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A practitioner recognized for both his artistry and his ability to build the hell out of stuff, David is principal and founder of Meyer Studio – Land Architects. Prior to launching his Berkeley, California, studio, David was a partner at PWP and cofounded both Schwartz Smith Meyer and Meyer Silberberg. He was winner of the Rome Prize in 2000/01 and made a fellow of the ASLA in 2016. David has been an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley for 25 years where he teaches the capstone studio for graduate students in the School of Environmental Design. His class instills an appreciation for beauty through a rigorous approach to concept, aesthetics, and execution. In February of 2025, Meyer Studio curated its work for “Moving the Spirit by Shaping the Earth”, an exhibition at the Bauer Wurster Hall Gallery, UC Berkeley.
DAVID MEYER
EDUCATION:
Iowa State University, B.S. Landscape Architecture, 1975SELECTED AWARDS:
Fast Company Awards for Sustainability and Circular Design, General Excellence and Urban Design, Heartwood Preserve, 2025
APA Award of Excellence for Green Infrastructure, Heartwood Preserve, 2020
Fellow, ASLA 2016
SCUP Honor Award for Excellence, PSEC Foothill College, 2015
AIACC Honor Award, UCLA Edie and Lew Wasserman Building, 2014
ASLA Landmark Award, Village of Yorkville Park, 2012
International Festival of Gardens Award, Westonbirt, England, 2002
Farrand Research Fellowship, 2001
Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, 2000
Design Achievement Award, Iowa State University, 1998
ASLA President’s Award of Excellence, Village of Yorkville Park, 1997
Garden Design Magazine Competition, winning entry, Birdsall Residence, 1984SELECTED AUTHORSHIP:
Moving the Spirit by Shaping the Earth, University of California Exhibition catalog, 2025.
Topography & Landscape Architecture - The Shape of the Land: Moving the Earth, Stirring the Soul, edited by Marc Treib. Oro Editions, 2022.
Ground Up 08, “Home”, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2019.SELECTED TEACHING:
UNAM, México City, México, 2015 and 2004
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2002
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, 2001-2002
Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, 2001
University of California, Berkeley, California, Adjunct Professor, 1999– Present
University of California, Berkeley, California, Lecturer, 1997– 1999<<