+ A design studio where every project is curated with playful, hospitable care and wellbeing is always the focus.

landscape architecture

urban design

site planning & placemaking

exterior design

Looking for our portfolio?

While we’d love to share many of our past projects (spanning 50 years of combined experience - ahhh!) … we would prefer to take the time to curate a custom collection of work tailored to your particular project needs.

Please reach out and we will be happy to do so –

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but in the meantime, if you’re curious,

scroll down for a glimpse of what we’ve been up to…

every moment builds the story

and every plot deserves a twist

select work currently on the boards

in the city
  • South Central Waterfront hospitality experience

    - Austin, TX

  • Immersive art bathhouse

    - Austin, TX

  • Thai inspired culinary, cocktail and organic brewery

    - Austin, TX

  • Luxury and wellness student housing tower

    - Austin, TX

  • Experiential mixed-use city block strengthening a sports district

    - Charlotte, NC

  • Confidential supertall tower flagship hotel and residences

    - TX

  • The ‘center of gravity’ for a re-budding entertainment district

    - Austin, TX

  • Bespoke River Oaks residence

    - Houston, TX

  • High density workforce / affordable housing with a wellness focus

    - Austin, TX

just outside the city
  • Austin’s favorite new pizza shop at the foothills of the hill country

    - Austin, TX

  • Westlake private residential retreat

    - Austin, TX

  • A Lake Austin waterfront mixed-use hospitality retreat

    - Austin, TX

way out
  • Experiential healing resort

    - Asheville, NC

  • Hill Country hamlet and social destination

    - Blanco, TX

  • Private residence

    - Pine Barrens, NJ

  • A lifestyle forward community

    - Orlando, FL

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Landscape Architecture

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Urban Design

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Site Planning

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Exterior Design

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Everyday Nature

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Landscape Architecture + Urban Design + Site Planning + Exterior Design + Everyday Nature +

Leadership
  • Principal, Co-founder

    Elliott is a passionate designer and creative with more than 25 years of professional experience working on complex projects both domestic and abroad. His portfolio includes many prominent destinations, particularly in terms of hospitality and urban design. After being in a major firm leadership role for almost a decade, Elliott is thrilled to be fully immersed in projects and design to deliver beautiful, lasting, and inspirational places.

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  • Principal, Co-founder

    As a Principal landscape architect, Chris has extensive experience leading design efforts on high-profile urban, civic, and experiential hospitality projects. His portfolio, featuring Austin landmarks like the Waterline tower, Oracle World HQ, and Q2 Stadium, are examples of his big impact, deep community engagement and placemaking expertise. He specializes in integrating nature with the urban fabric to create memorable, context-driven landscapes that celebrate local identity.

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  • Associate, Director of Marketing

    Adrianne has practiced landscape architecture since 2018 and brings immersive design, craft and care to every project. She recognizes even the smallest designed details can affect a person’s experience and particularly enjoys unconventional projects, curating designs with deep narrative, joy and immersion. She loves to think “life’s a garden, dig it.”

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We would love to collaborate with you to create places where people want to be – places that are rooted in story, inspired by site and always bring something delightfully unexpected.

 

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our wonderful current collaborators include:

Adam America Real Estate, Allday pizza, Arenaman, Ares Management, Armbrust & Brown, Baldridge Architects, Big Country Brewing, Brent Design, DCA, Delineate, Drenner Group, Endeavor, Fox Fox Studio, Garza, Gensler, iNichols, Joel Mozersky Design, Kimley-Horn, KPF, KPFF, LV Collective, Mary Bledsoe Design Studio, Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Morris Adjmi, Niles Bolton Associates, Notional Development, Nudge Design, O’Connell Robertson, Perkins Eastman, PRA Irrigation Consultants, Related, Rene Ortiz, River City Capital, Sarabi Studio, SESCO Lighting, Siglo, Sixth River, STG, Strata Landscape, Stream, Submersive, Spark Root Development, WAY Creative, Wuest Group