Pland Collaborative

We're pleased to announce four well-deserved promotions! Kevin Amagai, Tess Houle and Maria Voris have been promoted to Senior Landscape Architect. Miriam Diddy has been promoted to Planning Studio Lead.
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Read more at plandcollab.com/blog/entry/2026-promotions-announcement

🎨💫We stopped at A Space Studio/Art/Gallery in Silver City last week to hang with artist Jean-Robert P. Béffort in his interactive gallery and event space and create our very own art-on-a-stick. We’re excited to be collaborating with Jean-Robert for a series of public art murals at key intersections of the Silver City MainStreet Project/Arts & Cultural District Great Blocks project.
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The project is focused on improving pedestrian safety and ADA accessibility through infrastructure improvements such as crosswalks, additional lighting, and ramps.
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New Mexico MainStreet

Part of the formal training for our most recent Lubbock hires includes a visit to the Albuquerque mothership to howl with the Lobos at UNM and provide free modeling talent for our photo shoots 💁🏻‍♂️. Always great having the team together!

🎉 Welcome Landscape Architect Omar Ba Yuosef! Omar has lived a life of fearlessness and adventure as he’s pursued his education and career prospects internationally. From his origins in a small village in Yemen to earning degrees in both Saudi Arabia and Colorado, you can learn more about Omar on our site: plandcollab.com/team/view/omar-ba-yuosef

➡️ Omar had the incredible opportunity to receive his master's degree in the United States via a scholarship from the Hadhramout Foundation. Read more about their mission and work at hadhramout.org

🥳 Check out Albuquerque’s spankin'-new ADA-accessible ramp at the Central Crossing section of the Rail Trail! This latest round of progress for the Rail Trail improves access to the Rail Runner platform and creates a safe pedestrian connection between EDO and Downtown ABQ. When complete, this section of the Rail Trail will include an impressive lit tumbleweed sculpture and accessible ramps down both sides of the tracks.

🤠 Welcome Matté Fresca! A Western woman through and through, Planning and Landscape Architecture Intern Matté loves going country swing dancing and two-stepping, exploring horse handling and riding, and even spent a semester at Texas A&M as an “Aggie Wine Wrangler.” Learn more about Matté on our site: plandcollab.com/team/view/matte-fresca

The People’s Market in the International District had it’s official grand opening and ribbon cutting June 9. This open-air plaza features a stage, shade structures, vendor stalls made from shipping containers, and the area’s first Portland Loo public restroom!

👏 We’d like to welcome our Summer 2026 Intern Becky Chang to the Pland Albuquerque office! Becky is a Landscape Architecture Master’s student at Texas A&M with a keen interest in getting into the nitty gritty details of planting design, from irrigation to plant spacing. Originally from Taiwan, she is proud of the effort she’s put into her two years of study abroad.

Learn more about Becky on our staff page - https://plandcollab.com/team/view/becky-chang

🇨🇳✈️ Brian's adventures as CLARB President have taken him around the world, most recently to Wenzhou, China where he presented "Landscape Architecture as a Common Global Language" at the grand opening of the IFLA Pavilion at the International Garden Expo.

Read more on CLARB's site: https://www.clarb.org/news/a-common-language-clarb-brings-la-regulation-into-global-conversation-at-international-garden-expo/

The National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University is a 19-acre historical park complete with bronze outdoor sculptures and a museum, all dedicated to sharing the historical and contemporary stories of Western life. On a recent visit to the Center, Lubbock staff (all Texas Tech grads!) got inspiration from the museum entrance, walkways, plants, and sculpture installations, all part of a landscape that tells a story of the historic, symbolic, and cultural heritage of ranching in the area.