We make landscapes for all. We design, envision, and construct in collaboration with our clients. We appreciate sites for what they were, what they are, and what they might become.

MAKE

We are a Landscape Architecture and Construction practice founded in Minnesota. We believe that collaboration and experimentation are the root of a project’s success. As designers and builders who sit at the same table, we work together to solve problems at the masterplan and detail scale, linking all aspects of a projects materiality and tectonics.

Our diverse team recognizes efficient solutions that integrate utility with beauty. By working together throughout a project, we are able to cut-off problems that might lead to schedule overruns or cost increases, without sacrificing the client’s end-goals. We are client-centric, meaning that we embrace the unique needs and tastes of each of our clients. We believe in solutions that are framed by those who will live in the spaces we construct.

DESIGN

The design team has worked at every scale of Landscape Architecture for the last 10 years, garnering praise for work ranging from master planned communities to urban courtyards, built, planned and conceptual.

For us, design is not an ego-driven endeavor—it is a revealing and rewarding process of collaborative investigation. Our solutions are derived from a site. In our opinion they are already there and its our job to find them; present ideas, constructs, and materials that are in concert with the region, architecture, and client mission. Our goal is simple, make sense of a place.

  • Site Design
  • Master Planning
  • Programming
  • Project Administration
  • Cost Estimation
  • Visualization

CONSTRUCT

For over 30 years, our build team has been actively involved in Landscape Construction at all scales, and our portfolio runs the gamut from sensitive shoreline restorations, meticulous high-end residential projects, bluff restorations, to cremation gardens.

Our expertise in construction stems from a passion for materiality and craftsmanship. We believe in providing value to our clients by leveraging vendor relationships, and delivering projects on time and budget.

  • Residential
  • Commercial
  • Shoreline/Bluff Stabilization and Restoration
  • Stormwater Management
  • Lighting
  • Irrigation
  • Maintenance

ENVISION

Our design team has collaborated with Architects and Planners on projects around the world during the pre-design and design processes. Projects range in type and scale from transit infrastructure developments to urban plazas. Our consulting services include concept site design and developing graphic visualizations for use in presentations to government agencies, stakeholders and marketing.

  • Concept Site Design
  • Modeling
  • Texturing
  • Lighting
  • Post Production
  • Information Graphics