Shades of Green Landscape Architecture
Hawkins Building Treasure Island Strong emphasis on the comfort and functionality of the spaces was placed to create multiple types of use. Work was done in close collaboration with interdisciplinary design teams to identify opportunities and constraints, to problem solve and develop sustainable, creative, innovative and attractive design strategies and solutions. Shades of Green’s work […]
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The Logan Apartments Logan Apartments is a new 204 unit, 6 story Residential/ Mixed use building with an extensive urban farm on the roof top, a dramatic green walled entry feature and redwood lined park on the North that connects adjacent Frog Park and the project’s own retail corridor. Plants were selected to thrive in
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The Lark This project is to freshen up the landscape elements of an existing Apartment complex in San Mateo, to make it as a center of the thriving and sustainable community. The newly added landscape amenity includes, a pollinator program and an old bocce court turned into a thriving community garden with fruit trees and
Sierra Towers The two office towers share an entrance plaza that was in need of updating. The plaza presented several challenges: it is shaded by the towers for most of the day and the two towers create a wind tunnel through the plaza. The area is on bay fill and the soil is unstable and
Hotel Casa Madrona When the iconic Casa Madrona Hotel in Sausalito remodeled its historic mansion and cottages, Shades of Green was offered the challenge of designing a unifying hillside landscape. A series of bluestone stairs and concrete walls make their way up the hillside, leading guests to their cottages. Along the way, colorful plantings help
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Wilshire-Vermont Station We were hired for improvements to the plazas at this existing mixed-use building and Metro station in Koreatown. The client desired a more inviting space for the apartment residents and ground floor retail tenants. The east and west plazas are heavily trafficked by Metro riders and didn’t offer much in the way of amenities
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