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BioLegend Headquarters
San Diego, CA View ProjectBioLegend Headquarters
Client: Delawie Architects | BioLegend
Location: San Diego, CA
As a subconsultant to Delawie Architects, Schmidt Design Group developed the master plan for Biolegend’s eight-acre headquarters. The design features an amenity rich campus setting and provides a diverse range of passive and active spaces and multiple scales. The design seeks to create...
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Children’s Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectChildren’s Park
Client: Civic San Diego (formerly CCDC)
Location: San Diego, CA
The re-visioning of this existing two-acre park near the Children’s Museum and San Diego Convention Center in downtown San Diego is intended to provide a more usable open-space area for the public. The iconic urban park, originally designed by renowned landscape architect Peter Walker, features...
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Genesse
La Jolla, CA View ProjectGenesse
Client: Regency Centers
Location: La Jolla, CA
The design for Costa Verde Center creates a unique walkable destination for the residents of the La Jolla and the UTC Community. The design is inspired by the nearby Rose Canyon and adjacent finger canyons that historically extended into this site. Visitors to Costa Verde Center may arrive by light...
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Chollas Lake Park Playground Renovation
San Diego, CA View ProjectChollas Lake Park Playground Renovation
Client: City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
The Chollas Lake Park Playground improvements provided much-needed updates to an underserved community in San Diego. With an average household income nearly 15% lower than the San Diego County average, and more than two-thousand of the neighborhood’s residents living with a disability, the...
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Adams Elementary School/Global Vision Academy
San Diego, CA View ProjectAdams Elementary School/Global Vision Academy
Client: San Diego Unified School District
Location: San Diego, CA
The improvements to the John Adams Elementary strengthen the social, environmental, and aesthetic qualities of the campus and its connection to the Normal Heights community. The vibrant colors reflect the full spectrum of educational, social, and civic ambitions ingrained in the school’s mission....
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East County Accessor/Recorder/County Clerk Facility
Santee, CA View ProjectEast County Accessor/Recorder/County Clerk Facility
Client: San Diego County
Location: Santee, CA
Schmidt Design Group is collaborating with the Miller Hull Partnership and CW Driver on San Diego County’s new state-of-the-art ARCC Branch Building. The site design honors the San Diego landscape. Plant selection was heavily influenced by species’ native to the region and drought-tolerance...
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The Silver Strand, “Nature’s Bridge to Discovery”
Coronado, CA View ProjectThe Silver Strand, “Nature’s Bridge to Discovery”
Client: City of Coronado
Location: Coronado, CA
The Silver Strand is a narrow, eight-mile long environmentally significant stretch of land where the Scenic State Highway SR 75 and bike path links the cities of Coronado and Imperial Beach just southwest of downtown San Diego. Recognizing that the potential for the Silver Strand was under-served,...
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Pacific Highlands Ranch Branch Library
San Diego, CA View ProjectPacific Highlands Ranch Branch Library
Client: HGW Architecture / City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
Pacific Highland Ranch (PHR) Library brings 18,000-square-feet of artful, vibrant, and community-focused library space to residents of San Diego and the Pacific Highlands Ranch community. Designed with sustainability in mind, PHR Library meets LEED-Silver certification standards and features...
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Stone Brewing Co. World Bistro & Gardens – Escondido
Escondido, CA View ProjectStone Brewing Co. World Bistro & Gardens – Escondido
Client: Stone Brewing Co.
Location: Escondido, CA
Schmidt Design Group, Inc. collaborated with owner Greg Koch and Architect Andy Kjellberg to design the hardscape, landscape and irrigation for outdoor seating and beer gardens at this popular restaurant and craft brewery in North San Diego County. Most of the one-acre of gardens are within a...
