About Us
Paul R. Broadhurst, BSc. MLA, works throughout the United States and has projects in the UK and Australia. He has been featured on the Discovery Channel and in Sunset, Better Homes & Gardens, Northwest Homes, Landscape Architecture, and Garden Design magazines.
Philosophy
Creating Spirit of Place: Genus Loci
The ancient Greeks spoke of Genus Loci or the Spirit of a Place. It defines the profound qualities which gives the perception of a place its character and identity.
Genus Loci only exists because we perceive it so. What makes a place memorable? What design elements create character and identity?
By understanding the spirit of place, we learn to enhance our environment. As a designer, I most commonly apply this understanding to the connections that can occur between house and landscape, or between any building and nature. For it is at this margin, between the built and the un-built, where one has the best opportunity to shape people’s perception and pleasure in a place.
Their experience can be enhanced as simply as creating seating at just the right place to relax, providing calm, or creating a space that encourages engagement and socializing; or by providing a path with a clearly expressed purpose.
An understanding of Genus Loci has profound implications in creating a sense of place and is the animating principal in my work.
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Services Provided
A successful project is often the result of a close collaboration between the client, the architect and the landscape architect/designer and other professionals. Paul Broadhurst + Associates is pleased to work directly with the client or in collaboration with these other design professionals.
Areas Served
Washington State, Nationally, Internationally
Awards
ASLA International Award Winner (2008, 2009)
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Business Details
Business Name
Broadhurst + Associates
Phone Number
(206) 749-9516
Website
Address
Upon Request
Seattle, WA 98122
Typical Job Cost
$15,000 - 1,000,000
Our work is very site-specific, therefore costs vary greatly from project to project.
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