Our firm is chock full of design energy, and tempered by great experience!  I thought I would share some of the insight we have gained working on amazing projects like Cascadia, Trilogy, Redmond Ridge, Snoqualmie Ridge, Northwest Landing.  So, here are twenty one of them for our clients and friends:

1. Early decisions and choices have huge impacts later.

2. If you can find the talent, experience and vision, choose local talent.  Working with team members from a distance is hard and expensive.

3. Site conditions and the built form have a huge impact on sustainability goals.

4. Master plans are created by the planning process, but communities are built from the design that brings life to the plan.

5. Most Master Plans are poorly resolved and at a gross level.  It takes hard work on the ground to meet design, constructability, budget, sustainability, maintenance, and safety goals.

6. Design teams do not coalesce without a shared single vision, and the flexibility to adjust it to project realities.

7. Landscape architectural design will provide the outward look and feel that sells the community planning principles.

8. Large projects are, by nature, disruptive to natural site processes. Thoughtful design not only minimizes this, but provides a faster opportunity to repair the damage.

9. Every decision on a large project has huge impacts. Your design team must have the experience and judgment to make the right ones.

10. Continuity and shared knowledge will allow saving once the team coalesces.