Material
Materials reliably connect us to landscape, making sense of it as a place and opening it to us as a realm where we feel we belong.
Inherent in every project are its materials—the elements that give form to architecture.
Texture
Texture is an artistic language that begins where material leaves off, an extra dimension that makes a surface expressive.
There is one constant—light is textures's active element; exposing, shaping, and teasing inert materials so that they become provocative, actively engaging with an admirer who might otherwise have underestimated their charisma.
Structure
Structure imparted by man-made features-such as walls, terraced steps, and trellises- can help organize a site and introduce functionality.
The contrast of order and disorder confers a new way to the natural world.
Layers
All gardens are meant to be experienced over periods of time as well as sequentially when you walk through them. They are a heightened form of nature, a multilayered encounter created to be viewed from many perspectives at once.
Craft
Craft is a material expression of meaning that is the soul of all our projects. At its most intimate, craft is the revelation of how something is made.
When perfectly executed, craft is both seen and felt by the observer... something with natural integrity that will stand the test of time.