The contours that define us

BHA Design Incorporated is a landscape architecture and planning firm established January of 1993. The firm size is currently six full-time designers, three principals and one administrative assistant. BHA provides sign design, image development, landscape architecture, master planning, urban design, public process, entitlements and architectural illustration services to both public and private clients in a variety of settings.

We have three core values. We feel our core values are essential ingredients for creating a better world. We try to incorporate into each of our designs:

• Sustainability
• Therapy
• Fun
  

Sustainable Design - Our world needs to reduce energy use. Since the 1950’s America has steadily increased its use of energy. Today our energy dependence has created not only an environmental threat, but also an economic and terrorist threat. At BHA we want to play a role in helping our country reduce this dependence and in restoring a better environment. Through careful, well thought out design and planning, we believe that Americans can reduce their dependence and achieve a greater balance with our natural and built environment.

Therapeutic Design - One of the best ways to reach our spiritual selves is through the landscape. A hike in the alpine, sailing on a lake, or running on a back country trail are all ways to feel more closely attuned to both our environment and our spirits. Through the sense of peace that comes from these activities, we enjoy a better world. BHA strives to provide this experience in the built landscape. If we do our work properly, we think that users of the landscape at our sites will have this experience in their everyday work and living environments.

Fun Design - What's better than laughter? Laughter fills our souls with happiness and makes us glad for our existence. We feel that "fun" is an integral part of life and should be experienced by all people. In each of our designs, we try to bring a smile to everyone. Through implementing whimsical ideas, we bring a sense of well-being to people, and try to lighten each person’s day.

Operating philosophies - From an operational perspective, we focus on two basic tenets: Innovation and Customer Service.

Our first philosophy, Innovation, to us means striving to provide our clients with environmentally responsible designs that are unique, attractive, and contextually sensitive. We find each project setting provides its own unique attributes with clues to new and interesting design solutions. By understanding the site parameters, combined with the program elements of the client, we are able to develop solutions that are site-sensitive, responsive, and have a unique sense of place.

Our second major philosophy, Customer Service, means more than just meeting deadlines and budgets, although those certainly are significant. It also means providing our clients with constructive recommendations and constantly searching for ways in which to provide better solutions. Friendliness and courtesy are essential ingredients of our means of communication.