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Rick Abelson

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RICK ABELSON

Urban Planner & Futurist
Architecture & Planning, Redondo Beach, California

Rick Abelson is a recognized leader in creating culturally significant land planning & urban developments worldwide. His peers regard him as an original thinker and an internationally respected designer of sustainable destination attractions, mixed-use town centers, urban infill, new communities and green industrial parks.

Rick has planned an estimated US$28B of new projects worldwide and as a result of these experiences, he has identified and reduced the inefficiencies and lower the costs of the land planning and urban design process by nearly 40%.

His expertise includes affordable and sustainable community design solutions using renewable energy, SMART Home energy efficient technologies, neighborhood based health care, workplace transformation, integrated public education and transportation demand reduction.





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Work Experience

Director
Online Land Planning, LLC
1/2008 - Present
Vice President
Aperion Companies
Firmwide Practice Leader - Planning & Urban Design
Gensler Worldwide
Regional Director
CT Hsu International
Director of Landscape Architecture
Gruen Associates
Faculty Member - Urban Design
UCLA Extension, Dept. of Landscape Architecture

Education

Harvard Graduate School of Design
Master
Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
Harvard Business School
Entrepreneurial Management; Competitive Decisions
University of Oregon
Bachelor
Landscape Architecture
University of Washington
Urban Planning

Recent Activity

Brian Anderson

Added to Rick's network 214 days ago

Added to Rick's network 214 days ago


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