Kimberlee Douglas, RLA, ASLA, LEED, GA

Kim Douglas received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Kim was fortunate to have studied under, and was influenced by, the distinguished educator and early pioneer of ecological planning, Ian McHarg. Kim won many awards while she was a student, most notably the George Madden Boughton Prize in Design Excellence in Landscape Architecture.

Upon graduation she joined Olin Partnership, an international design firm, where she worked as the lead designer on several award-winning projects including the LEED certified Winter Garden and Plaza at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Kim joined Philadelphia University in 2009 as full-time faculty in the department of Landscape Architecture. Currently, Kim is an Associate Professor and Director of the program. She was awarded the Stantec Term Chair in Landscape Architecture which will allow her to continue her research on the effects of contact with nature on children. She also continues to refine her program and it’s committed to the education needed in confronting ecological as well as cultural and social issues that affect urban neighborhoods, particularly those in need of revitalization.

Kim is a licensed landscape architect and founding principal of STUDIO GAEA, an award-winning landscape architectural firm. Her many awards include Cynwyd Heritage Trail in Bala Cynwyd, PA, a rehabilitated brownfield rail corridor and Linwood Avenue Park Plan in Ardmore, PA, an innovative sustainable design for a neighborhood park. Her firm specializes in projects that combine a strong design aesthetic with sustainable design solutions and are community driven. It is her belief that each project must be considered for its natural systems as well as its social, historic and economic frameworks. This provides a strong base from which to work and provides the context and clarity needed to conceive memorable places.

Professor Douglas shares her experience in the field of landscape architecture by her involvement in many teaching and volunteer organizations. She regularly visits high schools to talk about the importance of the profession of landscape architecture, works with the Community Design Collaborative and ACE Mentor Program and is an Associate with the Environmental Leadership Program which promotes and encourages leaders in the environmental field. She was recently awarded the ASLA’s Community Service Award that recognizes pro bono service to the community.

Kim is a licensed landscape architect in private practice specializing in projects that combine a strong design aesthetic with sustainable design solutions. It is her belief that each project must be considered for its natural systems as well as its social, historic and economic frameworks. This belief provides a strong base from which to work and provides the context and clarity needed to conceive memorable places.