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Jeff Aten joined Nelson Byrd Woltz in 2004 after earning master’s degrees in architecture and landscape architecture at the University of Virginia. He has worked on a variety of projects including the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve in Sichuan, China; an award-winning master plan for the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena; the 10,600 acre Summit Bechtel Reserve in WV; and a variety of residential and conservation agriculture projects throughout the mid-Atlantic and the South. He led the award-winning master plan for Memorial Park in Houston, TX; the selected winning entry for the Ismaili Center Gardens in Houston, TX; and the landscape portions of the winning entry for the development of the Diamond District in Richomnd, VA. He currently serves as the Chair of Charlottesville’s Tree Commission.  

Recent work includes leading the broad design team implementing work as part of the Ten Year Plan at Memorial Park that builds off the 2015 master plan. Completed to date is the award-winning Eastern Glades, Land Bridge & Prairie, and Timing Track and Running Center. Additionally, Jeff is the Principal in charge for the Contemplative Commons project at UVA, and the Ismaili Center Gardens in Houston, TX. Design projects on the boards that he is leading include Alumni Hall at UVA; Welsh Fountain in Fairmont Park, PA; and Memorial Groves in Houston, TX.