Elijah Ball is San Francisco based urban designer specializing in campus planning, landscape design, and community engagement. He aims to create lively, functional spaces that enhance urban living and community connections.

Education

  • Master of Landscape Architecture. Cornell University. 2020

  • BA in Urban Planning and Geography. Political Science minor. San Francisco State University. 2016

Experience

  • Urban Designer. Page Sutherland Page, San Francisco, CA. 2022 - Current

  • Landscape Designer. Wallace, Roberts, and Todd, San Francisco, CA. 2021-2022

  • CAD Drafter / Designer. Creative Environments, Tempe, AZ. 2020-2021

  • Design Intern. RKLA Studio, New York, NY. 09/2019 - 12/2019

  • Design Intern. Studio | Bryan Hanes, Philadelphia, PA. 06/2019 - 08/2019

  • Design Intern. Marta Fry Landscape Associates, San Francisco, CA. 06/2015 - 06/2016.

  • Research Intern. Massachusetts DHCD, Boston, MA. 08/2016 - 05/2017

Selected Projects

Campus Planning

  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte - Campus Master Plan

  • Stetson University - Campus Master Plan

  • California State University Stanislaus, Stockton Campus - Campus Master Plan

  • Sam Houston State University, Campus Master Plan

  • University of San Francisco - Institutional Master Plan

  • Dallas College, Parkland Feasibility Study

  • University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth - Master Plan Update

Parks + Open Space

  • Fresno Mariposa Plaza Design - Fresno, CA

  • Oakland Estuary Park - Renovation & Expansion

  • City of Tulare Parks and Recreation - Master Plan

  • San Joaquin River Parkway, Western Reaches - Access & Activation Plan

  • Ashland Zócalo Park - Ashland, CA

Competitions + Installations + Residential

  • Upstate Archipelago - Reimagine the Canals Competition, finalist

  • Sarah Sze, Fallen Sky - Planting and topography study- Storm King Art Center, 2021

  • The Glenwood Brewerytown - Rooftop Design - Philadelphia, PA