CRAFTED PLACEMAKING

TOPOS Landscape Architects, founded in California, is renowned for its commitment to a simple and unpretentious design style. The firm has consistently aimed to create timeless designs that are well-resolved in three-dimensional crafting. This approach reflects a dedication to quality, detail, and the harmonious integration of landscapes with their surrounding environments.

TOPOS's design approach emphasizes creating compelling and responsible relationships between project sites and their environmental, social, and cultural contexts. Each design brings its site to life, maximizing assets and overcoming liabilities. An acclaimed portfolio includes projects across the Pacific Rim, such as resort and urban hotels, commercial and mixed-use developments, parks and waterfront spaces, residences, national museums, and cultural and art centers.

With understated elegance as a core design principle, TOPOS's chief designers are licensed landscape architects in the United States, with over twenty years of practice in California. The firm excels in all phases of project development, from site planning and schematic design to construction documentation and administration, particularly in complex interdisciplinary projects. TOPOS is dedicated to listening to clients and consultants, patiently collaborating to create high-performance, long-term value.

TOPOS's design is rooted in Southern California's design and craft traditions, while also influenced by Eastern culture. Highly resolved, well-crafted details are a hallmark of the firm's work. The role of landscape art in storytelling and reinforcing design intent is integral to their approach.

TOPOS typically seeks to identify the critical problem to solve in each project. The intent is to correctly frame the key issue that must be addressed for the project to be transformative: What is the essence of each project, and how do we creatively manifest it? This foundation-setting process ensures a distinctively responsive organization and structure for each TOPOS design.

TOPOS Landscape Architects has garnered attention from diverse media outlets and design entities, including the prestigious American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Los Angeles Times, Dezeen, Azure Journal, Archello, ArchDaily and World Landscape Architecture. TOPOS has received design awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Planning Association (APA), and the Architecture MasterPrize.