Michael Vergason Landscape Architects,

Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. is a studio-based practice committed to timeless design and masterful execution. Established in the Washington, D.C. area in 1987 and incorporated in 2004, MVLA employs 12 landscape architects and 1 administrative staff. MVLA cultivates a purposefully small corps with a diverse range of backgrounds, including specializations in fine art, architecture, and arboriculture. MVLA is founded on the belief that landscape architecture is a poetic response to the human need for connection to our world. The firm approaches each project with a creative and rigorous study of the site that exercises respect for its history, culture, and ecology. Using this research, the landscape architects identify ways to marry human use and visitation with the land’s temporal qualities and systems. This process establishes a powerful vision to forge places that rekindle unity with nature. MVLA’s range of project types and scales illustrates that critical thinking and innovation are ingrained in their methodology. The firm’s portfolio includes educational and corporate campuses, museums, memorials, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, parks, gardens, and private residences. These undertakings span from several hundred-acre planning studies to detailed designs of private seclusions. Geographically diverse, culturally sensitive, and ecologically conscious, projects are spread throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and across the United States to international sites of distinction. MVLA’s meticulous approach to project selection ensures that a high level of care is focused on all clients. MVLA celebrates the client diversity and appreciates that many entrust MVLA as landscape architects time after time. Over thirty years after founding the firm, Michael Vergason continues to be involved with each project, offering masterful guidance and the well-known, provocative sketches that enliven the studio. Knowing that collaboration is the key to successful design, the