Publications

“A Storied Santa Cruz Cottage Gets a Thoughtful Reinvention,” Architectural Digest, March 6, 2026, by Jennifer Fernandez View article >

“Architecture’s Second Looks, and Second Acts,” The New York Times, September 4, 2023, by Christopher Hawthorne View article >

“The Drought Will Tell,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, March 2015 View article >

Paradise by Design: Native Plants in the New American Landscape, by Kathryn Phillips, North Point Press, 1998

“LA Forum: A Playground for All Children,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, October 1994

“A Really Big Slough,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, May 1994

“Growing Native,” West Magazine, June 1993

Awards

2025
AIA Merit Award, Urban Design, Agrihood
AIA New York Citation of Merit, UCSC Kresge College Expansion (through Studio Gang)

2024
Joni L. Janecki elevated to American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows
AIA California Design Awards Honor Recipient, UCSC Kresge College Expansion (through Studio Gang with TEF Design)
AIA California Design Awards Honor Recipient, Cal Poly Frost Center (through ZGF Architects)
AIA San Francisco Honor Award, UCSC Kresge College Expansion (through Studio Gang)
AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award, UCSC Kresge College Expansion (through Studio Gang)
Architizer A+ Popular Choice Winner, Higher Education & Research Facilities, UCSC Kresge College Expansion (through Studio Gang)
American Architecture Award - Schools & Universities, Cal Poly Frost Center

2023
Pacific Horticulture Design Futurist Honors Award, “The Nest” Santa Cruz Residence
Structures Award for Affordable Housing Project, Silicon Valley Business Journal, Agrihood
AIA Oregon Honor Award, Cal Poly Frost Center (through ZGF Architects)

2022
AIA Honor Award, Residential Design | Built, Sea Ranch Meadow 2 Residence (through Turnbull Griffin Haesloop)

2020
PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Award, Best Custom Home 6,000-8,000 SF, Pebble Beach Residence (through Stocker & Allaire)

2018
AIA California Council Design Honor Award, UCSC Hay Barn Reconstruction (through Fernau + Hartman)

2017
AIA Monterey Bay Honor Award | Remodel Category, UCSC Hay Barn Reconstruction (through Fernau + Hartman)

2018
California Preservation Design Award, UCSC Hay Barn Reconstruction (through Fernau + Hartman)

2015
AIA San Francisco Merit Award, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Headquarters (through EHDD)

2011
AIA San Francisco Citation Award for Energy + Sustainability, Caterpillar House (through Feldman Architecture)
Builder Magazine: Grand Award for Custom Homes less than 3500 sf, Caterpillar House (through Feldman Architecture)

2006
AIA/LA Merit Award, UC Santa Cruz Engineering II Building