Catherine Benotto AIA, ASLA, LEED® AP
Catherine Benotto leads Weber Thompson's Community / Urban Design and Landscape Teams working on innovative place-making projects throughout the Northwest. As the firm's first LEED Accredited Professional, she also directs Weber Thompson's Sustainability Team, a research group that supports the firm's projects and in-house operations.
Ms. Benotto's work at Weber Thompson is characterized by excellent client service and a passion for creating sustainable communities, combining her expertise in urban design/master planning, architecture and landscape architecture. She is principal in charge for the firm's three LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Projects including Sweetwater in Hailey, Idaho. She was also the design and planning lead on many of the firms other planning/urban design and landscape projects.
Ms. Benotto has 30 years of experience creating places in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Her work covers a broad mix of planning issues such as compact pedestrian friendly communities, transit oriented development, low impact development, urban center plans of development, design guidelines and Heritage Conservation District studies. Ms. Benotto previously worked at Callison Architecture and AJ Diamond Donald Schmitt and Company in Toronto. At the latter firm, she was part of the design team for the honored Jerusalem's City Hall Square, in Israel.
She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles' Master of Architecture Program where she received the American Institute of Architecture's Henry Adams Medal and Certificate for Overall Excellence. She received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto and is both a licensed architect and landscape architect.
Ms. Benotto is currently a member of the City of Seattle Planning Commission and is the past chairperson of the West Seattle Design Review Board. She has lectured extensively and written numerous articles on Sustainable Community Planning, Low Impact Development and Landscape Architecture.
To learn more about Catherine's work, we invite you to peruse the following:
LEED Pilot Projects Rethink the Design of Neighborhoods
Where's the Family in Multifamily?