Commercial & Civic

Public Places

Two decades of work at the scale of buildings, blocks, and towns — rooftop landscapes, resort grounds, town gateways, and campus plans. The range behind every residential project we take on.

Rooftop landscape at The Parkline, Chapel Hill View Gallery · 22
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Parkline

A landscape lifted onto the roof of an office building — terraces, gardens, and walks where there was only structure. Proof that ground can be made anywhere.
Designed while with Little Diversified.
Hand-stacked stone wall with flowers in Breckenridge View Gallery · 14
Breckenridge, Colorado

Medians & Roundabouts

Three and a half miles of town gateway — hand-stacked stone walls and plantings that hold their own through every mountain season. The same stonecraft a private garden is built on.
Designed while with Norris Design.
Gateway Canyons Resort grounds View Gallery · 5
Gateway, Colorado

Gateway Canyons Resort

Grounds for an adventure resort in the red-rock country — gardens, stonework, hearths, and an arrival sequence that earns the view.
Michael was a member of this project team while at DTJ Design.
The amenity grounds at Southshore View Gallery · 18
Aurora, Colorado

Southshore

The amenity heart of a 2,000-home lakeside community — pool, cabanas, and the gathering grounds that give a neighborhood its center.
Designed while with Norris Design.
Planted office terrace in Uptown Charlotte View Gallery · 6
Charlotte, North Carolina

Uptown Office Terrace

A planted terrace high above the city — a green outdoor room carved into a Charlotte office tower.
Designed while with Little Diversified.
The campus grounds and entrance at St. Mary's Academy View Gallery · 4
Englewood, Colorado

St. Mary's Academy

A landscape master plan for a campus with a 150-year history — a long view of how grounds grow, age, and are renewed.
Designed while with Norris Design.
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