PAMELA BURTON, FASLA, LEED Green Associate
PRINCIPAL, PRESIDENT OF PAMELA BURTON & COMPANY

Pamela Burton combines an extensive knowledge of plant materials and the history of landscape with an interest in architectural spaces that have symbolic resonance.  She has taught and lectured on the significance of landscape and its relationship to art and architecture at many universities including the UCLA School of Architecture, the University of Southern California, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

In spring, 2003 Pamela completed a book titled Private Landscapes: Modernist Gardens in Southern California that profiles the suburban gardens designed by mid-century modernists Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, and a number of their colleagues.  The book was published by Princeton Architectural Press and is currently in its fourth printing.  In 2010, Princeton published Pamela Burton Landscapes, which focuses on the interrelationships and crossovers between twenty of her private and public projects.  Her explorations in landscape have led to design symposia and international speaking engagements on such topics as “Garden as Sanctuary,” “Memory and Landscape,” “Balance and Uncertainty” and “Poetics of the Garden.”

Burton’s projects include private residences and public spaces in California, New York, Brazil, Japan, and Taiwan.  Her work has been featured in many books including Pocket Gardens and Transforming the American Garden as well as in Landscape Architecture magazine, Garden Design, Process, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.

As principal of the firm, Pamela Burton oversees conceptual design and plays a critical role in site and program analysis, design development, client presentations and construction observation.

Education
Master of Architecture
School of Architecture and Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts
School of Environmental Design, University of California, Los Angeles

License
Landscape Architect, State of California  #1829
LEED Green Associate

Membership
Fellow American Society of Landscape Architects
Horticultural Advisory Committee, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Design Advisory Committee
Design Review Board, City of Santa Monica
Design Review Board, University of California, Riverside