Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of high-design site furniture, structure, lighting and accessories, is proud to announce that the company’s Sustainability Leader, Amy Syverson‑Shaffer, ASLA, has joined the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Board of Directors. 

The Landscape Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the landscape architecture profession and promoting its role in addressing environmental and social challenges. It works to advance the field of landscape architecture through research, scholarships, leadership development, and advocacy, empowering landscape architects to create more sustainable, just, and healthy environments. Landscape Forms is a longtime supporter of LAF, aiding and collaborating with the organization through their joint scholarship program, the Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership, and the bi-annual XtremeLA student design charrette.

Drawing on her background in landscape architecture and recent work with the ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee, as well as her experience as a SITES Accredited Professional and TRUE Zero-Waste Advisor, Syverson‑Shaffer brings to the LAF Board the strong design acumen and deep contextual understanding needed to empower landscape architects to better take on today’s most important challenges, leverage their unique strengths, and elevate the positive impact of the profession. 

"Against a changing climate and biodiversity crisis, landscape solutions are more needed than ever before, and more than any other profession, landscape architects have the unique nexus of skills to make places for a thriving planet and for thriving people," says Syverson-Shaffer. "That's where the Landscape Architecture Foundation comes in - to advance an enhanced, healthier environment by supporting landscape architects."

"In joining the Board, I look forward to supporting landscape architects in climate solutions and opportunities for reducing the environmental impact of landscape construction," she continues. "I believe that accelerating the learning curve for our profession can have a real impact on reducing timelines to action, and I hope to bring my experience in sustainability strategy to drive faster adoption of better practices for our industry."

In her wide-ranging experience that encompasses landscape architecture, design, manufacturing and sustainability strategy implementation, Syverson-Shaffer excels in synthesizing different areas of expertise and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration - a skill she looks forward to leveraging in her new role. "I look forward to bringing my perspectives from design, modern craft manufacturing, and sustainability," she says. "I believe that our partnerships hold enormous opportunity for reducing impacts and increasing co-benefits of making landscapes. Our hard-earned capacities at Landscape Forms mean making things responsibly and making the most of the resources we use. Now is the time to work together and make the most of all of our skills, and I'm grateful to LAF for that convening and that call to action."

À propos de Landscape Forms

Landscape Forms est le chef de file de l'industrie en matière de collections intégrées de mobilier extérieur, de structures, d'accessoires et d'éclairage à DEL hauts de gamme. Depuis sa fondation en 1969, Landscape Forms s'est taillé une réputation pour son excellent design, ses produits de grande qualité et son service exceptionnel. Basé à Kalamazoo, dans le Michigan, le groupe de marques compte Loll Designs, situé à Duluth, dans le Minnesota, Summit Furniture, à Monterey, en Californie, et Kornegay Design, à Phoenix, dans l’Arizona. La société a des représentants commerciaux en Amérique du Nord, en Amérique du Sud, au Royaume-Uni, à Monaco, en Australie, aux Émirats arabes unis et en Asie. Landscape Forms collabore avec des designers industriels et des sociétés de conseil, des architectes paysagistes et des architectes de renom afin de créer et de concevoir des collections intégrées de produits qui répondent aux besoins émergents et qui contribuent à créer un espace unique. De plus, l'entreprise a établi des partenariats internationaux en marketing avec certaines entreprises qui partagent son engagement envers le design. Landscape Forms compte sur une base de produits partout dans le monde. Clients include municipalities, hospitality, residential, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Harvard University, LinkedIn, New York Central Park Conservancy, Bryant Park, Google, Coca Cola, Oculus, U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), Nike, National Museum of African American History (Washington, D.C.), Barclays Center, Adidas, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Microsoft, and Uber. Landscape Forms has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 by Fortune magazine, Michigan Manufacturer of the Year for 2020 by the Michigan Manufacturers Association, and by 269 Magazine as one of Southwest Michigan’s Wonderful Workplaces.

À propos de la Fondation d'architecture de paysage    

For over 50 years, the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has provided leadership and resources to empower landscape architects to use their unique skills to change the world. The mission LAF is to support the preservation, improvement, and enhancement of the environment. Through its leadership and philanthropic activities, LAF advances the body of knowledge and supports innovative projects and initiatives needed not only for the landscape architecture discipline but for the many other individuals and organizations who share LAF's mission and are critical to its success.