Lynchburg Riverfront Master Plan
MASTER PLANNING
Master planning provides long-range visioning, as well as organizational planning for more complex projects. We focus on developing a clear guiding concept that will allow flexibility for subsequent development to evolve. We provide master plans for universities, corporate campuses, residential estates and gardens. A master plan is a useful tool for setting priorities and guiding funding decisions.
The Dell, University of Virginia
Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture is our core discipline and our passion. We provide inspiring designs that celebrate a sense of place and elevate the human spirit. Landscape architecture at its best requires an understanding of the complex interrelationships of natural and cultural systems and processes, and we are committed to approaching each project with respect and wonder for the histories and nuances of place and people. We work with the local context in mind and develop designs that are regionally specific and appropriate to each place.
Our work spans project types and scales from small residential gardens to large university campuses, corporate campuses, and urban parks. We enjoy and excel at the diversity of work. We bring an ethic of care and commitment to a creating successful places for people and nature.
Nexton: Brighton Park
Community and Urban Design
Our community and urban design services range from the design of town and subdivision plans and real estate development, to more specific aspects of urban design such as street section design, green infrastructure/ storm water management, and visualization of building form, site lighting and plant selection. We help clients interpret codes and create development guidelines.
Grand Canyon National Park
CULTURAL AND INTERPRETIVE LANDSCAPES
Associate Principal Rob McGinnis has extensive experience with cultural landscapes across the United States and abroad, providing KWLS with leadership and expertise in planning and design services for a wide range of historically significant landscapes including parks, museums, civic spaces, campuses, and ethnographic and historic sites. Our heritage landscape conservation work crafts innovative planning and design solutions that ultimately lead to greater public access and awareness, environmental sensitivity, and the protection and enhancement of cultural and ecological resources. KWLS senior staff fully meet the requirements of the Secretary of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards as expanded and revised in 1997 (62 FR 33708, June 20) for Historical Landscape Architects.
Morven
Land Planning
KWLS land planning work encompasses assistance with zoning and other regulatory approvals, assistance through out network with surveying, utility easements and other technical work related to land ownership and rights.
Cape Cod House
Residential Design
We provide a range of services to residential clients, from land and estate planning to garden design. We have design beautiful and practical landscapes from Maine to California. We respond to the needs and aspirations of our clients and are fluent in both traditional and modern design styles. Each site presents unique opportunities to connect buildings with the natural environment and to create outdoor places.
Panorama Farms
Rural Conservation
With our affiliate Field Sport Concepts, Ltd, we provide experience with a wide range of market-based conservation finance mechanisms, landowner incentive programs and innovative land use strategies, FSC assists clients with the development and realization of ecological and natural resource asset values for ecosystem services derived from land and water resources. KWLS assists FSC with the creation of hypothetical development plans to assist with land appraisal and conservation alternatives.