Claudia Hottmann is a Bay Area local with a professional background in art and carpentry. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art: Drawing & Painting from San Francisco State University, as well as a Certificate in Landscape Architecture from UC Berkeley Extension.
Her love of landscape, nature, art, and the technical aspects of design and building, along with a supplemental education in geography & human environmental studies, brought her to the profession of landscape architecture.
She finds that designing places in the landscape is both an aesthetic and a technical challenge that she thoroughly enjoys; a perfect nexus of opportunities to reveal, and challenges to meet. Being part of a design team and collaborating with clients to create beautiful & enduring spaces in the California landscape is continually rewarding and gratifying.
Claudia joined HLA in 2016 and manages both residential and commercial landscape projects. She contributes to all aspects of the project evolution, from site analysis to design to construction detailing and documentation.