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MESA began as a team of landscape architects founded in 1981. Their idea was simple, <br /> yet revolutionary--to bring new design and artistic sensibilities to landscape architecture, <br /> creating a visual language that reflected both nature and local culture to create settings <br /> with a strong sense of place. The name "MESA" was originally chosen because it <br /> identified our Southwestern roots, relating us to the simple yet powerful landform. In a <br /> time of rapidly changing urban landscapes, the name conveys powerful and unchanging <br /> land, beneath, and reflects an underlying respect for the land, which shapes the changes <br /> taking place upon it. The word "mesa's" original Spanish meaning, "table," represents <br /> our open company culture. Our firm is a place where }eam members feel free to gather <br /> around the table, freely exchanging ideas, solutions and suggestions, creating ideas that <br /> reflect the best of everyone on our team of professi~mals. <br /> <br />Over the years, the company has grown and evolved, becoming more interdisciplinary in <br />order to fully incorporate the essence of the land into every aspect of a project. By <br />~combining landscape architecture With experience in plantting, urban design and <br />architecture, MESA is able to offer clients the full diversity of our talents without <br />sacrificing our personallzed clien~ relationships. This preserves our flexibility as well as <br />our responsiveness, enabling us to fulfil, l a shared vision of excellence. Like the landform <br />that inspired our name, MESA Destgn Group embodies a natural strength, rising fi'om <br />the ground and looking out onto an unlimited horizon. <br /> <br />Over the years, our philosophy has been shaped by values'we feel are important to <br />balancing human needs and natural beauty. Every project reflects these critical attributes, <br />by <br /> <br />Making visible the presence and character of the n'atural environment ... <br /> <br />Prqviding an organically inspired overlay of local cultural influences ... <br /> <br />Evoking human response by creating a unique sense of place ... <br /> <br />Bringing people together, helping to interweave natural beauty and human interaction <br />into the fabric that is a cbmmunity... <br /> <br />Transforming materials into appropriate forms, creating a sense of integrity... <br /> <br />Creating in each visitor a sense' of something larger and more spiritual than the <br />individual ... <br /> <br />Investing our passion by creating an emotional response in the people who use this <br />place ... <br /> <br />l-n the twenty years since ou~' founding, MESA Design Group has grown beyond its <br />regional beginnings, with project kxperience in thirty states and eight foreigh countries. <br />As our capabilities have' grown, so have our expertise and reputation. Our team's <br />extensive leadership experience encompasse~ landscape architecture, architecture, and <br />planning, enabling us to provide a full range of services. At the same time, we offer <br />flexible solutions and personalized service to our clients. We still believe in the strength <br />of regionalism as ihe foundat!'on of all our work, in finding new ways to celebrate nature <br />and in the integrity of both form and materials, creating distinctive settb~gs for a wide <br />range of applications. <br /> <br />"Therefore, wheh ~:' build, let us think that we buiM forefei'. <br />Let it not be for present delight~ nor for present use alone; <br />Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for..." <br /> <br />John Ruskin <br /> <br /> <br />