Charles Anderson, Principal


Charles Anderson is a licensed Landscape Architect with over 20 years of experience in projects ranging from neighborhood parks to New York’s American Museum of Natural History. He has a strong background in public process and has completed many community projects. Anderson has a specific interest in expressionistic landscape restoration and in the development of urban ecologies. Museum and cultural institution work is a key interest of Charles, including projects such as the visitor centers at Mount St. Helens, the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, and Anchorage Museum of History and Art expansion Project.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK

American Museum of Natural History,
Arthur Ross Terrace, New York, NY

2008 Olympics Competition, Beijing, China
Kingdoms of Discovery, Dalian, China
Lake Washington Environmental Sequence, Seattle, WA
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA
Pritchard Beach Wetland Park, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
Roxhill Bog Project, Seattle, WA
Trillium Projects, Seattle, WA
Waterfront Condominiums, Reno, NV
Zhongkai Sheshan Villas, Shanghai, China

EDUCATION
MLA, 1985
Harvard University. Cambridge. MA

BSLA, 1981
Washington State University. Pullman. WA

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Registered Landscape Architect:
Alaska, Arizona, California, New York, Washington

AFFILIATIONS
Commissioner, Seattle Design Commission, 2003 - present

Central Waterfront Plan Design Commission
/ Planning Subcommittee, present

American Society of Landscape Architects, 1989 - present

HONORS + AWARDS
2005 Honor Award in General Design
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Coldwater Visitor Center/Johnston Ridge Observatory
American Society of Landscape Architects

2005 Honor Award
Satsop
Washington Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects

2004 National Design Merit Award
The Trillium Projects
American Society of Landscape Architects

2003 (3) Design Awards
Roxhill Bog, 500 Area of Discovery Park,
+ Lake Washington Environmental Education Sequence
Washington Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects

2003 National Design Merit Award
Arthur Ross Terrace
American Society of Landscape Architects


Charles Anderson        Michelle Arab        Jim Gerlach