Crate & Barrel Michigan Avenue: Flower Fame
We love urban horticulture fans! This week we got a call from Kate who wanted an ID on one of the bulbs in the parkway planter in front of the… Read More >
Rooftop Garden Design: Tips for Creating Your Own
When spring is in the air your underutilized real estate atop a garage suddenly looks like a great place for a rooftop garden. Rooftop terraces can be so much –… Read More >
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Breaks Ground
The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden broke ground on their $11.6 million improvement plan this month. Iowa’s state capitol has a number of citizens committed to public horticulture and we’ve been fortunate enough… Read More >
Outdoor Living Trends 2013: Design Tips & Inspiration
The ASLA asked landscape architects across the country to identify the top outdoor living trends of 2013—and published the survey results on their blog earlier this month. Outdoor living spaces,… Read More >
World Food Prize Hall & Garden Achieve LEED Platinum
In the good news category: The World Food Prize announced this week that the Hall of Laureates and Garden has received LEED Platinum certification. The platinum rating is the highest… Read More >
Flowers in February
February is the worst. No, I take that back. February in Chicago, now that’s the worst. It’s cold. The sparkle of the holidays has worn off. It’s cold. The fluffy,… Read More >
Midwest Garden Design & Challenges
No one can argue with the radiance of a Midwest garden in the spring and summer—but as you know winter is the truest test. When Hoerr Schaudt designs for this… Read More >
Luxe Magazine: Beyond the Cover
This month’s Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine tells the story of how a century-old home in Lake Forest, IL was carefully restored to its original glory. Hoerr Schaudt had the… Read More >
Hoerr Schaudt is Hiring!
We are an exceptional team of talented professionals working on complex, exciting, and rewarding projects. We collaborate with the best architecture firms in the country and offer the opportunity to… Read More >
A Hoerr Schaudt Holiday
This is my first holiday season as a member of the Hoerr Schaudt team. As excited as I was on my first day, I’ll never forget how intimidated I was… Read More >
Landscape Design at SandRidge Energy Commons
Last month, Architectural Record wrote briefly about the SandRidge Energy Commons project in Oklahoma City, the new corporate headquarters of an oil and natural gas company, in its move downtown,… Read More >
Gather Around the Table – Alfresco Dining Spaces
In honor of the Thanksgiving tradition of gathering around a generous table, I thought I post some (zero calorie!) eye candy of our favorite outdoor rooms designed for alfresco dining.… Read More >
Chicago Landscapes in Autumn
Chicago’s civic landscapes attract people from all over the country. One of our landscape architects was out and about recently and took photos of how autumn was expressed this year… Read More >
Urban Parkway: Tips & Considerations
We often point out the value of planting and maintaining the city-owned parkways in front of their homes when clients redesign their residential landscape. Aside from the obvious improvement… Read More >
We Got the Beat!
We thought we would mix it up this week–the Hoerr Schaudt office came up with a playlist of some of our favorite tunes. Can you spot the theme? Pretend you… Read More >