Lorri Nelson, AIA, ASLA
Project Architect, Landscape Architect
With over 20 years of experience as both an architect and landscape architect, Lorri has extensive experience working in multi-disciplinary firms combining planning, landscape architecture, and architecture. Her work includes programming, landscape design, and land use. She is skilled at both fine-grain, sensory details and overarching, multi-faceted site plans and master plans. With her experience of working as both an architect and landscape architect, Lorri adeptly integrates landscape with buildings. She excels at developing vibrant street edges, plazas, and courtyards that complement a building.
Lorri has a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois. An adjunct faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Oregon, Lorri focuses on Service-Learning and teaches students to create and support gardens and investigate the outdoor classroom concept. She has performed pro bono design work for SquareOne Villages, a non-profit creating self-managed communities of cost-effective tiny homes for people in need of housing.