Meisner + Associates / Land Vision

11/12/2024

https://cincinnatidesignawards.com/entry/the-farmstead-development

11/11/2024

11/05/2024

UNDER CONSTRUCTION – PRIVATE RESIDENCE
- - working on finishing touches

10/28/2024

ON THE GROUND – ODOT Rest Areas Signs

10/22/2024

FROM THE DRAFTING BOARD - Santa Maria / Head Start

04/29/2021

Welcome Bill Dinan!

We are pleased to welcome our new intern, Bill Dinan. He is an Ohio native originally from Liberty Township, Ohio and graduated from The University of Cincinnati with a bachelor's degree in urban planning in 2020.

He is currently entering his second year in the Master of Landscape Architecture program at The Ohio State University in the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture. He is expected to graduate with a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Graduate Minor in City and Regional Planning in 2023.

His previous internship experience includes MetroParks of Butler County in 2017. McBride Dale Clarion in Cincinnati, Ohio during the summer of 2018 and spring of 2019, and Michael Watkins Architect in Gaithersburg, Maryland in the fall of 2019.

He is interested in Landscape Design, Urban Design, and Site Planning.

04/19/2021

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN REFRESHER:

LEED – Landscaping: SSc2 | Possible 7 Points – Requirements

INTENT
Design landscape features to avoid invasive species and minimize demand for water and synthetic chemicals.

REQUIREMENTS
Prerequisites
2.1 No invasive plants.

CREDITS
2.2 Basic landscape design
AND/OR - 2.3 Limit conventional turf
AND/OR - 2.4 Drought-tolerant plants
OR - 2.5 Reduce overall irrigation demand by at least 20%

04/14/2021

DEER RESISTANT PLANT - Bulb
- Common Name: Daffodil
- Latin Name: Narcissus spp.
- Flower colors: White, yellow, orange, pink, bicolor
- Bloom Time: March to April
- Size: .5 to 2.5 ft. tall, .5 to 1 ft. wide.
- Sun: Full sun to part shade
- Maintenance: Low

04/05/2021

“What we can do as landscape architects is look at how we can use materials to the best advantage. And our resources like water. Water is so precious that we can’t waste it. We have to use it in small amounts. And we have to use it effectively.”
~ Pamela Palmer (American landscape architect at ARTECHO Architecture and Landscape Architecture)

03/24/2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Wyoming Gateways + Signs
- Client: City of Wyoming
- Location: Wyoming, Ohio
- Size: Multiple Sites

03/15/2021

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IN ACTION

The Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 addressed U.S. energy production, and included building-related provisions to "design new federal buildings to achieve energy efficiency at least 30 percent better than ASHRAE 90.1 standards, where life-cycle cost effective."

03/10/2021

DEER RESISTANT PLANT - Groundcover
- Common Name: Japanese Pachysandra
- Latin Name: Pachysandra terminalis
- Flower color: white
- Bloom Time: April
- Size: .5 to 1 ft. tall, 1 to 1.5 ft. wide.
- Sun: Part shade to full shade
- Maintenance: Low

03/01/2021

"Should not the role of design be to reconnect human beings with their space on the land?"
~ Dan Kiley (American landscape architect in the modernist style, 1912 - 2004)

02/24/2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Cincinnati City Hall - Eighth & Plum Streetscape Master Plan
- Client: City of Cincinnati
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Size: 2 city blocks

02/15/2021

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN REFRESHER:
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

The five critical areas of focus, as laid out by the USGBC, are “sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.”

02/10/2021

DEER RESISTANT PLANT - Perennial
- Common Name: Goldenrod
- Latin Name: Solidago canadensis
- Flower color: Yellow
- Bloom Time: August to October
- Size: 4 to 5 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. wide.
- Sun: Full sun
- Maintenance: Low