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What Drives Us
Our Mission: Working together to design High-performance, Innovative, Vibrant Environments supporting diverse communities. Where all members of your community have just and fair access to inclusive, culturally relevant housing and public spaces with the many benefits that nature affords.
Our Advantage: Since 2014, The West Studio has cultivated a culture of understanding, skill and collaborative excellence. Our innovative team ensures that we have exactly the right team members for your specific project. We work nimbly and effectively all over the Pacific Northwest region to meet our client’s specific needs. Our Values: Our work is founded in respect and compassion and values collaborative teamwork, open communication and continuous learning, both internally and externally. |
Our Forward Thinking Office Environment
Doing our part to fight climate change, since early 2019 the West Studio has utilized a high-performing, innovative design team by working in a predominantly virtual studio environment that enables us to provide the following for:
- The Planet: we are reducing our carbon footprint through our network of home offices with high-tech connections to our HIVE™ office hub. This seriously reduces greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, fossil fuel reliance, air pollution and paper and plastic waste.
- Our Clients: our HIVE solution provides the direct benefit of increased productivity, creativity and efficiency bringing high value to your projects.
- the ability to attract talent from a wider pool that allows us to carefully select a customized team to meet the specific needs of each client.
- our communication platforms ensure that we are able to collaborate more efficiently and with equal effectiveness as with a traditional office.
- our HIVE™ office hub gives us a place to come together, when needed, to meet in person.
- we save our transportation resources for on-site project meetings and construction oversight.
- adaptability, we don’t miss a beat during a virus crisis.
- Our Team: our HIVE solution increases productivity, creativity and efficiency by providing affordability and work/life balance for families in our growing region.
Kudos:
Your team has done an unbelievable job and your approach has been fantastic! You can feel the positive buzz in the sidebars now. Thanks for all your hard work getting this community back together!
CASEY STEVENS, STILLAGUAMISH TRIBAL PLANNER
Our Credentials
A full-service firm, the West Studio has significant experience in the public and private sectors and has been privileged to work with community organizations, nonprofits, developers, local jurisdictions, and Tribes in the greater Pacific Northwest. Principal Audrey West is a registered landscape architect in Washington and Oregon. The West Studio is a Washington and Oregon State certified WBE (Woman Owned Business Enterprise).
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Audrey West Founder and Principal Landscape Architect, PLA, ASLA
Respected, results-oriented, focused. With 30 years of professional maturity including a design background of almost 20 years, Audrey’s breadth and depth of experience help her lead a team of professionals who are passionate about creating healthy, supportive environments for sustainable, culturally vibrant, livable communities. Audrey pursues strategic, evidence-based strategies that meet the wide variety of programming and management needs to ensure the best possible outcomes and overall sustainability for each of our clients. Her passions lie in creating equitable housing and public spaces that reflect the cultures of their communities. The West Studio Team In 2019 we began transitioning the firm to a virtual team built on integrity, commitment, creativity, credibility, flexibility, and collaboration by attracting like-minded colleagues and clients pursuing a common vision and purpose. We had no idea there was a pandemic looming on the horizon, but this move has put us in the perfect position to smoothly continue our work. We are able to provide virtual meetings, team design charrettes and design reviews, while working efficiently without the need to commute. |
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Marin Bjork
Landscape Architect, PLA |
Our HIVE Team
In addition to our core staff, we team with trusted collaborators to meet your specific project needs. |
Tim Lehman
Urban Planner & Landscape Designer |
Consulting Services |
Inclusive Planning and Design:
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Site Assessment:
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After successfully transitioning to a virtual work environment ahead of the curve in 2019, we are happy to say that we are ready to make the move to house our West Studio HIVE in Tacoma's diverse Lincoln District. We are excited to be centrally located to make travel to project sites up and down western Washington and northern Oregon convenient and are looking forward to being able to safely hold our HIVE design charrettes in person again by the end of the year as we all get vaccinated. |