Dunbar/Jones was founded in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1982 and has
grown into a diverse group of creative design professionals with
extensive experience throughout the Midwest and Canada. Our design
team offers landscape architectural, planning, and urban design
services with a commitment to the highest quality in personal
service and research. Our dedication to client and user
satisfaction is exemplified by our approach to problem solving and
by the public participation process utilized throughout planning and
design development.
Team Profiles
As well as being licensed in landscape architecture, team members
bring to each job insight from degrees held in other disciplines and
a commitment to learning from each new undertaking.
Dunbar/Jones
produces results enriched by the knowledge and experience that comes
not only from our individual viewpoints and achievements but also
from our teamwork with colleagues and clients. Meet team members:
Five Disciplines
Our professional planning and design team offers expertise in
multiple disciplines. In whatever discipline we work, we value
your input because that input is critical to our ability to develop
meaningful outcomes for you. When making planning and design
decisions, Dunbar/Jones will respect existing culture and values,
propose accessible and sustainable responses, promote healthy living
environments, deliver results that are affordable and maintainable,
and offer artful solutions to your unique needs.
Landscape Architecture
Planning
Urban Design
Historic Landscapes
Sustainable Landscapes
Our Design Approach
Complement the human and built environments with innovative design solutions.
Cultivate client and user satisfaction through creative problem solving and
public participation.
Connect people to their cultural heritage and natural, everyday environment.
Challenge the design team to produce outcomes that exceed the client’s needs.
Champion the
practical value of designing for sustainability and beauty in the
built environment.
Communicate
and promote awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the land.
Process
To ensure the short-term and long-term success of any design or
planning project, Dunbar/Jones first meets with the client to review
process, scope, and schedule and to identify membership of a
steering committee that works with the client and the
Dunbar/Jones
professionals to guide the planning and design process through to
presentation of the final product. The public and stakeholders are
integrated as partners in the planning process through workshop/charrette
participation opportunities. Our extensive experience, exceptional
facilitation skills, and comprehensive planning and design knowledge
provide the foundation from which we can work with you to develop a
product that is responsive to your needs, representative of the
public and stakeholders, and plays a significant role in the future
of the project.
With the active participation of our clients, we have helped to
create positive, meaningful, and lasting solutions to planning and
design issues. The input process we utilize enables
stakeholders and the public to experience a sense of ownership in
the final product and share in the success.
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