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OUR VISION + MISSION We design for people and habitats. We design to catalyze and inspire just futures. We co-create compassionate, immersive, and resilient spaces that confront the issues of our time. TEN VALUES We acknowledge that land is an expression of power and believe that it can be redistributed through the design process. We […]

This tiny urban backyard was transformed into a rich and dense layering of atmospheres and uses. The design recycles already extracted but discarded granite blocks from a local quarry – a sustainable attitude of working with the land. The charcoal grey, or ‘Graveyard’ granite, as central feature, pays homage to the depths of the local strata. The design explores the conventional concept of extending the interior spaces into the garden, yet done by an interweaving and shifting of wild landscape, threshholds and architectural planes. So, the tiny garden space is experienced as much larger than it is. The sunken garden ‘quarry’ is embedded in a dense thicket of birches and hemlocks, creating a mysterious atmosphere which neither the body, mind nor spirit can tire of.

For an American context, the Quarry garden is surprisingly modest, effortlessly disconnecting from the more traditional codes where a garden would often be dominated by an abundance of features, shapes and things.

The recently completed Treetop Trail allows visitors to experience the Minnesota Zoological Gardens through a renewed elevated perspective. The Minnesota Zoo Treetop Trail embodies a profound commitment to environmental stewardship, guided by the overarching vision of “connecting people with nature.” Along 1.25 miles and four touchdowns (access points), the Trail guides visitors through many stories, […]

VISION Mill 19 sits at the heart of Hazelwood Green, Pittsburgh’s largest riverfront development. Nestled between the Monongahela River and the Hazelwood community, Mill 19 is the catalytic transformation of the former Pittsburgh J&L Steel Company into a sustainable advanced manufacturing research center enveloped by an immersive public landscape. The project celebrates a bold approach […]

The SECOND + SECOND Courtyard is a new urban fabric that stitches a private housing development into the Historic North Loop District of Minneapolis. The project re-imagines privately owned space as public realm, using texture, planting, and infrastructure to create a welcoming, immersive, and resilient place. Three key spaces- the Garden Street, the Portal, and […]

Nested within the armature of a 1,300-foot-long historic steel mill along Pittsburgh’s Monongahela River at the heart of Hazelwood Green, two new buildings sit in the shadows of trusses clad with solar panels. The 5-acre multi-phased adaptive reuse project is nested within a 170-acre brownfield site that is being transformed into a highly sustainable, high-tech […]