautiful holiday image was taken of our project at La Plaza
retail center on Girard and Wall Street in La Jolla.

Is Bigger Really Better?

David McCullough gives his perspective on a new paradigm for convention centers

David is a frequent contributor to UrbDeZine San Diego, recently wrote a provocative perspective on how San Diego’s convention center should set the pace for the future of convention centers around the country.

“Earlier this year, a hosted panel of local decision makers was brought together to discuss the future of San Diego. Much of the conversation was around the convention center expansion. If you’ve been following the local news, you’ve noticed much of the dialog is about the benefits of a larger meeting space. The conversation is often about the need for more space to keep Comic-Con in San Diego or the heavy regional impact, the tax revenues, or the attention it all brings to our city…”

MLA Hires the Best-in-Class Designer

McCullough Landscape Architecture, which provides the highest-quality landscape planning and design, recently announced the appointment of Priyanka Malik to the role of Associate Landscape Designer. With a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture and the recipient of the Excellence Award in Design Implementation and Technology from the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture at LSU, Priyanka comes to us with extensive experience in designing for large hospitality projects.

"I see myself working towards establishing ecological connections in a built habitat to create an environmentally healthy space."

Her personal vision aligns with our mission to create user-oriented, sophisticated and environmentally sustainable projects. Catherine McCullough, President and CEO agrees: “We are excited to have Priyanka join our family. Her joy and passion for creating aesthetic landscapes will complement our collaborative approach to design.”

In her spare time, Priyanka practices yoga and is an abstract painter...and if you’re lucky, you might catch her singing in the car while driving. Help us welcome Priyanka by stopping by our downtown East Village office to say hello.

Building a Better San Diego

Defining a Vision for Our City

We, David and Catherine, were thrilled to join Our City San Diego's July roundtable on "How To Build A Better San Diego." A gathering of the most progressive developers and designers tackled some of our region's biggest challenges and proposed solutions to improve our city’s built environment.

"The potential for San Diego could be unbelievable," said David McCullough, who pushed for lifting regulatory delays. Elyse W. Lowe, of the city's Project Submittal and Management Division, noted “2015 building permits were up 20% from 2014, and addressing these delays will create space for new designs and innovation."  Some of the other road signs indicating a direction forward included: removing building height limits of 30 feet west of I-5, educating the general public and roof decks in North Park.

There are certainly sunnier skies ahead for San Diego's built environment as the roundtable participants take action rather than talk about the issues. Our design philosophy at MLA is dedicated to making spaces liveable, useable, friendly and beautiful throughout all of San Diego. Mike Burnett of FoundationForForm Architecture & Development stated, "I've been taking it upon myself to make an example. One that you can look at and show, versus trying to argue it with other people. I want to use my energies more efficiently and say, 'This is what I'm talking about.' And you can see it and walk through it."

All of us at McCullough Landscape Architecture are looking forward to continuing this conversation in order to realize our city's amazing potential!

You can find further event coverage in the July/August issue of the magazine (page 34).

MLA’s posse rounded-up SMPS’ most wanted!

Howdy partners!

We enjoyed having your wet your whistle and for bein’ such good “wranglers” at the famous SMPS Golf Classic. By showin’ up, you helped Cancer for College while putting your mug out there at the risk of being jailed — WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE.

Check out the rouges gallery and see if you’re one of the MOST WANTED.

PS: If you would like a digital copy of your WANTED photo, email Catherine at catherine@mlasd.com.