Pssst - we have a secret that Olsson Associates provides services beyond engineering design. While you may know us more for our civil engineering work, we've been quietly building a pretty impressive resume improving the aesthetics of our communities, shopping centers, and private industry sites; creating parks where your family wants to play; and helping communities plan for their futures.

But, our Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning (LAUP) team is about far more than adding flowers or "making things pretty."

For the past 15 years, the professionals on our LAUP team have worked on a wide variety of projects for an array of clients, both public and private. While we've been a bit hush-hush about the work we do, many of our projects, as you'll see below, speak for themselves.

Our LAUP team is specialized around the following areas, though the actual list of services is more than a page long:

  • Landscape Architecture
  • Planning
  • Community Development
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Sustainable Planning


  • You name it, they've probably done it... while creating a place where people are excited to live, work, visit, or play. We're tired of keeping a secret and wanted to share with you some of the really cool work we've been doing.
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    >>Trenton Parks Master Plan | Trenton, Missouri

     

    - Olsson completed master planning for five parks totaling more than 100 acres.
    - Master plan was facilitated in part by the growing need for soccer and baseball fields in the community.
    - Plan will also look to components of a citywide trail network with some parks linked by multi-purpose trails.
    - The plan is to be completed the fall of 2011.
    >>Kelly Park Apartment Complex | Overland Park, Kansas

     

    - Olsson provided master planning landscape design services for this 30-acre site in Overland Park, Kansas.
    - This is a 331 unit development.
    - Amenities include a clubhouse, a pool, tennis courts, a playground, a putting green, and a car care center.
    - Olsson also provided surveying and civil services.
    >>John Deere North America - Sales and Marketing Facility | Olathe, Kansas

     

    - Deere and Company selected this 18-acre site in Olathe, Kansas, to develop a three-story, 126,000-square-foot office building for its marketing and sales operations in North America.
    - Olsson provided landscape and hardscape design services.
    - Several sustainable elements were implemented into the design, such as water quality features, prairie restoration, and tree preservation.
    - New sustainable pavers were integrated in hardscape areas, and the design used native limestone and limestone screenings for walking paths.
     
    Papago Park Master Plan | Arizona

    Nestled directly in the heart of the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area, Papago Park's 2,000 acres are recreational open space and include a variety of both privately owned and leased facilities. Olsson Associates was selected to develop a long-range vision for the future development and management of the park. The resulting framework regional master plan was designed to address the major issues facing the park that affected not only the delicate desert environment, cultural history, and biological resources, but public enjoyment of the park as well.

     

    READ MORE:
    - About the project 

    - View the award submittal that won an Honor Award at the Phoenix Metropolitan Area's Valley Forward Environmental Excellence Awards program.

    New Projects in the KC Region
     

    Olsson's Kansas City regional offices were selected for the following projects in August of 2011: 

    In This Issue
    Meet Our Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Team
    Project Examples within the Region
    FEATURED PROJECT: Papago Park Master Plan
    New Projects in the KC Region
    Landscape Architecture

    Stewardship of the land is a landscape architect's ultimate mission, using a mix of artistry and science to create places where people will want to live, work, visit, and play.
    Urban Planning and Design

    Our Urban Planning and Design team helps communities create a desirable sense of place by defining a vision and creating a plan to achieve that vision.
    Olsson Practices

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