HKGi is a Minneapolis-based Planning and Landscape Architecture consulting firm. We conduct community-inspired design and planning, and our mission is to help our clients achieve their objectives. We succeed when our clients succeed. Our planning and design approach is based on four core principles: Collaborate, Listen, Explore and Create.
Our clients include cities, counties, regional planning organizations, and developers. Our markets include the Twin Cities metro, Greater Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Our project work includes comprehensive planning, park system planning, park and trail planning and design, redevelopment and downtown planning, streetscape and public space planning and design, development services, site master planning and design, design guidelines development, and zoning and regulatory tools development.
Community engagement is the foundation of our planning process. Our planners and landscape architects are skilled facilitators who also bring the creativity, technical expertise, and knowledge necessary to create innovative plans and designs to help communities prepare for their future growth and development.
Rhodeside & Harwell is among the nation’s leading firms specializing in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design. We work throughout the U.S. and overseas, with projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and South America.
Rhodeside & Harwell’s portfolio ranges from the design of distinctive residential gardens to planning and design concepts for entire regions and multi-state corridors. Our creative team offers deep knowledge and skills in several specialty areas, such as the restoration of historic parks and grounds, including sites designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Olmsted Brothers. We have worked on many projects for the National Park Service, including work at Gettysburg National Military Park, Arches National Park, Muir Woods National Monument, and the design of the George Mason Memorial on the National Mall. Our expertise also includes creative and compelling designs for civic landmarks such as the National Aquarium in Baltimore, courts, libraries, educational buildings, recreational facilities, and government complexes.
Rhodeside & Harwell provides environmental planning, sustainable design, open space planning, and waterfront planning. We offer a strong portfolio in urban planning, transportation planning, streetscape design, and community revitalization; and have completed numerous private-sector design projects including major mixed-use developments. We have also worked on many U.S. embassy facilities around the world.
Dover, Kohl & Partners was founded in 1987. Our expertise lies in balancing the visionary ‘civic art’ of planning with the practical consensus building needed to make projects succeed. We are trained in the principles of traditional town planning, and have advanced the techniques for gathering meaningful community input. Dover, Kohl & Partners is best known for public design charrettes, detailed master plans, and illustrative codes that emphasize complete neighborhoods as the basis for sound communities.