This project was a team effort with client and architect. The school is relocating from Old Town San Diego, where it has been since 1983. The new eight-story campus in downtown San Diego’s East Village includes classrooms, library, admissions, administrative, staff and student faculty offices, and student and faculty lounges. NOWELL is collaborated with the architectural team to design the landscaped terraces on the fifth and eighth floors, and a public plaza at the street level. The terraces are places for study and leisure activities for staff, faculty, and students. The 5th floor terrace is highlighted by an 85-foot living wall, the largest of its kind in Southern California. The law school has been awarded LEED Gold certification for the project.

The project won a 2011 Orchid Award for landscape architecture from the San Diego Architectural Foundation’s annual design awards program, and has garnered numerous other awards for design excellence.