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Vive I & II Apartments at Ariva
San Diego, CA View ProjectVive I & II Apartments at Ariva
Client: Sunroad Enterprises
Location: San Diego, CA
Vive on the Park includes two five-story luxury apartment buildings housing 550 units over two levels of parking. The landscape design elevates the complex through thoughtful outdoor spaces designed to encourage social interaction, dining, entertaining, contemplation, exercise, and play. The two...
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County Administration Waterfront Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectCounty Administration Waterfront Park
Client: McCarthy Building Companies
Location: San Diego, CA
The County Administration Center Waterfront Park will open up views and access to the San Diego Bay by converting the large eight-acre parking lots north and south of the Administration Center into a large community and regional open-space amenity. The park will include large civic greens, a...
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North Harbor Drive Landscape Improvements
San Diego, CA View ProjectNorth Harbor Drive Landscape Improvements
Client: San Diego Port District
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group collaborated with the Port of San Diego to establish a new landscape vision for North Harbor Drive. Nearly 90,000 motorists experience North Harbor Drive on a daily basis making it one of the most visually prominent experiences in San Diego County. The proposed landscape...
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Del Sur Neighborhood Park
Del Sur, San Diego, California View ProjectDel Sur Neighborhood Park
Client: City of San Diego
Location: Del Sur, San Diego, California
Del Sur Neighborhood Park is a 5-acre park located in the Del Sur community of San Diego, California. Working in collaboration with the community, Lennar Homes, and City of San Diego; Schmidt Design Group fulfilled this neighborhood’s unique needs by providing amenities not found the surrounding...
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El Cajon Transit District Specific Plan
El Cajon, CA View ProjectEl Cajon Transit District Specific Plan
Client: City of El Cajon
Location: El Cajon, CA
Schmidt Design Group, Inc., collaborated with M.W. Steele Architects to create a framework for future development of a 259-acre district within the City of El Cajon. The public realm strategy sought to employ significant “road diets” throughout the District to increase multi-modal connectivity...
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Arts District at Liberty Station
San Diego, CA View ProjectArts District at Liberty Station
Client: obr Architecture
Location: San Diego, CA
The improvements at the Arts District create a unique and vibrant town square experience focused on maintaining the historic integrity of the former Naval Training Center while providing an elegant outdoor experience. Program amenities of the Arts District include an”arrival plaza” and...
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Skate Parks | Overview
San Diego County, CA View ProjectSkate Parks | Overview
Client: Various
Location: San Diego County, CA
For decades, San Diego has been a national hot-spot for skateboarders and has long been home to skate legends like Tony Hawk, Shaun White, Patti McGee, and Bryce Wettstein. With our headquarters in San Diego, Schmidt Design Group is inspired by our local skate legacy. For over four decades, we have...
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Linda Vista Skate Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectLinda Vista Skate Park
Client: City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
Schmidt Design Group, in conjunction with SITE Design Group, designed a custom, innovative, and multi-generational concrete skate park within the existing Linda Vista Community Park. The skate park is nestled in a valley between the existing sloping hillsides, creating prominent viewing areas...
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Charles Lewis III Memorial Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectCharles Lewis III Memorial Park
Client: City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
Charles Lewis III Memorial Park is a 5.8-acre neighborhood park in City Heights. This area of City Heights was in great need of open space and the park offers a unique opportunity for those living in this urban community to connect with the adjacent natural environment. The park is the result of a...
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Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail
Solana Beach, CA View ProjectSolana Beach Coastal Rail Trail
Client: City of Solana Beach
Location: Solana Beach, CA
The Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail is a 1.5-mile linear park running along the length of the City of Solana Beach. Schmidt Design Group, Inc.’s design of the trail was created with the help of significant community feedback and workshops. The Solana Beach Coastal Rail Trail Linear Park is...
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Sharp Memorial Hospital Green Roof
San Diego, CA View ProjectSharp Memorial Hospital Green Roof
Client: Sharp Memorial Hospital
Location: San Diego, CA
This linear 5,000-square-foot green roof at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego utilizes both landscape and music as inspiration. Composite lumber was used for frames that depict staffs of music filled with low-Sedum ground covers. Large planters with Agave and Yuccas were then placed within...
