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GARDEN: CAITLIN ATKINSON
Terremoto
David Godshall and Alain Peauroi
(pictured, center) founded this
landscape-design firm with a simple
premise. “We wanted to create
projects that are about ideas and
philosophy—gardens as an expression
of culture,” explains Godshall, who
oversees the company’s L.A. operation
in Echo Park while Peauroi directs
the San Francisco office. In the span
of five short years, Terremoto has
become one of the most sought-after
landscape practices in California,
with recent projects spanning the
Platform Park in Culver City (shown
above, it features a Block Shop
mural) and private residences, among
them a Whitley Heights backyard
garden (right) and projects by Emily
Farnham and Frances Merrill. A master
plan for a spa complex in Desert
Hot Springs is just one of many jobs
on the boards. terremoto.la
