CREATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Erik S. Mustonen, B.Arch, MLA, CSLA, RLA, CLARB, LEED AP-Neighbourhood Development

I am now serving the City of Vernon, BC, as a Parks Planner and am not accepting consulting work.

My experience of over 35 years in both private practice and public service, has been on a wide variety of project types for diverse cultures and ecological regions across Canada, the United States and overseas.

My services have included:

• Master planning
• Detailed design
• Project management
• Construction documents
• Construction administration
• Report and proposal writing/editing
• Other landscape-related services as required

 

 

Education:
• Bachelor of Architecture/Urban Design, the University of Michigan
• Master of Landscape Architecture (Honours), the University of Michigan

Credentials:
• Licensed to practice landscape architecture in British Columbia, and California (#4794).
• President of the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects.
• Certified by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), which facilitates obtaining other registrations if needed.
• LEED®- Accredited Professional.

Based in Vernon, BC,I am a dual US-Canadian Citizen who has worked in English, French and German. (I also speak some Spanish, Arabic and Bahasa Malaysia.)

Vision

Landscape architecture can be a force for good in meeting the world’s social, environmental and economic needs.

Mission Statement

Erik S. Mustonen is a landscape architect committed to enhancing the environment and people’s lives, through creative, cost effective and sustainable landscape designs.

Colour rendered layout plan of 22 buildings with access road, swimming pool and landscaping

Core Values

  • SERVICE – serve in the best interests the public, the client and the users of projects
  • COMPETENCE – perform only work for which the business is qualified, obtain adequate information to proceed and remain current with technological developments and best practices
  • ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY – understand, preserve, enhance and restore the natural environment, and minimize the use of energy, water and materials in projects
  • ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY – optimize the return for the client’s financial resources
  • INTEGRITY – practice the profession with honesty, openness, fairness and respect

I am now serving the City of Vernon, British Columbia, as a Parks Planner.

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Articles

FROM SLUMS TO SKY GARDENS – SINGAPORE’S PUBLIC HOUSING SUCCESS

by Erik Mustonen Published in THE FIELD, ASLA PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE NETWORKS’ BLOG. The Republic of Singapore, an island city-state one degree north of the equator, has 5.6 million residents on 700 square kilometers (270 square miles.) Since independence in 1965, land reclamation has increased its size by 23%. With dense development on its small area, […]

THE 2018 IFLA WORLD CONGRESS IN SINGAPORE

by Erik Mustonen Published in THE FIELD, ASLA PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE NETWORKS’ BLOG. The Republic of Singapore, an island city-state one degree north of the equator, has 5.6 million residents on 700 square kilometers (270 square miles.) Since independence in 1965, land reclamation has increased its size by 23%. With dense development on its small area, […]

THE INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONVENTION INITIATIVE

by Erik Mustonen Published in THE FIELD, ASLA PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE NETWORKS’ BLOG. From May 20-23, 2015, I attended the Annual Congress of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). This in itself was not surprising, since in addition to being a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, I am also a member of […]

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