John Northmore Roberts & Associates (JNRA) is a Landscape Architecture firm committed to ecologically-rooted, socially-conscious, holistic site planning and design. Since 1984, JNRA has designed poetically responsive and regenerative environments in both the public and private sectors. Our work has been awarded and recognized by AIA-COTE, ASLA, and LEED, and numerous other design, public, community, sustainability, contracting, and planning entities.
We are a core four-person firm committed to community design, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and enduring sustainability. We believe our designs have the responsibility and privilege to engage and respond to community inputs and values. Operating interchangeably as prime or sub-consultant on large design teams, the firm has a network of technical consultants on whose expertise to draw on per the custom needs of each project. Natural forces are the source inspiration for our work, resulting in ecologically integrated projects that are generally less expensive to build and require less maintenance.
A full-service landscape architecture firm, JNRA specializes in project design, master planning, construction documents, project management, construction review, budgets, land analysis, and public presentations. We have successfully designed environments for civic and historic landscapes, academic and institutional campuses, camps and campgrounds, botanical and residential gardens, socio-ecological restorations, and neighborhood, regional and national parks.
We maintain close relationship with U.C. Berkeley, with each member of the firm committed to nurturing the next generation of design professionals..
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PRINCIPAL
John N. Roberts, ASLA, the founder and Principal of the firm, has been a leader in the urban design and public arts renaissance in Berkeley, and is widely recognized for his work in natural system restoration, community design, and residential garden design. He has been in practice since 1972, teaches frequently at U.C. Berkeley, has lectured widely, and is actively engaged in local community affairs. He particularly enjoys sharing his varied personal interests and professional work with his children and young grandchildren.
CA Landscape Architect License #1690
ASSOCIATE
Claudia is a landscape designer based in Oakland, California, with a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in History from Skidmore College. Originally from New York City, her work is shaped by an appreciation for resilient coastal design and the natural landscapes of the West. With several years of project management in landscape architecture and fabrication in New York and California, Claudia has worked across a range of projects involving landscape design, public space, and ecological restoration.
Outside of work, Claudia spends time in nature, often surfing, hiking, and exploring. She also has a passion for sustainable food systems, native plants, and designing outdoor furniture.
OFFICE MANAGER
Trained as a landscape architect and urban planner, Pin is a California licensed landscape architect with over 20 years of professional design and planning experience. After designing and managing public open and large commercial projects, she now applies her organizational skills to office administration. Her industry and computer aid technical expertise increase efficiency of the Newbury design collective operations. She enjoys swing dancing and travels to national dance events. She is the head organizer of SF Bal Haus, one of the most popular Balboa dance events in the Bay Area.
CA Landscape Architect License #6097
