e group resumes work at Chileno Bay Club in Cabo San Lucas

e group is thrilled to be working at Chileno Bay Club in Cabo San Lucas again. We continue our work from 2007 in collaboration with Hart Howerton architects and under the direction of an outstanding client group from Bald Mountain Development.



Stay tuned to our blog for exciting design updates to this outstanding community on the shore of the Sea of Cortez. The site is one of the only places in the world where you can watch the Sunset and the Moon Rise at the same time.

e group starts design work on Marina Village at Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico

e group is currently working on several waterfront projects including a mixed use Marina Village at Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico. The attached aerial 3D image is a work in progress by Kitchen Sink Studios and represents the architecture of Houston Tyner. e groups role is Master Planner and Landscape Architect in support of Moffat and Nichol Marina engineers and Bellingham Marine, Marina Builders. Stay tuned for the 60 second 3D animation which will be on our blog in a matter of weeks.

e group is proud to be supporting “Young Life”

e group continues its long tradition of providing community service work pro bono. Currently our team is supporting “Young Life” on  a new visionary master plan for the next decade of enhancements to Young Life’s Lost Canyon Camp in Williams, Arizona. Previous beneficiaries of e groups community service work includes the Arizona Diamondbacks (numerous community ball fields including the “Miracle Field”); McCormick Ranch Little League, Town of Paradise Valley, CASS and many others.

Check out the e group designed "Club Ninety Six" in Los Cabos, Mexico in this video featured on YouTube.

Private Beach Club in Los Cabos, Mexico - Club Ninety Six, designed by e group and owned by Del Mar Development.

New Pictures of The Ponderosa Stables Project at South Mountain Park

This new public art project was funded by The City of Phoenix and is a mixture of desert landscaping, lighting, a living ocotillo fence, and new sculptural driveway gates. e group collaborated with artist Kevin Berry to use his hay bale concept as an amphitheater for this project. Many phoenix residents have rented a horse at South Mountain Park Ponderosa Stables, which has provided horseback riding to the public since 1985.

e group Project Construction Update - Ponderosa Stables @ South Mountain

Update of the Ponderosa Stables project at South Mountain Park. The concrete hay bale amphitheater was installed this week. We collaborated with artist Kevin Berry to use his hay bale concept as an amphitheater for the project and proposed the staggered arrangement of the bales. Each bale weights over 1500 lbs and has 3 integral color blends. They were cast with a form mold created by Kevin and have the textures of the hay and binding twine imbedded. The completed design will have brown stabilized granite in the plaza and terraces, local boulders for bookends of the seating arcs, a custom raised planter in the plaza that uses a horse trough for a seat wall, and has a 54” boxed salvaged specimen Blue Palo Verde  planted in the center of the trough.

e group mentioned in the October issue of Architectural Digest

e group is mentioned in the October issue of Architectural Digest that features a beachfront vacation house and guesthouse in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Our participation in the project included Landscape Architectural design and Construction. Catch a brief preview by clicking the following link:

October’s Architectural Digest - Open Air in Baja

Arizona Repuplic Article: Longtime e group project "Tovrea Castle" undergoing renovations to finally receive visitors

e group worked with the the City of Phoenix for many years on the Tovrea Castle Park Master Plan (Master Plan Update) Garden Restoration and Visitor Parking Lot. Read about the latest progress in this "Arizona Republic" article by clicking the following link:

Arizona Republic - AZCentral Article Link

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e group's starts landscape design work on Huidong Shanyue Resort Hotel in Huidong, China

This is a five star resort hotel located in the east coastal line of Huizhou, Guangdong province in China. The site is about 7 hectare and there are about 2,000 rooms and housing units on this property. Facing towards the beach and south sea of China, this hotel will be a destination for the day trip tourists in Guangdong to enjoy the beach, seafood and the fishery life. Preliminary design work was completed by our Scottsdale, Arizona and Shenzhen, China offices.

e group book recommendation...Desert Architecture

Excerpt from their website "Desert Architecture presents exciting and pioneering projects from the field of desert architecture, demonstrating that contemporary architecture can meet the unique challenges presented by torrid zones. Graphically illustrated with architects’ plans and numerous photographs, this volume shows that innovative architectural ideas can be successfully realized even in regions with extreme living conditions."

Desert Architecture Book Link

e group is proud to showcase our design of a premier luxury home in Los Cabos, Mexico

Irene Bustos, the Managing Principal in the e group Latin America office was responsible for this spectacular landscape architectural design of a premier luxury home in the residential community of Quivira in Los Cabos, Mexico. Beautiful!

Recent e group design makes Travel + Leisure Awards List

e group worked for many years on the landscape architectural design for The InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa (above) in Paradise Valley, Arizona and was extremely proud that it recently was awarded the number 13 spot among the top-50 resorts in the United States and Canada.

Travel + Leisure 2010 World's Best Awards - Top 50 Resorts in The United States and Canada

Municipal News

e group is proud to announce that it was recently selected to The City of Avondale's pre-qualified consultant list as Landscape Architect. We are looking forward to the opportunity!

DBG Bench Node Installed

Randsom Brown's bench node design was recently installed at the Desert Botanical Garden. The clever design features soft desert hue's and also incorporates a soothing water feature. Nice job Randsom.