PHILOSOPHY

AHBE integrates planning and design, approaching projects with a contextual perspective, and investigates site, program, and project intent with rigor, intuition, and rationality. We address every project holistically, regardless of size, utilizing the diverse resources of our staff, emphasizing the fundamental significance of the design of a place and the relationship of the place to its larger environment. We see landscape as a continuum of relationships, one that is dynamic and sensitive, and that reflects the interconnectedness of human and natural systems.

MISSION

The mission of AHBE Landscape Architects is to create innovative and extraordinary landscapes that transform the physical environment and perception of nature through the process of collaboration between designer, client, and community.

THE FIRM

Established in 1987, AHBE Landscape Architects (formerly Calvin R. Abe Associates) is a professional service corporation providing comprehensive services in the field of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. The firm has worked on a wide variety of project types and scales, ranging from gardens, public and private parks, recreation facilities, trail systems, habitat and other landscape restorations and reclamations, watershed related projects, landfill conversions, public plazas and streets, schools and institutions, business improvement districts, mixed-use commercial development, multi-family and public housing, and transportation.

Since its inception, the firm has built projects throughout Southern California. Additionally, the firm has experience working other parts of the United States, as well as in China, Korea, and The United Arab Emirate.

The firm is a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE).

AHBE utilizes a process-oriented teamwork approach to design and planning that includes the direct and continuous involvement of the Principals and Associates. The diversity of skills and experience represented among the staff enables the firm to pursue design solutions that are environmentally responsible, socially relevant, scientifically informed, and technologically innovative.