Gary L. Strang, FASLA, FAIA, is Principal of GLS Landscape | Architecture in San Francisco, where he has spent the past 32 years designing contemporary urban landscapes.
Blurring the lines between disciplines, his team of architects and landscape architects creates spaces that integrate landscape, infrastructure, and architecture. Notable projects include two acres of waterfront outdoor space for the Exploratorium at Piers 15 & 17, the New Stanford Hospital with Rafael Viñoly, the Haas School of Business expansion with Perkins & Will, Portola Plaza in Monterey with SOM, and the unbuilt Berkeley Art Museum with Toyo Ito. Gary is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Institute of Architects. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) Design Review Board and as a Stewardship Advisor to the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design. He has also served as a board member for the Center for Architecture and Design, taught at UC Berkeley and UC Davis, and exhibited work, lectured, and published on issues of infrastructure and landscape.
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