First Colony is a 9700-acre planned community located on the southwest of Houston in suburban Ft. Bend County. It was one of the first truly large-scale master-planned communities to become fully developed. SWA directed a community design effort to determine the treatment of the primary elements of the community including the major boulevards that define the site, a well-articulated open space system, residential neighborhoods, local and regional shopping centers, industrial and office sites, schools and churches, and a golf course and country club. SWA was involved in all aspects of the project, from large-scale planning to detailed landscape design and implementation, which included the planting of many thousands of trees throughout the community. Sugarland Properties has stated about the planning effort: “First Colony is the outcome of extensive planning and a process that has stood the test of time. The 9700-acre master-planned community, valued at $3 billion, has created a cycle of development that has been remarkably successful.” First Colony Metrics: • 49,500 Residents • 300 Companies representing some 10,000 employees • 1.5 Million square feet of office space • 2 Million square feet of industrial space • 1.1Million square feet of retail space • 61 Neighborhoods • 22 Public schools, 7 Private schools, 1 Junior college • 22 Recreational and Athletic Facilities • 20 Churches and places of worship
SunCity Takatsuki
Located in a bedroom community midway between Osaka and Kyoto, this facility has both Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing levels of care. The landscape design, complementing the modernist architecture, is organic and fluid with meandering paths traversing various gardens on the south side of the building connecting feature terraces located at each end of the b...
Pine Lake Residence
This site is a 1300-acre ranch situated in East Texas, approximately 100 miles from Dallas. The site consists of pine and hardwood forests with an occasional hay field and two lakes. The project completely renovated an existing ranch house and cottage situated on one of the lakes, added a two-story guest house, two-story boat house, a large pool and gardens. T...