Our Approach

As landscape architects and planners, we are experienced in planning for the interaction of people with the environment – with a trained focus on place-making. We integrate these skills into a variety of specialized services that provide a unique vision for any design or community development project.

Our working style is oriented around teamwork and collaboration with our clients, stakeholders, the community, and allied professionals.  Through a design and planning process that affords each member of the team the opportunity to individually and collectively identify issues and explore ideas together, we believe everyone gains a deeper understanding of the challenges and solutions – in effect supporting a more efficient means of moving forward into implementation.

We have developed a broad range of tools and interactive exercises to actively engage a variety of stakeholders in the design and planning process.  These are tailored specifically to the unique needs of each project and planning process, and the final results are somewhat different – and in almost every case better – than anyone originally anticipated.

  • Des Moines

    1300 Walnut Street, Suite 200
    Des Moines, IA 50309
    p: (515) 288-4875
    f: (515) 288-8359
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  • Kansas City

    417 Delaware Street
    Kansas City, MO 64105
    p: (816) 531-7227
    f: (816) 531-7229
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  • Sioux Falls

    524 North Main Ave., Suite 201
    Sioux Falls, SD 57104
    p: (605) 339-1205
    f: (605) 339-1215
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  • Iowa City

    401 South Gilbert, First Floor
    Iowa City, IA 52240
    p: (319) 337-6634
    f: (319) 337-6635
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