Category: Landscape Architecture

6 Reasons to Hire a Registered Professional

Why hire a registered professional? What difference does it make that your engineer, architect, geologist, landscape architect, surveyor, mapper, or soil scientist has a professional license? It makes all the difference if you want your project to be safe, long-lasting, and built to code. Arizona legislators introduced a bill earlier this year seeking to abolish… Read More »

Inspections Keep Safety First at Public Playgrounds

Spring break heralds the beginning of playground season for children throughout the nation. As the school year winds down and outdoor park and recreation programs wind up, those swings, slides, climbing bars, and seesaws are going to get a workout. Is your public playground ready? Each year more than 200,000 injuries happen on playgrounds, according… Read More »

Recipe for Great Downtown: Make it Destination with Deep Roots and Authentically Local Flavor

  What Makes a Great Downtown? Keep things authentic by incorporating a community’s history Tell a story with design Improve access to popular locales Make spaces flexible to accommodate multiple uses and purpose Planning for programming opportunities   All communities have the best of intentions when it comes to their downtowns. In most cases, this… Read More »