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Continuing EducationFour decades ago our founder, Dick Chaix, established the concept of an independent fountain consultant. He had a genuine interest in exchanging ideas with industry professionals and fostered an educational approach to working with clients. Following this philosophy, CMS offers courses registered with LA CES that are designed to share the technical and aesthetic experience we've gained through 30 years of designing architectural water features.
Our presentations are typically 35 minutes followed by 15 minutes of Q&A and offer one credit hour of continuing education. The New Aesthetic and Engineering of Water in Landscape Design session is a version of the presentation CMS developed for the 2010 National ASLA Meeting. It provides an in-depth discussion concerning the inclusion of water features in your landscape design by considering sustainability that advances Sustainable Sites and LEED credits, overall feasibility, budget, safety and maintenance.
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The New Aesthetic and Engineering of Water in Landscape DesignAn ASLA-Approved Continuing Education Presentation
As cultural paradigms shift from flamboyance to conservation and stewardship, water feature designs must adapt to these rediscovered sensibilities. This adaptation may soon be required to justify the building of new water features. Through engaging case studies, theoretical discussions, examination of "living systems", and from an engineering as well as an aesthetic perspective, we will compare water effects in terms of energy and water consumption, light pollution, chemical use and discharge, SITE credits and construction budgets.
Speaker Biography
Nadine Nemec, ASLA, is a Principal at CMS Collaborative, Inc. where she has worked for over 25 years. She explores innovative, aesthetic and technical water feature solutions with clients, and is the lead designer and manager of water effect and lighting mock-ups. She helped refine solutions for such projects as Chicago's Lurie Gardens, the Seattle Civic Center, and The Pentagon Memorial. Nadine is a passionate world traveler and an enthusiastic student of the symbolic and artistic importance of water throughout diverse cultures.
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Schedule & RegistrationCMS is available for presentations in the following regions:
- Northeast – August 16th through August 25th
- Washington, DC – September 8th through September 13th
- Northeast – September 27th through October 8th
Depending on scheduling, we can also make arrangements to travel to other areas.
If you would like to schedule a presentation for your firm, please contact Nadine Nemec at nnemec@cms-collaborative.com | 831-359-2808.
If your firm has scheduled a presentation and you would like to sign up, please contact Pam Pasotti at ppasotti@cms-collaborative.com | 760-873-4000
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Resource Links
These links and references are intended to provide avenues for information or further study. If you have suggestions for additions or corrections, please email us by clicking here.
Light and Water  Ando, Tadao.
Monacelli, 2002.
Life’s Matrix, A Biography of Water Ball, Philip.
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000.
Waterscapes – Planning, Building and Designing with Water Drieseitl, Herbert; Dieter Grau, and Karl H.C. Ludwig, ed.
Birkhauser Architectural, 2001.
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Halprin, Lawrence.
Chronicle Books, 1997.
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Resource Links (cont.)
Stone and Water. Leccese, Michael. Robert Murase:
Spacemaker Press, 1997
Water and Architecture. Moore, Charles W., and Jane Lidz.
Harry N. Abrams, 1994.
Fountains: Splash and Spectacle: Water and Design From the Renaissance to the Present. Symmes, Marilyn, and Kenneth Breisch, ed; and Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Rizzoli, 1998.
Aquascapes II: Water in Japanese Landscape Architecture. Hirota, Hauro, ed.
Books Nippan, 1994
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projects
These links and references are intended to provide avenues for information or further study. If you have suggestions for additions or corrections, please email us by clicking here.
Boston Fine Arts Museum
Canary Wharf
Centennial Fountain - Chicago
Children's Museum of Los Angeles
Chinatown Park, Boston
Dallas Museum of Art
FDR Memorial
Freeway Park Seattle
Hawaii Prince Hotel
Highline
Ira's Fountain
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD)
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Kogod Courtyard
Letterman Digital Arts Center
Longwood Gardens
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projects (cont.)
Market Street East
McAllen Texas Convention Center
McEnery Children's Park
Millennium Park
Milpitas Civic Center
Monona Terrace Convention Center
Muscatine Interactive Fountain
National Audio Visual Conservation Center
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
New Songdo Central Park
North End Parks
Olympic Sculpture Park
Peter Cooper Village
Phoenix Plaza
Post Office Square
Queens Botanical Garden
Reston Town Center
Rosa Parks Plaza (PATP)
Salmon Street Springs, Waterfront Park
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projects (cont.)
Salt Lake City Public Library
San Jose City Hall
Santa Clara Civic Center
Santa Rosa Courthouse Square
Sesquicentennial Park
Soldier Field
Sunnyvale Downtown Plaza
Sunnyvale Plaza del Sol
Tanger at the Arches
Tanner Fountain, Harvard - via landscape arch
Tanner Springs Park
The Getty Center
The Pentagon Memorial
United States Institute of Peace
Washington Canal Park
Webber Point
Williams Plaza - The Mustangs of Las Colinas
Women’s Rights National Historical Park
Woodruff Park
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projects (cont.)
World War II Memorial
Yerba Buena Gardens/Martin Luther King Memorial
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landscape architects & architects
5+Design
ARUP
Atelier Dreiseitl Waterscapes
Balmori Associates, Inc.
Barrientos LLC
Bing Thom Architects
Brown, Richardson & Rowe, Inc.
Burns & McDonnell
Buro Happold
Burton Landscape Architecture Studio
Callison Architecture
Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc.
Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc.
Civitas, Inc.
Cope Linder Architects
Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge, LLC
Design Workshop
DMJM + Harris, Inc.
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landscape architects & architects (cont.)
EDAW, Inc.
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects
Elkus Manfredi Architects Ltd.
Ellerbe Becket, Inc.
ELS Architecture and Urban Design
ESI Design
Fee Munson Ebert
Field Operations
Friedrich St. Florian, Architect
Gehry Partners, LLP
Gensler
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.
Hawkins Partners, Inc.
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc.
HKS Architects, Inc.
HM White
Hobbs + Black Architects
Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
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landscape architects & architects (cont.)
JJR Landscape Architecture (formerly SmithGroup JJR)
Joni L. Janecki & Associates
Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.
Kling
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Kotter Kim & Associates
Lee + Papa and Associates
Leo A Daly
Lohan Caprile Goettsch architects (now Goettsch Partners)
Longwood Gardens, Inc
LPA, Inc.
MESA Design Group
MGA Partners, Architects
MGT Architects
Michael Baker Corporation
Michael Vergason Landscape Architect, Ltd.
Moshe Safdie and Associates, Inc.
Nimrod Long and Associates
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landscape architects & architects (cont.)
Ninebark, Inc
Oehme, van Sweden and Associates, Inc.
The Office of Cheryl Barton
The Office of James Burnett (OJB)
Olin Partnership
PAYETTE Associates, Inc.
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Perkins + Will
Populous (Formerly HOK Sport)
Richard Meier & Partners, Architects
ROMA Design Group
Rosen Johnson Architects
Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey
Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
SWA Group
Tsao & McKown (S) Pte Ltd.
URS Corporation
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landscape architects & architects (cont.)
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Weiss/Manfredi
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
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green links
American Society of Landscape ArchitectsSustainable Sites Initiative
U.S. Green Building Council
Environmental and Water Resources Institute
http://content.ewrinstitute.org/
Nature Conservancy
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design links
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