The Landscape Architecture studio of Hewitt Architects will continue to seek work urban mixed-use housing, public open space, and resorts. “The primary challenge continues to be meeting the very aggressive schedules for all projects,” said principal Kris Snider.

The studio provides services as part of the firm's service to architecture clients, and works with other architecture and engineering firms as a subconsultant. It employs five people and added two new landscape architects last year, with at least one more landscape architect to join by summer.

Recent and current projects Harbor Steps North, a 182-unit residential tower; The McGuire, a 272-unit residential tower; and Western and Cedar, a 140-unit residential project in Belltown.

Schweitzer Mountain Resort, in northern Idaho, is a growing ski resort that will develop into a four-season vacation resort. The studio is designing a 62,000-square-foot open space that will establish an identity for the future development.

The studio is working on a number of public parks, open spaces and urban trails for the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department on South Lake Union. Design of the wharf there is part of an initial design phase for the South Lake Union Park. The wharf establishes a waterfront park including public access for historic maritime vessels, a port for cultural heritage tours of Lake Union and facilities for events.

The landscape architecture studio has also worked on Green Street concepts for Cedar, Blanchard and Thomas streets in downtown Seattle. The projects feature design and detailing concepts for special paving, landscaping and lighting improvements that correspond to the neighborhood identity.

The Potlatch Trail will connect South Lake Union Park, Seattle Center, Olympic Sculpture Park and Elliott Bay at Myrtle Edwards Park. The trail will include a bicycle trail and rest stops.

Hewitt Architects, in collaboration with Weinstein Copeland Architects, developed an urban design concept for Link light rail's McClellan Station in Rainier Valley. The design unites two segments of the Olmsted boulevard system in a formal rotary demarcating the location of the neighborhood's town center.