Designing Outdoor Rooms
	Thursday, February 13th 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Presented by Yvonne English, Legends Design Studio CEUs: LA CES 1.5 To reserve this seminar Click Here

Course Description
Description-designing outdoor living areas is creating outdoor spaces, with or without walls, used for a purpose. This seminar will discuss using basic design principles to create outdoor rooms such as kitchens, family rooms, retreats, etc. It will review safety, circulation, sizing, elements, such as seating and lighting, views and connections. Defining the outdoor space using floors, ceilings and walls of various types. Then there will be an overview of designing outdoor kitchens.

Biography
Yvonne English, registered landscape architect, landscape contractor, and LEED AP, is the founding principle of Legends Design Studio. Her multiple roles grant her hands-on experience in all facets of landscape design project development, including preliminary design, site planning, planting, irrigation, lighting and water feature design, construction drawings and specifications, construction support and LEED-sensitive design.

She is design instructor at UCLA Extension’s Landscape Architecture Program. Yvonne started her professional career as a software engineer. Engineering has a powerful influence on her design final solutions. She imagines how to light a space, and then performs the multiple calculations required to make the system perform as designed.

Yvonne English, founding principle of Legends Design Studio

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