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Bernard Jacobs, FASLA PLA
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Bernard Jacobs   Education
City College of New York, New York, New York
Landscape Architecture Program, 1970-72
 
State University of New York at Farmingdale, Farmingdale, New York
Degree in Horticulture, 1968
 
Practice  
Mr. Jacobs' practice is both creative and practical in its approach to landscape architecture. His forty plus years of experience in the green industry and training in both horticulture and landscape architecture afford a unique approach to his projects. Mr. Jacobs personally selects all key plant material and lays out intricate plantings. His practical, creative and hands-on approach to landscape architecture and extensive project experience is valued by many clients.
     
  Experience  
Upon completion of his education in 1968, Mr. Jacobs joined the firm of Paul Friedberg & Partners in New York City. In 1972, he joined the firm of Coffey, Levine & Blumberg as a senior landscape architect. Mr. Jacobs reloctaed to Chicago in 1974 to join C.F. Murphy Associates (Murphy/Jahn Associates) and subsequently joined the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. In 1976, Mr. Jacobs founded B. Jacobs & Associates. With the addition of partner Terry Warriner Ryan, they formed Jacobs/Ryan Associates in 1982.
 
Workiva Campus and Atrium, Awes, Iowa
 
Projects
Presidential Towers Re-Imagining, Chicago, Illinois
Rivers Portsmouth Casino, Portmouth, Virginia
East Bank Apartments and Amenity Deck, Chicago, Illinois
Boler Company Headquarters, Schaumburg, Illinois
Various studies for Chicago condominium associations
NBC CityFront, Chicago, Illinois
The Landing Hotel, Portsmouth, Virginia
Workiva Campus and Atrium, Awes, Iowa
 
Professional Associations and Registration
Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2000 to present
Illinois Licensed Landscape Architect, 1991 to present
 
NBC Cityfront, Chicago, Illinois