How Should Architects + Landscape Architects Work Together? (w/ Shape Architecture + Superbloom)
A&E project collaboration sounds great–until projects go over budget, scope gets muddy, and no one's sure who's doing what.
In this episode, two award-winning design firms share how they actually make collaboration work:
→ How to staff and structure projects across two firms
→ How to run weekly planning and manage deadlines
→ How to divide scope, run client meetings, and stay on track
→ What tools to rely on: Slack, trace paper, Monograph, and more
→ How should Architects + Landscape Architects work together?
Make sure to listen until the end to hear what they'd never do again!
In this conversation, you'll hear about:
- How Shape and Super Bloom started working together
- What kind of projects each firm focuses on
- How many projects they're working on at once
- How they structure projects across teams
- How they structure their time week to week
- How they handle client interactions and site meetings
- What tools they use for team collaboration and design
- How architects and landscape architects should work together
- What project really tested their collaboration—and how they handled it
- The most unexpected thing that helped them collaborate better
- What architects misunderstand about landscape architects—and vice versa
- What ways of working they'd never go back to
- Q&A: Is collaboration worth the budget risk for better outcomes?
- Q&A: When did they adopt Monograph, and why?
🟡 Shape Architecture is a Colorado-based firm recently recognized as the 2024 AIA Colorado Young Firm of the Year. Led by Principals Steve Scribner and Morgan Law, they focus on creating high-performance, site-connected buildings across the Mountain West.
🟢 Superbloom is a landscape architecture studio recently awarded a 2024 ASLA Colorado Merit Award for their innovative, climate-adaptive designs. Led by Principals Stacy Passmore and Diane Lipovsky, the team focuses on connecting people to landscapes in ways that are meaningful and resilient.
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