Which design firm can see Longhorn Cattle from their office window?
KW Landscape Architects in San Antonio, Texas USA.
Photo: KW Landscape Architects in San Antonio, Texas USA.
2 countries. 9 cities. 300 landscape architects.
Street Furniture Australia’s Tiffany Hoy visited studios in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Melbourne, in Australia, and with partner Spruce & Gander met firms in Houston, Dallas / Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin in Texas, USA, in June-July 2023.
Our thanks to the hosting firms for your warm welcome, and for sharing your creativity in our Rapid Ideation Game, which involved arranging Linea furniture for a playground in only 10 minutes. We look forward to being part of your real-world persona experiences for Imagineers, Achievers, Thinkers, Sports Stars and Social Graduands.
Some design firms stood out in notable ways:
Most Out-of-the-Box Concept
Goes to Oculus in Melbourne, for their existentialist meditation, ‘The Void.’
Most Impressive Pothos in a Meeting Space
Goes to the green-thumbed team at ASPECT Studios in Melbourne.
Best View of Longhorn Cattle from an Office Window
Goes to Stantec in Dallas, Texas USA.
Texan Longhorn Cattle.
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith.
Stantec in Dallas, Texas USA.
Would you like to book an in-person Studio Workshop for your team? Contact Tiffany editor@streetfurniture.com
Tiffany explains Rapid Ideation Game.
HOK in Houston, Texas USA.
SWA Group in Houston, Texas USA.
TBG Partners in Houston, Texas USA.
GFF Architects in Dallas, Texas USA.
TNP in Dallas, Texas USA.
SWA Group in Dallas, Texas USA.
BKV Group in Dallas, Texas USA.
Halff, in Dallas, Texas USA.
Rialto Studio in San Antonio, Texas USA.
Kimley-Horn in San Antonio, Texas USA.
Design Workshop in Austin, Texas USA.
Design Workshop in Austin, Texas USA.
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects in Austin.
TCL in Adelaide, South Australia.
Swanbury Penglase in Adelaide.
Outerspace in Adelaide, South Australia.
Oxigen in Adelaide, South Australia.
JPE Design Studio in Adelaide.
ASPECT Studios in Adelaide.
REALMStudios in Hobart, Tasmania.
Playstreet in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Tract in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Spiire in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Urban Initiatives in Melbourne, Victoria.
McGregor Coxall in Melbourne, Victoria.
For Brisbane workshops, see our StreetChat article.
See the winners of the Rapid Ideation Game Grand Prize for Australia and Texas.
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