Carol R Johnson Associates Inc is an award-winning landscape architectural design and environmental planning firm with offices in Boston,MA(Massachusetts),and Knoxville,TN(Tennessee).Founded in 1959,our practice has expanded over the years into a 60-person firm serving national and international clients.

 

CRJA has developed a reputation for excellence in the design of both natural and urban environments.This multifaceted reputation and our ability to collaborate effectively in team situations have led to long-standing relationships with many of the country's leading architects and engineers.Our contribution brings measurable value to the projects we undertake.

 

Our design approach integrates natural systems with built features,achieving high quality,cost-effective solutions through the use of innovative and environmentally sensitive design.We are adept at working with complex sites for which standard landscape design technologies may not be desirable.To every project we bring design leadership,energy,experience,fresh imagination,and a collaborative spirit.

 

 

Carol R.Johnson Associates' expertise is broad-based,encompassing the following services:
*Site analysis and master site planning
*Site selection and feasibility studies
*Open space and recreation planning
*Park and playground design
*Streetscape design and urban revitalization
*Transit and transportation site design
*Pedestrian and bicycle path planning and design
*Trail planning and design
*Housing and residential site design
*Historic landscape rehabilitation and restoration
*Museum and Visitor Center Design
*Waterfront design and reclamation
*Corporate facilities design
*Campus landscape planning and design
*Cemetery planning and design
*Ecological inventories,assessments and permitting
*Natural resource preservation/restoration

*Site maintenance programming and management

 

 

We are landscape architects devoted to excellence in the planning and design of outdoor  spaces.We seek clients who are interested in us as collaborative partners and in the thoughtful,creative problem solving that is our hallmark.

 

Our projects focus on people,the environment,and connections between the two.We combine uncluttered      design,horticulture,art and sciences to make meaningful and uplifting places for people to live,work and play.We are also known for our careful selection of materials,our craftsmanlike details,and innovative construction techniques that make our built work durable,elegant and still easily maintainable.We view Landscape Architecture as a craft and an art,and treat each project in that spirit.

 

Because we spend the time to understand the physical and cultural setting of each project,our parks and open spaces fit seamlessly within their surroundings.Our finished works do not appear"engineered",although all of the functional aspects of each project are carefully considered and resolved.We avoid a standard style or preconceived aesthetic.Instead,through careful listening,we rely upon our clients' aspirations and the unique characteristics of each site to suggest appropriate design directions.We are confident as designers in proceeding in both contemporary and more traditional directions.With staff ecologists to assist us,we are committed to promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship on every project we undertake.We are diligent in turning these concepts into reality.

 

To every project we bring experience,design leadership,energy,fresh imagination,and a collaborative spirit.

 

 

Since its founding,CRJA has brought a strong sustainable design ethic to all of its projects,developing solutions that meet project needs and achieve high design standards while minimizing environmental impact.We view sustainable design not as a choice,but as an ethical imperative in the design of all our projects.

 

We work with all design disciplines from the start in an integrated fashion to achieve the highest degree of sustainability  possible.From the planning stages to implementation,as well as the maintenance and operations of a project,we develop solutions that operations of a project,we develop solutions that encourage reduced non-renewable fuel consumption and the proper management,reuse,preservation,and enhancement of on-site resources,such as soil,water,vegetation and wildlife habitat.We employ an early consensus-building process for each project to gain buy-in from all stakeholders for sustainable solutions.Through all of this,we pursue design excellence and client satisfaction.

 

CRJA has LEED accredited professionals on its staff,has nearly a dozen projects pursuing,or having achieved,LEED certification,and is a member of the United States Green Building Council.

History:

 

Carol Johnson began her practice in 1959,with the encouragement of colleagues from The Architects Collaborative,where she had worked the previous year,and taking advantage of project offered her through contacts she had make as a student at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and at Wellesley Collage.It was a year when there were few women landscape architects and even fewer who headed their own practices.

 

Between 1959 and 1979,Carol Johnson operated her practice initially out of her apartment in Cambridge and then and out of a small office on Mount Auburn Street in Harvard Square.As the practice expanded,she moved to larger offices and hired additional employees.In 1970,the firm changed its name from Carol R.Johnson,Landscape Architect,to Carol R.Johnson&Associates to reflect the growing importance of the employees to the practice.In September of 1975,the firm was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Carol R.Johnson&Associates,Inc.Over the ensuing 45 years,the firm has grown to become one of the largest landscape architectural firms in the United States,serving a national and international clientele.

 

In August of 2001,the firm purchased and renovated a former molasses warehouse on Broad Street in Boston's Financial District,where it is headquartered  today.Among nine Partners,Carol Johnson is Chairman of the Board,and Harry Fuller is the firm's President and Managing Partner.The firm currently numbers61.of whom 46 are landscape architects.Carol Johnson continues to bring her talent and enthusiasm for design to the firm and is an active leader on a wide range of projects.From its inception,Carol Johnson based her practice upon the traditional values of dedicated public service,an unrelenting insistence upon quality in design and construction.That philosophy remains the cornerstone of the firm's practice today.

 

 

CRJA is a diverse group of talented individuals, from many parts of the U.S. and from other countries. Our breath and depth of experience stretches across many project types, climates and cultures. The success of our design projects is a testament to the creative approach and the strong technical expertise of our staff.

 

 

John N.Amodeo ASLA,LEED AP
Hary S.Fuller ASLA,President
Carol E.Johnson FASLA,Chairman
Chritopher M.Jones ASLA,Excutive Vice President
Jennifer Jones ASLA
Bruce Leish ASLA
J.William Taylor ASLA
John Tingley

 

 

Horace P.Aikman ASLA
Philip R.Colleran ASLA
Ruth Loetterle
Jeanne Lukenda ASLA,LEED AP
Kathleen Lynch ASLA
Johathan Pate ASLA
Kate Thompson ASLA
Mary Alice Van Sickle,Marketing Director
Kyle Zick ASLA
Mary Lou Zoukis,CFO

 

 

Scott Clements
Alisa Cutts,HR Manager
Joo Young Eom
Sara Hestrom ASLA
Jennifer Kunkerl
Ruth Montero ASLA
Cathy Offenberg
Ian Ramey
Hongbing Tang ASLA,LEED AP
Sean Vasington
Richard Williams
Steven Woods Jr.

 

 

Alison Amherst
Chris Bridle
Cliff Brooks
Travis Ewen
Sarah Lindauer
Nicholas Healy
Johnathan Law
Lisa Pembrook ASLA
Amy Prisco ASLA

 

 

Sindhu George
Qing Luo

 

 

Charlotte M.Cogswell

 

 

The ture test of the landscape is the experience of the people who use it,live it,and make it their own.By allowing the unique and meaningful qualities of each site to shape our designs,we create landscape that are embraced by their communities far into the future.

 

Creative integration of resources,excellence in the design of natural and built environments,thoughtful collaboration and craftsmanship these are the hallmarks of our work.

 

 

Get more information at http://www.crja.com