To Design, LLC is now part of FHI Studio
March 8, 2022

We are pleased to share the news that FHI Studio has acquired To Design, LLC, a New Britain, Connecticut-based landscape architecture company. This acquisition expands our growing design practice. With this new partnership, we are now able to translate our creative planning solutions into design plans for parks, recreational facilities, trails, complete streets, housing, and other public spaces.

“We are so excited about the opportunity to expand our growing design practice to offer landscape architecture. The ability to offer licensed landscape architecture design services will greatly complement our conceptual planning and place-making consulting services. These services will allow FHI Studio to enhance our community and land planning services and complement our conceptual design in the areas of active transportation and complete streets. We are thrilled to be bringing onto the FHI Studio team the established, well-respected professionals from To Design.” - Susan VanBenschoten, CEO of FHI Studio

“Today's complex world demands an interdisciplinary approach to project delivery, and I am very pleased that we can now offer that with To Design @ FHI Studio. Our clients and colleagues can expect the same professional expertise and personal care that they have come to expect from us over several decades of successful efforts. I look forward to this new collaboration - and I am sure our clients will too.” - Phil Barlow, Founder of To Design

FHI Studio welcomes five new staff who will work out of FHI Studio's Hartford office led by Phil Barlow. These new staff bring a stellar reputation for landscape architecture in the areas of public spaces, park design, recreation facilities, streetscapes, and housing. We are thrilled to add them to our team of individuals dedicated to enhancing communities.