Surfacedesign, Inc. is a landscape architecture and urban design firm based in San Francisco, California. This internationally award-winning practice has a portfolio of over a decade’s work creating dynamic parks, campuses, plazas, waterfronts, civic landscapes that are enlivened through human activation and participation. Our firm is equally committed to the practice of designing residential gardens at all scales that celebrate material authenticity, horticultural exuberance, and reflect the unique needs and interests of their users. Under the leadership of James A. Lord and Roderick Wyllie, a multidisciplinary staff of landscape architects, urban designers and architects provide clients with a wide range of services.

Integral to the ideology of the practice, Surfacedesign focuses on cultivating a sense of connection to the built and natural world, pushing people to engage with the landscape in new ways. Our approach emphasizes and celebrates the unique context and imaginative potential of each project. The studio’s design process is rooted in asking novel questions and listening to a site and its users – a process that has led to engaging and inspiring landscapes that are rugged, contemporary and crafted.

Published on November 11, 2021