Design Workshop is an international landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and strategic services firm that began in 1969.
The firm was named
ASLA
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's Firm of the Year
in 2008 for its work in new communities, urban centers, resorts, public parks, golf courses and residences.
The firm has offices in the United States in Asheville, Aspen, Austin, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Lake Tahoe and Los Angeles, as well as international offices in Beijing and Dubai.
Design Worksop has collaborated with
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Uta ...
to be offer a collection of its project records for use by students, landscape architects, environmental planners and anyone studying the history and development of the 20th-Century West.
History
Design Workshop was founded in 1969 by Don Ensign and
Joe A. Porter
Joe A. Porter is a professional landscape architect and Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Porter has worked with new community, natural resource, and resort developers to advance the art of community development through desig ...
- friends and college professors. They assisted private-sector clients, often engaging colleagues and students in a collaborative process they labeled “design workshops.”
Their early assignments started their small professional practice. A few years later the founders relocated the firm to Aspen and became known for solving the complex problems found in fragile ecosystems and the development challenges of the western landscape.
Over 40 years later, Design Workshop's services have expanded to include master plans for counties, planned communities, urban centers and resorts as well as design for public parks, residences and roadways.
Notable projects
Some of Design Workshop's projects include:
* Aspen Downtown Enhancement and Pedestrian Plan -
Aspen, Colorado
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*
Daybreak Community
Daybreak is a master-planned community over 4,000 acres (16 km²) in size that began construction in 2004 under the direction of land development company Kennecott Land (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group) in South Jordan, Utah. In 2016, the b ...
- South Jordan, Utah
* The Glacier Club at Tamarron - Durango, Colorado
* Kananaskis Village - Alberta, Canada
*
Kierland Commons
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- Phoenix, Arizona
* Rancho Viejo - Santa Fe, New Mexico
* Riverfront Park
- Denver, Colorado
*
Whistler Blackcomb
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- Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
* Whistler Comprehensive Sustainability Plan - Whistler, British Columbia
Sources
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External links
Design Workshop Landscape Architecture Archive Digital Collection: Utah State University
Design companies of the United States
Design companies established in 1969
American companies established in 1969