JOHN HRENO
Landscape Design · Studio Leadership · Practice Growth
I design landscapes rooted in place, ecology and human experience.
Selected Work
Design Leadership
Leadership has meant authoring design, directing teams, and earning the trust that lets complex work move from idea to place.
Berkley Riverfront at CPKC Stadium
Public realm · Multidisciplinary leadership · Project direction
Directing a multidisciplinary team across agency, engineering and design to deliver a civic riverfront for Kansas City.
T.O.D.
International · Design leadership · Complex urban infrastructure
Leading design across international collaborators to turn China’s first high-speed-rail TOD into public experience.
Wabi-Sabi House
Design authorship · Client leadership · Construction + installation
Authoring the design and guiding client and craft from concept through installation.
Relationships + Practice
A professional relationship becomes a commission. The commission expands in scope; the scope becomes a design; the design leads construction and installation; the built work draws recognition and press; and the relationship continues.
The Wabi-Sabi House is that arc in a single project — from client relationship to design authorship, to award-winning built work and press, to an ongoing collaboration.
Selected Institutional Relationships + Pursuits
- The Getty / Gehry Partners
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- University of Southern California (USC)
Experience
Across scales from private gardens to civic infrastructure and geographies from California to Asia, the work has held a single standard: design that earns its place. Experience here is not a record — it is the ground for what comes next.
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