Mr. Argente graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture in 1991. He subsequently became a Registered Landscape Architect in California in 1996 (#4129).
Mr. Argente has more than 30 years of combined landscape architecture, planning and engineering management experience in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Argente’s main strength is leading complex multi-disciplinary projects given his previous experience as a city planner, a landscape architect, and project manager of teams of engineers and scientists. Mr. Argente possesses unique qualifications to integrate engineering science with equal attention to environmental and aesthetic concerns. In essence, Mr. Argente is a landscape architect that has a solid understanding of hydrology, hydraulics, earthworks, infrastructure, transportation, and construction. As increased urban development affects our environment, Mr. Argente has evaluated and implemented solutions that lessen the environmental impacts of projects and guides them into environmental assets for the communities. As a Qualified Stormwater Practitioner and Qualified Stormwater Designer, Mr. Argente has current relevant experience with modern water and storm water management practices that are now required by many governmental entities, including: bioswales, porous concrete, underground reservoirs, recharge systems and “smart” irrigation systems.
