The Warnock Engineering Building is a 100,000 sq. ft.; energy efficient, LEED certified building. It includes advanced computational facilities, modern instructional space, faculty offices, labs, and the college administrative center. The entry to the new building showcases the scientific and professional accomplishments of faculty and engineering alumni. G Brown Design, Inc. worked with the project architect on design development and the construction documents. GBD developed a design that provides a variety of outdoor spaces and site furnishings that compliment the interior uses. Site features include; a plaza, a highly visible and prominent entry, and way-finding through a variety of hard surface and plant material.
GBD produced construction documents for site layout and grading, construction details, irrigation, and planting.
SoDa Row Village Center is the new urban center at Daybreak which puts shops, restaurants, and services in walking distance of nearby residents. Linear views were created down the central pedestrian corridor and large trees were planted to achieve a mature look at completion. G. Brown Design was part of the Design/ Build team and was responsible for design development , construction documentation, and construction period services for the landscape work. Some of the program elements incorporated into the design include hardscape/plaza areas, sculptural elements, site walls, interactive water feature, site furnishings, large caliper trees, and mass perennials plantings.
G. Brown Design, Inc. prepared the landscape design and site details for the Anderson home on 12th Avenue in Salt Lake City, Utah. Working with local craftsmen, GBD designed a custom handrail to complement the house’s stone foundation and landscape boulders. The flagstone walk and stone steps provide a transition from the concrete walk at street level and help integrate the entry with the landscape.
G. Brown Design developed a master plan for the Baker Estate, which includes 3 acres of working vinyards, various formal and secret gardens and a riparian corridor restoration area.
G Brown Design, Inc. provided design-build services to improve the landscape at this vacation home in Park City, Utah. The new site and landscape design integrated the yard into the natural landscape, while making the outdoor living spaces more comfortable and inviting. GBD designed dry-stack stonewalls with steps for easy access to the upper parts of the property. The walls help screen less desirable views from the home. Large boulders and specimen trees frame distant views and define spaces, while adding scale to the landscape and the house. Outdoor lighting creates landscape focal points and provides illumination for evening use while satisfying local dark sky codes. As construction managers for the owners, GBD worked closely with the landscape contractor and others to ensure that the design intent and quality of construction were maintained.
G Brown Design, Inc. developed the site plan and landscape that complements the 30,000- square-foot Philadelphia Tudor Revival style home. This signature residence is located on a 5-acre estate in Holladay, Utah. GBD provided master planning through construction period services on the design-build construction of the site and landscape. The house is set on a grand apron of lawn, softened by perimeter planting and highlighted by a specimen Beech tree around which the driveway curves into the arrival auto court. The site accommodates the owner’s request for active play with a swimming pool, playground, putting green, and tennis court. A stable and competition-class riding arena are located adjacent to the stream at the rear of the property.
G. Brown Design Inc. developed and designed a master plan for this pristine mountain home located in Promontory; a master planned community development within Park City, Utah. G. Brown Design worked closely with the owner in implementing their original vision while refining and providing valuable input throughout the design process. Planting options were closely considered due to the site location and wildlife surrounding the home. G. Brown Design also generated site lighting plans to enhance both the landscape and site features. Various paved terraces surround the home and are framed by seasonal color perennial and shrub beds. G. Brown Design also carefully designed and implemented a planting plan that emphasizes the grand entrance drive with large evergreen trees and native plantings.
When it came to the landscape for their newly remodeled home, the Gardner’s wanted something that would fit both the arts & crafts style of the home and their busy family life. G. Brown Design, Inc. worked with the homeowners to create a master plan, in keeping with the period style of the home and the owner’s needs. The plan proposed redesigning the front yard to incorporate a low stacked stone retaining wall with columns and light fixtures to tie into the architecture of the home. A new entry walk was created, enlarging the size of the driveway and providing wide staggered terraces for a more inviting approach, in keeping with the arts & crafts movement. Another important element in keeping with this particular architectural style is the selection of planting material. Lower growing and horizontal branching plantings maintain the lines of the home, while colorful mixed border perennial beds offer a historically accurate planting scheme.
G. Brown Design, Inc. prepared a landscape plan and paving details for a multi-use JPI real estate development. The retail side of the building faces a busy street lined with businesses. The paving design with its subtle arch patterns guides customers to the shop doors. Trees in pockets near the building entrances provide shady places for people to gather and sit. The residential side of the building faces a quiet, one-way street from which residents drive into the parking garage and enter their homes. Softscape and green spaces are the focus here. Grassy lawns under spreading trees scale down the surrounding urban environment to a comfortable human level.
The Vanleeuwen residence is an eclectic Tudor-style cottage in Holladay. The property is unique in its location next to Cottonwood Creek and in its prior owner’s improvements, including a lagoon shaped pool. The new owner’s eclectic tastes were reflected in their large collection of art and sculpture, and they wanted a landscape design that incorporated the site, pool, Tudor cottage, and their collections all in a cohesive design that fit their budget and tastes. G. Brown Design, Inc. worked with the architect making improvements to the building and expanding the garage, to design a series of unique outdoor spaces including a cabana, private Zen garden, breakfast patio, dining and entertaining space and an entrance courtyard.
