Communication, facilitation, asking the challenging questions – our work is the result of an interactive process. The approach is straightforward–from a foundation of knowledge we examine the conditions, define the problem, provide resolution and execute the solution.   What we build is the answer. What people experience is the reason.

Arboreta and botanical gardens: places for collection, preservation and rejuvenation. Designs that value the beauty of nature and our place within it.

Places for Community: sites that provide protection, education and a space to work. Facilities that go beyond pure function. Gathering places for learning from one another and working together.

Museums and visitor centers: places to encounter preserve and discover. Designs that recognize the needs of the curator and the curious.

Parks, recreation and Eco-tourism: space to walk, run, play, and just be…close to nature. Design that celebrates our human need for recreation and nature's need for renewal.

Urban Ecology: planning that integrates the built and natural environments. Gathering input, balancing needs and desires, and facilitating the solutions. We create plans for living well in a living world.

Zoos and aquaria: environments for observation, questions and discovery. Our designs…for people and animals foster personal connections with wild places and wild life.