Bob Close, FASLA

Bob has led a successful design practice based in the Twin Cities for over 40 years. His work has focused on the public realm – the community commons. He is a member of the Minnesota Chapter of the Urban Land Institute and served on their Advisory Board for over a decade. He is a long-standing member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (elected as a Fellow in 2007) and is a charter member of the Congress for New Urbanism. He was also elected to Lambda Alpha International, an honorary society for the advancement of land economics.

Bob taught design studios for more than 20 years in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota as an Adjunct Professor in Practice. He remains engaged as an associate of the Minnesota Design Center, a research and design branch of the College and an occasional guest critic in design studios.

Awards

ASLA-MN Merit Award: Burnsville Village Center, Planning and Urban Design,  2019

AIA Minnesota Honor Award: CHS Field (Saint Paul Saints, Ballpark),  2015

ASLA MN: Lake Elmo Old Village Master Plan

AIA Minnesota and HPC: Midtown Exchange urban redevelopment, 2006

ASLA Minnesota Merit Award: West River Commons, mixed-use development, 2006

ASLA Minnesota Merit Award: St. Anthony Flood mitigation project, 2005

ASLA Minnesota Merit Award: Ramsey Town Center, 2005

American Society of Consulting Engineers, Minnesota Chapter: Saint Anthony Flood Mitigation Project: honor award for design excellence, 2004

ASLA Minnesota Award of Excellence: Minneapolis Near North Side Master Plan, 2003

AIA National Honor Award: Ramsey Town Center, new town design, 2003

ASLA Award of Merit: private residence, 2003

AIA Merit Award, Minneapolis Chapter: Smith Douglas More House, historic site redevelopment, 2002

AIA Merit Award, St. Paul Chapter: historic residence renovation, 2001

ASLA Minnesota Honor Award: Lake Street/Midtown Greenway Corridor Framework Plan, 2001

AIA Minneapolis and HPC (Historic Preservation Committee): CityHomes on Park neighborhood revitalization, 2001

ASLA Minnesota Honor Award: Lake Street/Midtown Greenway Corridor Framework Plan, 2001

CUE Award (Committee on the Urban Environment, Minneapolis): Joseph Selvaggio Urban revitalization initiative, 2000

Waterfront Planning Award (with Urban Strategies of Toronto): St. Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, 1998