LandDesign, Inc.
"For 45 years, LandDesign has remained true to how we are unique in this industry–you can do great design as a multi-disciplinary firm. Our integrated approach–landscape architects and civil engineers working together as designers–is what makes us unique and why we continue to operate nearly five decades later." - Rhett Crocker, President
From its inception in 1978, LandDesign has been a firm focused on doing 'great design, with great people.' When Larry Best started LandDesign, he was determined to create a firm whose rigor was grounded in honoring the land and working without ego to create implementable plans for his clients. This is why he called it ""LandDesign."" Today the firm has evolved into a 300-person integrated practice that leverages the creative tension between planning, design, and engineering to 'Create Places That Matter' around the world. This mission keeps the firm focused on celebrating the unique opportunities presented in each project to 'listen to the land,' 'listen to the client,' and 'listen to the community' – and use that to inform a unique value proposition, to which the design plans respond. The core values that Larry embodied in the beginning remain present in the leadership of the firm today, five generations later. This is a testament to the enduring culture that has been fostered throughout the history of the firm, and the generational belief that when you do great design, with great people, you can run a great practice.
LandDesign is unique; as a mid-size firm integrating landscape architecture, planning, and civil engineering, leadership has worked hard and intentionally to keep great design and client service at the center of the practice during growth.
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