{"id":23888,"date":"2019-01-15T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T09:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/principals\/john-wong\/"},"modified":"2021-10-11T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:09:17","slug":"john-wong","status":"publish","type":"principals","link":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"John L. Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;singlefimg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Phone No<\/span>415.332.5100<\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-email \"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field-label\">Email<\/span><a href=\"mailto:jwong@swagroup.com\">jwong@swagroup.com<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552088082029{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>FEATURED PROJECTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-repeater \"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/dubai-expo-2020\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Dubai Expo 2020<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/burj-khalifa-uae\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Burj Khalifa<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/stanford-university-campus-planning-and-projects\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Stanford University Campus Planning and Projects<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/guthrie-green-park\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Guthrie Green Park<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/nanchang-greenland-gaoxin\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Nanchang Greenland Jiangxi Gaoxin<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-row\"><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><ul class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-object-list\"><li><a class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/projects\/shanghai-international-dance-center\/\"><span class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-post-link-title\">Shanghai International Dance Center<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-repeater-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973550859{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.stanford.edu\/get\/page\/events\/details?event_id=26449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Spaces Between Buildings at Stanford &#8211; Lecture<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/burj-khalifa-interview-feature-on-huffington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview: Burj Khalifa Featured on Huffington Post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideas.swagroup.com\/thoughts-on-tall-building-groundscapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thoughts on Tall Building Groundscapes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/208540603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Roof Symposium (Video)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552649573201{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"pname\">John L. Wong, FASLA, FAAR, PLA<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-text ceo\">Managing Principal, Sausalito<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg interest\"><p>\u201cCollaboration is key. Stay open to suggestions and design ideas from all the project&#8217;s players \u2014 clients, architects, artists, engineers \u2014 and let the best idea move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549972932909{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Since joining SWA in 1976, John has directed an array of projects, from the design and crafting of small gardens to the large-scale planning and design of neighborhoods, towns, and new communities. He has extensive experience in North America, the Middle East, and Asia\u2014particularly in Japan, Korea, and China. Over the past two decades, John has led more than 150 campus improvement projects at Stanford University, including the award-winning DAPER Master Plan and the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts. He and his teams have designed the groundscapes for 12 of the 100 tallest buildings in the world.<\/p>\n<p>John also became a principal at SWA\/Balsley in New York City, in December of 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550043365129{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>INSPIRED BY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Great design, in whatever form: the French gardens of LeNotre; 15th- and 16th-century Italian gardens; 20th-century Minimalist artists (Richard Long, Sol Lewitt, Donald Judd); Japanese Zen gardens.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973613519{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1978)<\/p>\n<p>Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Honors, UC Berkeley (1974)<\/p>\n<p>Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture, American Academy in Rome (1981)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550050910568{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>DESIGN PHILOSOPHY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Collaboration is key. Stay open to suggestions and design ideas from all the project&#8217;s players\u2014clients, architects, artists, engineers\u2014and let the best idea move forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973668697{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>AFFILIATIONS &amp; REGISTRATIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects<\/p>\n<p>Fellow, Institute of Urban Design<\/p>\n<p>Fellow, American Academy in Rome<\/p>\n<p>Member, Urban Land Institute<\/p>\n<p>Member, CTBUH<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1549973711466{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>SELECTED AWARDS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc-acf-field-picker-field vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg \"><p>Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Best Tall Building Worldwide: Shanghai Tower (2016); Cayan Tower (2014); Burj Khalifa (2010 &#8211; Global Icon Award)<\/p>\n<p>Center for Active Design (CAD), Award of Excellence (2015); ULI Urban Open Space Finalist (2014);\u00a0WAN, Best Urban Design (2013): Guthrie Green<\/p>\n<p>ASLA NorCal Chapter, Merit Award, UC Davis West Village (2013); ULI Global Award for Excellence (2013); SCUP Excellence in Landscape Architecture &#8211; Open Space Planning and Design, Honor Award (2015): UC Davis West Village<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":23889,"template":"","tags":[222],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.3 (Yoast SEO v21.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John L. Wong - SWA Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John L. Wong\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;singlefimg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552088082029{margin-bottom: 15px [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SWA Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swagroup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-11T17:09:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/John-Wong-7031_crop.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SWAgroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/\",\"name\":\"John L. Wong - SWA Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-15T09:54:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-11T17:09:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"John L. Wong\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/\",\"name\":\"SWA Group\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SWA Group\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo.jpg\",\"width\":137,\"height\":75,\"caption\":\"SWA Group\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swagroup\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWAgroup\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swagroup\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/swa-group\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"John L. Wong - SWA Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"John L. Wong","og_description":"[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;singlefimg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552088082029{margin-bottom: 15px [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/","og_site_name":"SWA Group","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swagroup","article_modified_time":"2021-10-11T17:09:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/John-Wong-7031_crop.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@SWAgroup","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/","name":"John L. Wong - SWA Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-15T09:54:04+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-11T17:09:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/principals\/john-wong\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"John L. Wong"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/","name":"SWA Group","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#organization","name":"SWA Group","url":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-swa-2019.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/logo.jpg","width":137,"height":75,"caption":"SWA Group"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swagroup","https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWAgroup","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swagroup\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/swa-group\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/principals\/23888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/principals"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/principals"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}