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CONSIDERED DESIGN INC IS THE STUDIO OF JULIAN PATTISON AND ALISON MAGILL. OUR JOURNEY STARTED IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, EDUCATED RESPECTIVELY AT HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY/ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART, MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH. WE HOLD PROFESSIONAL DEGREES AS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND AS A LANDSCAPE PLANNER. JULIAN IS A REGISTERED MEMBER OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

BETWEEN US WE HAVE 15 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS IN THE WORLD. PRACTICAL KNOW-HOW, INSIGHT AND INSPIRATION HAS COME FROM WORKING WITH PEOPLE INCLUDING, DAN GRAHAM, DJ SIMPSON, TANYA KOVATZ & ALEX HARTLEY, MARTHA SCHWARTZ, TOM LONSDALE, PENOYRE & PRASAD, AHMM AND MARKS BARFIELD TO NAME A FEW.

PROJECTS HAVE RANGED FROM £10,000 SENSORY GARDENS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOLS TO $760 MILLION CAMPUS PLANS FOR A MIDDLE EAST OIL COMPANY AND ALL STOPS IN BETWEEN.

OUR WORK HAS WON AWARDS AND HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN UK NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS SUCH AS ‘THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW’, ‘THE ARCHITECTS JOURNAL’, ‘LANDSCAPE DESIGN’ AND ‘THE INDEPENDENT’.
AWARDS HAVE RECOGNISED PIONEERING WORK IN SUSTAINABILITY AND EDUCATION. WE HAVE ALSO DONE SOME PRETTY COOL GARDENS.

SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY?
WE ARE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST & WE ARE CONSIDERED DESIGN INC. Read Less

CONSIDERED DESIGN INC IS A STUDIO BASED DESIGN PRACTICE SPECIALISING IN THE CREATION OF LANDSCAPE THAT IS DEFINED BY THE PROCESS OF CONCEIVING, DETAILING, CONSTRUCTING AND ENJOYING.

OUR WORK IS ILLUSTRATED BY PROJECTS OF VARYING SCALES FOR VARYING PEOPLE.

FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO WE ENDEAVOR TO REALISE THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY SITE, BUDGET, PROGRAM, CLIENT AND COLLABORATOR TO CREATE LANDSCAPES OF INTELLIGENCE AND INTEGRITY.

WE OFFER A FULL RANGE OF HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND ARE ABLE TO GUIDE PROJECTS FROM INCEPTION TO SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION USING THE WRITTEN, VERBAL AND GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS NECESSARY.

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO; SITE SURVEY, PUBLIC/ PRIVATE CONSULTATION, BRIEF DEVELOPMENT, CONCEPT DESIGN, DETAILED DESIGN, PLANT SELECTION/ SPECIFICATION, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.

OUR APPROACH IS DEFINED NOT BY ANY PARTICULAR AESTHETIC OR STYLE BUT BY EACH PROJECT BRINGING WITH IT NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING VOCABULARY OF IDEAS. FOR US LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IS A LANGUAGE THAT IS SPATIAL, ELEMENTAL AND COMPLEX. INNOVATION IS THE VEHICLE FOR US TO FIND NEW WAYS OF READING, UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING. Read Less

WE ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS. REPTON, BROWN, KANT, OLMSTEAD, BLAKE AND BRUNEL ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO QUESTIONED THE RELATIONSHIP OF MAN AND NATURE. WE BELIEVE ITS A VITAL QUESTION TODAY.

FOOTPRINTS

IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOTPRINTS, ALL THAT WE ARE IS ALL THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND. AS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LEAVING SOME PRETTY LARGE FOOTPRINTS, WE BELIEVE IN TRYING TO TREAD AS LIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE. AFTER ALL WE ARE ONLY RENTING THIS LAND FROM OUR DESCENDANTS.

OUR BELIEFS

TO USE DESIGN TO TELL STORIES ABOUT THE WORLD WE SHARE. THROUGH OUR WORK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TOTAL, TO CONDUCT OURSELVES ETHICALLY AND TO CONSIDER (see what we did there) OUR ROLE AND IMPACT UPON THIS PLANET.

WE BELIEVE IN SERVICE AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED QUALITY.
WE BELIEVE IN HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, WE WILL BE UP FRONT ABOUT ALL OUR FEES AND COSTS, AN HONEST DAYS WORK FOR AN HONEST DAYS PAY.
WE BELIEVE THAT TIME IS IMPORTANT, WHAT DO THEY SAY? THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN, THAT IS WHY WE WON’T WASTE YOUR TIME OR OURS.
WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU OUR CLIENTS AND US THE DESIGNERS, WE THINK ITS IMPORTANT TO LISTEN IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE A GOOD IDEA COMES FROM.
WE BELIEVE IN STRIVING TO ALWAYS BE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.
WE BELIEVE IN COLLABORATION BECAUSE WE DON’T ALWAYS HAVE THE ANSWERS.
WE BELIEVE IN USING ECOLOGICALLY SOUND MATERIALS WHEN EVER POSSIBLE, WE WILL CONSIDER THE BIG PICTURE, HOW FAR SOMETHING HAS TRAVELLED, HOW LONG IT WILL LAST, HOW IT CAME INTO BEING, IF IT DOESN’T STACK UP WE WON’T USE IT.
WE BELIEVE THAT ITS THE SMALL THINGS THAT COUNT, THE SMALL THINGS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE BIG IDEAS.
WE HAVE PRINCIPLES AND WE ARE NOT SHY ABOUT USING THEM.

OUR WAY

WE THINK WORK SHOULD BE MORE LIKE FUN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THE BALANCE RIGHT BETWEEN WORK AND PLAY. SOME OF OUR BEST IDEAS COME TO US HALF WAY UP A MOUNTAIN OR WALKING THE DOG.

WE BELIEVE IN PAYING OUR WAY, NOTHING COMES FOR FREE, WE WILL ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HELP AND ADVICE AND OUR INSPIRATION UP FRONT, OPEN AND HONEST. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TRULY ORIGINAL IDEA, IT’S JUST A CONSTANT PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT.

NEW TALENT IS IMPORTANT TO US, WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP IT GROW.

WE BELIEVE GOOD ART IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL. Read Less