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Lofts at 707 Tenth Avenue
San Diego, CA View ProjectLofts at 707 Tenth Avenue
Client: Oliver McMillan, Inc.
Location: San Diego, CA
This modern eight-story, mixed-use building offers a contemporary urban lifestyle in Downtown San Diego. Services by Schmidt Design Group included landscape and hardscape in the street perimeter right-of-way and on-site landscape design services including a roof terrace and central courtyard area...
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Paséa Hotel & Spa
Huntington Beach, CA View ProjectPaséa Hotel & Spa
Client: Awbrey Cook McGill Architects
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Paséa Hotel & Spa is four diamond luxury hotel located two blocks south of the pier in Huntington Beach. The elevated hotel captures ocean views, and separates occupants from Pacific Coast Highway. The curvilinear lines on the building exterior have been abstracted into the landscape design to...
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Glassell Campus LID Retrofit
Orange, CA View ProjectGlassell Campus LID Retrofit
Client: Adams Streeter Engineers
Location: Orange, CA
Schmidt Design Group prepared schematic design and landscape architecture construction documents and the provision of construction support services for the Low-Impact Development (LID) Retrofit of the Glassell Campus Facility which consists of three parcels (total of 10 acres) located on Glassell...
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Sharp Mary Birch Hospital
San Diego, CA View ProjectSharp Mary Birch Hospital
Client: Sharp Mary Birch Hospital
Location: San Diego, CA
More than 8,400 babies are born at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns each year; more than any other hospital in California. The main entrance sets the tone for the overall delivery experience. Understanding this, Sharp Healthcare set out to create an arrival experience that...
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UCSD Spanos Athletic Performance Center
San Diego, CA View ProjectUCSD Spanos Athletic Performance Center
Client: University of California- San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
The Spanos Athletic Performance Center provides a state-of-the-art athletic training facility for student athletes. Overlooking Triton Track and Field Stadium, the training center includes a strength and conditioning area, outdoor performance plaza, hydrotherapy room, and more. As subconsultants to...
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Carlsbad Coastal Rail Trail & Roundabout
Carlsbad, CA View ProjectCarlsbad Coastal Rail Trail & Roundabout
Client: City of Carlsbad
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Schmidt Design Group, Inc., collaborated with M.W. Steele Architects to create a framework for future development of a 259-acre district within the City of El Cajon. The public realm strategy sought to employ significant “road diets” throughout the District to increase multi-modal connectivity...
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Orange Park
Chula Vista, CA View ProjectOrange Park
Client: City of Chula Vista
Location: Chula Vista, CA
Orange Park is a four-acre community-oriented active park next to the South Chula Vista Library. The park consists of a regulation size soccer field, playground, basketball court, comfort station, shaded picnic areas, and a dog park. A walking path around the perimeter of the multipurpose field...
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Briercrest Park
La Mesa, CA View ProjectBriercrest Park
Client: City of La Mesa
Location: La Mesa, CA
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Stone Brewing Co. World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station
San Diego, CA View ProjectStone Brewing Co. World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station
Client: Stone Brewing Co.
Location: San Diego, CA
Stone Brewing Co. recently opened their highly anticipated new 23,500-square-foot restaurant and brewery in Liberty Station. Already named one of “8 Great Outdoor Bars in San Diego” by San Diego Magazine, it is one of the largest restaurants in San Diego County. Schmidt Design Group, Inc....
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Camino Ruiz Neighborhood Park
San Diego, CA View ProjectCamino Ruiz Neighborhood Park
Client: City of San Diego
Location: San Diego, CA
This 12-acre neighborhood park includes youth baseball fields, a central plaza, picnic areas, children’s play areas, environmental education overlooks, parking, and a restroom/concession building. The park is surrounded by sensitive open space with a number of unique educational overlooks....
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