JBLA is a design-oriented firm grounded in the beliefs that a pared-down design reveals natural phenomena, and that working with natural and social systems is the best means to underline the intimate connection between people and nature. Our design process is iterative, analytical, and nonlinear.
We enjoy fresh projects, strive to meet client needs, and to create a sense of simplicity and refined elegance at all scales within the work. Collaborating with skilled/talented architects, designers, artists, builders, developers, engineers, municipalities, and property owners is an asset to the office.
Jennifer Bloch
Jennifer is a Landscape Architect, licensed in the state of California (CA LA 5905), and holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management with minors in French and Art History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Before attending RISD, she studied Architecture at the California College of the Arts. Early in her practice, she worked with Ron Herman on estate projects, with Roberto Rovira on public art commissions, and with Mitropoulos Architects on adaptive reuse housing projects. Several of her landscapes have been featured on garden tours in Northern California and have been included in print publications. Her writing was included in the 2016 European Cultural Centre Exhibition entitled, "TIME - SPACE - EXISTENCE", an official part of the Venice Architecture Biennale organized by the Global Art Affairs Foundation. And she has been an invited participant to Lausanne Jardins in 2009 and 2019, a Swiss urban garden/art festival.