PRACTICE AREAS
Residential
Comas - USA
The Comas property is a 30-acre rugged riverside woodland. The land is a restored coal mining transfer facility of mostly tailings, gravel, and bedrock outcrops. The forest was planted 50 years ago during shutdown and reclamation and is now needing serious management for the mature but shallow-rooted trees in poor soil...
Urban Design - Madrid
The owners requested to redesign their urban garden to transform it into a biodiverse orchard that would generate its own food and optimize natural resources. To do this, one of the first steps was to carry out a study of shadows that ...
Stowell Residence - USA
The clients of this residential property are native plant enthusiasts and wanted an edible yard that also supports wildlife. With fantastic views of the mountains, they wanted to enhance the views without distracting from them...
Gaida and Hiller - Canada
After learning about Permaculture and sustainable lifestyles, forward-thinking families have no qualms about taking the plunge and redesigning their personal landscape for increased food production and managing their natural resources...
Slow Cycle Farm - USA
The new homestead vision with access to the features being the primary concern. Greenhouse (with thermal heat collection) is on a boardwalk from the house and connected to the two-car garage and workshop...
Tidwell Urban Orchard - USA
Karri Tidwell is a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the school of Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She wanted her residence to have the exterior landscape to support...
Guide Rock - USA
A small homestead fits in the Nebraska plains. 15 miles to the nearest diner. An hour any major city. Any trip to town for supplies, groceries, or repair parts is a major event taking hours of the day. The isolation of the property is only equalled by the solitude and silence...
Northville - USA
On all residential lots, optimizing space is crucial. Especially when the majority of your property is water and now shoreline. Add to this the residence driveway and outdoor spaces, sometimes there is not a lot left for gardening or growing our own food...
BIOTONOMY -Autonomous Buildings
United Designers is thrilled to work with land and ecology-based engineering of Biotonomy. Biotonomy is redefining the abiotic realm of building materials to support and infuse human habitat within the enhanced beauty of the natural landscape...