G Brown Design worked closely with the City of Logan and it’s residents through a public involvement process to design an entry feature and landscape sculpture. The feature uses form and material to reflect the local character entering the Logan Community. The curvilinear bands of steel weaving through the landscape can be interpreted differently by each individual. To some it may appear as a silhouette of a mountain backdrop, to others a meandering stream, or a bending head of barley. Stone walls use the same stone found on prominent local buildings. Columnar lombardy poplars represent a tree species frequently found in the local landscape. Native or adaptive plantings provide seasonal color , fit with the existing meadow context, conserve water, and minimize maintenance.
“Making Tracks,” a landscape sculpture designed by G Brown Design, Inc. Site and Landscape Architects and artist Cliff Garten, was chosen by the Park City Municpal Corporation for the city’s Olympic Legacy Entryway in a national design competition. The form of the 3’ wide, 3/4” thick stainless steel ribbon weaving through the landscape may be interpreted as a variety ofPark City images – a ski trail in the snow, a mountain bike track, a luge and bobsled run, or a roll of movie film. Berms in the form of moguls complement the undulating steel ribbon, which culminates in a 17-foot high arch framing the distant view of Park City. A hole through arch in the shape of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games symbol is aligned to focus a beam of sun onto a plaque below the arch at noon each February 8, commemorating the opening day of the Olympics.
The Wyner Stokes residence is located on a 150 acre parcel of land in North Scituate, Rhode Island, which was a working farm for more than 200 years. Gerry Brown, as principal designer assisted in the restoration of the existing historical elements and the design of compatible new features,
including a silo. Working carefully he was able to implement a working horse farm on the site while retaining the historical significance and natural scenery of the landscape. Open fields, paddocks, roadways, bridle paths, and new structures including an indoor riding arena, horse stable, barn, swimming pool and tennis courts were all developed into a seamless master plan that enhances the site’s inherent beauty.
G Brown Design, in collaboration with Prior and Associates Architects, worked with local and national Veterans Administrations, and the Utah Division of Facilities Construction & Management to guide the cemetery master planning and Phase One expansion work for the existing 30 acre Utah State Veterans Cemetery. The project includes additional interment areas, columbarium niches, memorial walls and scattering garden, a realigned entry with new entry walls, grave survey monuments and burial section markers, redesigned maintenance facilities, irrigation renovations, and landscape improvements. G Brown Design worked with the United States and State of Utah Departments of Veterans Affairs for over 18 months to facilitate grant funding and gain approval from the State Cemetery Grant Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. G Brown Design also performed site analysis, compiled the required Site Characteristics Report, coordinated with the Environmental Consultant for the Environmental Assessment, directed the master plan update, and developed construction documents for the site and cemetery design for the Phase 1 Expansion,.
G Brown Design, Inc. has been working with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, in Southern California, to complete the master plans on four major cemeteries; the Moravian Cemetery, Tribal Cemetery and the St. Mary’s Old and St. Mary’s New Catholic Cemeteries. The historic cemetery sites once possessed an intimate feeling, characterized by long-standing tribal burial traditions. Over the years, however the growth of the cemeteries was beginning to cause some problems; the plot layouts and allocations were inconsistent and haphazard; access, parking, and facilities were nonexistent or inadequate, and landscaping was minimal. The GBD team worked closely with the tribe to understand their cultural heritage and traditions and to develop four cemetery master plans to address the tribe’s growing need for improved and expanded burial facilities. This included analysis of the existing burial ground conditions and the important task of locating unmarked gravesites for relocation into cemetery boundaries. These plans specifically include detailed site analyses and illustrative master plans. The four Master Plans also included schematic designs for gravesite layouts, facility locations, plantings, and other site improvements..
The Massachusetts National Cemetery has become a standard, used by the Department of Veterans Affairs for cemetery development. The master plan and maintenance standards for the 750-acre site employed a design concept based on the imagery of the New England orchard landscape. Jerry Brown was project manager for the first six phases of development over a twenty-year time period. The palette of design elements and landscape types included open fields, meadows, orchards, stands of native trees, fieldstone walls, and winding roads, which complimented the existing site conditions and symbolized the desired imagery and history of the site. The landscape architects prepared construction documents and supervised construction for six phases based on the Master Plan Documents.
The University of Utah contracted with G Brown Design to develop an existing landscape median located at the North East corner of Rice Eccles Stadium into a plaza space to accomodate the intense pedestrian traffic experienced on football game days. The project faced a number of challenges including a very aggressive schedule, difficult grading constraints, relocation of a number of utilities, and coordination with UDOT, UTA, Rocky Mountain Power, and Salt Lake City Utilities. G Brown Design developed the design in close collaboration with the University’s project development team. The design includes Pre-Cast raised planters, seat walls with granite caps, and trees and landscaping. The project had a very short schedule necessary to accomodate the first football game.
G Brown Design worked with AJC Architects and the USU Facilities Department to develop the site and landscape design for the Athletics Strength
& Conditioning Center. The site design includes custom angular raised planters that can also be used for seating. The project will be LEED certified and utilizes native or adaptive plant material requiring minimal water. The planting design also incorporates masses of perennials and other plant varieties that provide seasonal interest. G Brown Design’s work required close coordination with USU’s facilities to design the irrigation system in a manner that would allow the adjacent existing irrigation system to remain operational throughout construction. Careful attention was made to protect and maintain the existing landscape areas to remain and facilitate continued use of the stadium throughout construction. Scope of services provided included schematic design and construction documents through construction period services using the DFCM design process and standards.
