We are a new england based placemaking studio.

WE DESIGN CITIES, PARKS, GARDENS, CAMPGROUNDS, PLAYGROUNDS, CAMPUSES, AND COMMUNITIES.

WE BELIEVE in the power of public space.

WE DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS WHICH EVOKE THE SPIRIT OF PLACE.

View fullsize Happy World Landscape Architecture Month! Today we celebrate a current project: The Kiwanis Aquatics Facility! This project embodies one of our core values— which is to provide quality public space to everyone in the communities we share. Qua
View fullsize Happy World Landscape Architecture Month! For us at ALA, landscape architecture happens at a variety of scales. At the smaller scale we have projects like Robie Park in Gorham, ME (slides 1-3) and this modern residence at the Ramble in Asheville, NC
View fullsize AshevilleNC ramble modern residence. Amazing team and client! #asheville #ashvillemodern #modernlandscapearchitecture #modernarchitecture #moderresidentialarchtiecture #northcarolinamodernisthouses @vellum_architects @acetola
View fullsize Site furnishing day at Jocelyn Place! This south-facing terrace extends the livable space of this 60-unit affordable senior housing community in Scarborough. ALA worked closely with the team to design a site which encourages outdoor living. It’
View fullsize Found myself passing through Lewiston early this morning and took the opportunity to stop by Raise Op Walnut and Blake Street Hosing. These two cooperative housing developments, separated by just a few blocks, provide 20 affordable homes in the City
View fullsize Screening study: sometimes in urban conditions every angle counts to maximize experience and add value—even what is viewed from the roof top. We recently took a deep dive into what this means for a townhouse project. #screening #urbandesign #l
View fullsize The plan will replace acres of pavement with community green space and 360 new homes. We’re excited to collaborate with the team at @utile_design on this impactful project.. #urbandesign #placemaking #communityplanning #landscapearchitecture #a
View fullsize Layers of change in Portland. #senseofplace #historicbuildings #publicspace #urbanphotography #urbandesign #placemaking #housingdesign #urbaninfill #urbandevelopment #adaptivereuse #landscapearchitecture #architecture #changingcityscape #walkablecity
View fullsize Aspen employee housing community building. #landscapearchitecture #architecture #designprocess #designsketch #affordablehousing #commiunityspace #mountainhousing
View fullsize Sage meadow house. With black shack office @glennrappaport #seriousfun #placemaking #designprocess #designconcept #residentialarchitecture #residentiallandscapearchitecture #landscapearchitecture #archilovers #architecture #landscapearchitect #carbo
View fullsize Spa meadow. Drawing always seems like the natural place to start. @jocieopp and @dean_works #spalife #placemaking #nordicspa #landscapearchitecture #architecture #designsketch #designprocess #senseofplace #mainelandscape
View fullsize Exciting to see the progress at our chapel hill residence. Cantilevered master wing separated by a glassed in bridge that will reveal glimpses into native vegetation and lush wetland below. Carefully sited to provide privacy for our clients with a tr
View fullsize Solid zoom session. Now in our third year of drawing on zoom, with a mouse. It’s starting to feel like its own medium. Who will be the first to publish a book of zoom sketches? This is a nordic spa concept by the way..with @jocieopp and @dean_w
View fullsize Getting to the fun part. #housingmasterplan #housingforall #affordablehousing #placemaking #landscapearchitecture #architecture #archlovers #senseofplace #masterplan
View fullsize We are excited to introduce our newest team member, Colleen Sloan! In her first month at ALA, Colleen has contributed to an affordable housing proposal, a commercial restaurant site plan, a coastal residential masterplan, and two multifamily residen
View fullsize Happy Holidays from Riverside, Illinois. Riverside, planned by famed Landscape Architect #fredericklawolmsted more than 150 years ago is a living example of design ingenuity and one of the earliest planned communities in the country. The plan orient
View fullsize A new green roof for a new restaurant @saddlebackmaine! @mainebiz tells the story! #greenroof #greenroofdesign #resortdesign #resortplanning #saddlebackskimountain #saddlebackskiresort #landscapearchitecture #architecture #mainearchitecture #mainela
View fullsize Waterville has long been known for it’s textile mills. HoFV will introduce a new pattern to the town fabric. A shared street stitches Front Street to the historic Main Street block and offers equitable urban space for every need. With @kaplanth
View fullsize Good Night Nightingale. #landscapearchitecture #placemaking #landscapeurbanism #urbandesign #landscapelighting #landscapedesign #urbanspace #publicspace #urbancourtyard #plaza #urbanism #architecture
View fullsize Design at The Downs. ALA started concepts for Frontrunner Park back in 2019 with the idea of introducing a slightly different land use pattern to southern Maine. One based in walkable streets and community spaces. With this approach we were able to a

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