OUR STUDIO

Founded in 2012, BENCH Site Design Inc. is an independent, Kelowna-based consulting firm specializing in the practice of contemporary landscape architecture across a spectrum of site types and scales. Our firm’s name references Okanagan landform, acknowledging the unique region in which we live and do business, and reflecting our fundamental commitment to the importance of place-based design.

 

As a practice, BENCH takes a whole-systems approach, which informs regionally appropriate, site-specific design solutions. We strive to create places that appeal to the senses, improve with time and use, foster ecological literacy, and connect users with the landscapes they inhabit. We also deeply value the relationships we build along the way - with clients, community partners, consultants, builders and users. We embrace the idea that collaboration brings about the best solutions.

 

We acknowledge that our team lives and works on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the sy’ilx Okanagan people. We are humbled by and draw inspiration from the special relationship that the sy’ilx people have had with the land for millennia, and their stewardship of this special place since time immemorial. We are committed to centering Indigenous perspectives in land management, which are deeply rooted in a profound understanding of the natural world, and informed by centuries of observation and experience.