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RELM is pleased to welcome Vincent Agoe, Sr. Landscape Designer, to our team. Born in Accra, Ghana, and raised Inglewood, California, Vincent believes proximity drives culture, championing mobility’s role in enjoying metropolises. He holds a Master of City Planning and Landscape Architecture as well as an undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He looks to marry policy and design to render urban centers that work—across scale and systems.

Hard work and fraternity, RELM congratulates contributions made by this year’s staff, newly promoted. We proudly announce Xinxin Shen to Senior Landscape Designer, David Christensen to Associate Principal, and Ruoyi Peng to Senior Landscape Designer. Each has adeptly contributed and/or led some of RELM’s most challenging projects including the new California Natural Resources Headquarters, DGS’ Richards Boulevard Office Complex, 3401 S.

Sacramento’s River District is transforming into a desirable neighborhood invigorated by new uses and residents. An anchor project seminal to the District’s rebirth is the Richards Boulevard Office Complex—1.25 million SF of office for 5,000 state employees, anchored around RELM’s seasonally vibrant landscape. Last week’s topping out ceremony marks a watershed moment for the burgeoning District.

RELM is thrilled to welcome two new additions to our studio - Smera Rose Jacob, our summer/fall intern and recent graduate from Rhode Island School of Design and Kat Luksus, Studio Coordinator. Both women bring their vibrant and
varied background to RELM seeking to influence how we approach our work and realize dynamic communal experience, in the public realm and within RELM’s downtown office.

RELM and all of District NOHO’s project team is thrilled to receive Westside Urban Forum’s highest recognition, an Honor Award, commending the project’s visionary impact on North Hollywood and beyond.

RELM Senior Associate, David Christensen, shares his latest project—800 North Brand—with his daughter, Frankie, ahead of the grand opening later this Spring. As intended, the site’s geometry, topography, and materiality evoke imagination
and discovery.

RELM is pleased to share updated construction progress of our large TOC project in Culver City, Ivy Station. The raised planters that define the main plaza are being installed and the first of the large specimen trees have been delivered. This transit-adjacent, mixed-use development is set to open in the Fall of 2020.

The NNRH Daycare Facility in Sacramento, CA, a companion project to the New Natural Resources Agency Headquarters, creates a series of outdoor rooms for the children to explore an abstraction of the river delta landscape that defines Sacramento.

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RELM has been tremendously fortunate over the last several weeks. We were notified that our team was selected by DGS for the 1,250,000 SF Richards Boulevard Office Complex in Sacramento's River District. This culminates a great 6-month collaboration with ZGF Architects and Hensel Phelps.