Expertise
Landscape thinking
from first strategy
to final detail.
A complete landscape service
The landscape is considered as part of the whole project, not as an element added at the end.
Designstreet works from the wider landscape strategy through concept development, detailed design, planting, planning information and project delivery support.
The exact scope is tailored to each commission. Some projects require a complete landscape service, while others need focused design input, planning support or visual assessment at a particular stage.
Landscape Architecture
Landscapes developed in direct response to architecture, context and long-term use.
From overall landscape strategy to detailed project information, Designstreet brings clarity and structure to the spaces around buildings and across sites.
Landscape architecture begins with understanding how a site works: its levels, boundaries, movement, views, vegetation, exposure, drainage, architectural relationships and wider setting.
These conditions are translated into a coherent landscape framework that supports the project practically and strengthens its identity. Spaces are organised to create clear arrival, circulation, gathering, privacy, shelter and connection.
The service can extend through concept design, design development, planting strategy, planning information, technical coordination and support during implementation.
Landscape architecture may include
- Site appraisal and landscape analysis
- Landscape strategy and masterplanning
- Concept and developed design
- Hard landscape and material direction
- Planting strategy and planting plans
- Levels, movement and spatial coordination
- Planning-stage landscape information
- Technical drawings and schedules
- Tender and construction support
Relevant to
Garden Design
Private landscapes shaped around the home, the site and the way people wish to live.
Each garden is developed as a complete composition, balancing atmosphere, movement, planting, materials and practical use.
A successful garden should feel connected to both the architecture and its wider setting. It should provide spaces that are useful and comfortable while retaining a distinctive character of its own.
Designstreet considers how the garden will be entered, viewed and experienced throughout the day and across the seasons. Planting, light, enclosure, material texture and changes in level are used together to establish rhythm and atmosphere.
The design can address an entire property or a clearly defined part of the landscape, from an entrance sequence or terrace to a complete new garden.
Garden design may include
- Initial consultation and site review
- Garden layout and spatial planning
- Terraces, paths and outdoor living areas
- Material and finish selection
- Planting concepts and detailed plans
- Screening, boundaries and privacy
- Lighting and water-feature coordination
- Phasing and implementation guidance
- Review during construction
A garden should not feel imposed upon its setting. It should feel discovered within it.
Planning & Visual Impact
Landscape design and assessment developed with the planning context in mind.
Designstreet supports architects, developers, consultants and clients with landscape information that responds clearly to the site and proposed development.
Planning Services
Landscape input can be developed from the early stages of a project so that external space, boundaries, levels, planting and visual relationships are integrated into the planning approach.
- Planning-stage landscape strategies
- Landscape masterplans and proposals
- Planting and mitigation principles
- Supporting drawings and information
- Coordination with architects and consultants
- Responses to landscape-related planning matters
Visual Impact Assessments
Proposed development can be considered in relation to landscape character, visual amenity, key viewpoints and its wider setting. The assessment scale is matched to the nature of the site and project.
- Site and landscape-context review
- Identification of visual receptors
- Viewpoint and visibility consideration
- Landscape and visual-impact commentary
- Mitigation and landscape recommendations
- Coordination with planning documentation
Early involvement
Landscape and visual considerations are often most effective when addressed at the beginning of the design process, while the site layout and architectural response can still be meaningfully shaped.
How we work
Collaborative by design.
With private clients
Translating personal priorities into a clear, practical and distinctive landscape response.
With architects
Developing the landscape and architecture together so that both contribute to a coherent overall project.
With developers
Balancing identity, planning, usability, durability and long-term landscape value.
With public bodies
Creating clear, inclusive and considered landscapes for public use and civic settings.
The Designstreet process
A clear path from first conversation to completed landscape.
Each service is supported by a considered sequence of discovery, analysis, concept development, refinement and delivery.
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