Arch-Eco Design, LLC.
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Arch-Eco Design is a design firm with expertise in sustainable design, landscape architecture, architecture, and master planning
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Arch-Eco Design is a design firm with expertise in sustainable design, landscape architecture, architecture, and master planning
Landscape Design (360) 273-9291
Markthor MacFarlane: M.Arch.,B.Land.Arch. 
Arch-Eco Design is a design firm based in the South Puget Sound
offering a wide range of services with a focus on sustainability. Based
on the scope of work, location may not be a factor
RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE SERVICES:
- Landscape Design & Architecture
- Rural and Urban Master Planning
- Design Development & Construction Documents
- Sustainable Design
- Construction supervision
WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE? Landscape architecture is more than designing where the plants and trees are going to be placed on
a piece of property. Entrance into the profession requires advanced education, training, licensure in
all but five states and specialized skills. Landscape Architecture is one of the most misunderstood
professions. Many building professions still do not know, how and when to use a landscape architect
and prospective clients often select the wrong profession for certain tasks.
It's not about "greening up the property". A landscape architect barely spends 5% of their college study
time in plant material studies for a five year B.L.A. program in North America. This is another reason
why we are heavy on education at Cascadia Design Build and why we particularly address the lay
person. Please read our blogs for more:
Blog article: Landscape Architecture vs. Landscape Design
Blog article: Professional Design Fees
ACTIVITIES OF A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Landscape architecture is about “the site’ and about all aspects of how people and
wildlife “behave through spaces”. Generally it combines earth sciences and human
behavior studies.
- Design & planning to ensure sustainable land use
- Evaluating and designing traffic patterns in and out of the property
- Designing to position buildings and landscapes in relation to the sun and seasonal
patterns
- Integrating into the design how people are going to use the land and facilities
- Creation of public parks and parkways
- Site planning for corporate office buildings
- Designing of residential landscapes and gardens
- Management of large wilderness areas or reclamation of degraded landscapes
(i.e.mines or landfills)
- Consulting with the builders to totally integrate the building, landscaping, human flow
and and use on the property to ensure a pleasing, ergonomic sustainable result
- See the ALSA definition (Link)
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Services Offered:
- Residential Design & Architecture - Sustainable Design, Architecture and Consulting - Landscape Design & Architecture - Residential Properties & Gardens - Commercial and Institutional Design & Architecture - Site Planning, Master Planning & Project Management - Teaching and consulting on sustainable design & building   |
Definition from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Landscape architecture is the profession which applies artistic and scientific principles to the research, planning, design and management of both natural and built environments. Practitioners of this profession apply creative and technical skills and scientific, cultural and political knowledge in the planned arrangement of natural and constructed elements on the land with a concern for the stewardship and conservation of natural, constructed and human resources. The resulting environments shall serve useful, aesthetic, safe and enjoyable purposes.
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