RVi recently took advantage of the beautiful spring weather by hosting our Monthly Design Review on-site at Caliterra in Dripping Springs. Project Directors Dennis Tonsor and Peter Dufrene presented RVi’s work on the community to-date, including years of planning and more recently, landscape architectural design for the community amenities. Following the presentation, the team piled... Read Full Post ›
Photo courtesy of Jim Innes This month RVi President Chris Crawford stepped into the spotlight, serving as moderator for the ULI Austin Breakfast Baby Boomer Housing 2.0: Sun City and Beyond. Chris and the RVi team have provided planning and landscape architecture services for many active adult communities, including Sun City developments in Texas, Phoenix,... Read Full Post ›
This Sunday, February 2nd, Mueller Lake Park is hosting a fun day of rainbow trout fishing starting at 10am. Texas Parks and Wildlife will be stocking the lake with over 1,000 rainbow trout for you to catch and bring home. There will also be market vendors demonstrating how to prepare the fish and selling side... Read Full Post ›
This fall marked RVi’s 31st anniversary and our annual retreat, which was held on October 18th. The day started bright and early for the Austin office – departing for Houston at 7am. After a tour of RVi’s recently expanded Houston office space, we took advantage of the beautiful weather by kayaking along the Buffalo Bayou. RVi Business Manager Dianne Hughes... Read Full Post ›
From television to video games, texting to the Internet – in a world that is increasingly filled with indoor entertainment options, how do we foster a conservation ethic among members of the next generation? Together with our clients Michael Morris and Stacie Talbert from the City of Corpus Christi, RVi Vice President and Director of... Read Full Post ›
Just one week after the ribbon cutting ceremony, Dripping Springs Ranch Park hosted the 6th Annual Dripping with Taste Wine, Food, and Arts Festival in its new 165,000 s.f. event center. The widely popular event has maxed out smaller venues in years past, but found a new home with ample space this year at the... Read Full Post ›
In honor of national “College Colors Day” and in eager anticipation of the start of football season, RViers donned a variety of maroon, purple, red, blue, and burnt orange outfits for work today. The office enjoyed a barbeque tailgate-style lunch and college trivia contest. Congrats to Barbara Austin, the College Trivia Champion! Read Full Post ›
RVi held its first public meeting last week on the path toward developing the Trails Master Plan and Park Development Plans for 14 individual sites in the City of Pflugerville. RVi’s own Barbara Austin, Chris Lalich, Paul Cozzolino, and Jenn Engelke presented at the Parks Commission Workshop. With the project currently in the analysis phase,... Read Full Post ›
Landscape architecture students from The University of Texas at Austin gathered at RVi’s Austin office earlier this month for the 3rd Annual ASLA/Austin Section Student Portfolio Review. Led by RVi’s Director of Design Mark Smith, the students enjoyed one-on-one critiques of their portfolios, as well as an informal networking session. Professionals from many Austin-area landscape... Read Full Post ›