Mundus Bishop Brochure

MUNDUS BISHOP is an award-winning landscape architecture firm that creates dynamic parks, open spaces, and civic landscapes informed by their individual contexts and stories.

MUNDUS BISHOP focuses on significant places, particularly those with historic value or with natural attributes. Our firm offers professional expertise in the areas of master planning, interpretive planning, research, conceptual design, detailed site design, construction documentation and administration, and public facilitation.

Grounded on the belief that the quality of public space and our environment is inherently tied to the quality of our communities, culture, and lifestyle.

Honor Award, Planning & Analysis – ASLA Colorado, 2020

“Prairie Primetime” – Feature Article, Landscape Architecture Magazine, 2022

PLAINS CONSERVATION CENTER

Aurora, CO

Based on extensive analysis of environmental sensitivity, culture, finances, and visitor needs, Mundus Bishop’s ambitious master plan for Plains Conservation Center (PCC) envisions the center as a premier destination to promote lifelong learning and resource conservation for 1,100 acres of nationally significant shortgrass prairie.

CLIENT: CITY OF AURORA

JOHN MEADE PARK & ALAN HUTTO COMMONS

Cherry Hills Village, CO

Design for this 14-acre open space and park transforms an underutilized city property and primary floodway into the community’s central gathering space, defines a campus of city functions, and integrates a regional floodplain—Greenwood Gulch—as an ecologically sustainable environment.

President’s Award of Excellence – ASLA Colorado, 2021 Project of the Year – APWA Colorado, 2021

CLIENT: CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE

Merit Award – ASLA Colorado, 2022; Design Award of Excellence – AIA Colorado, 2022; Community Preservation Award – Historic Denver, 2022; Mayor’s Design Award – City of Denver, 2022; American Architecture Award, Restoration/Renovation – The Chicago Athenaeum Museum, 2022

DENVER ART MUSEUM

Denver, CO

The monumental transformation of Denver Art Museum’s campus re-establishes the museum as the city’s cultural hub. The new, resilient site is the key urban link between downtown Denver, its cultural institutions, and city neighborhoods—connecting Denver’s Civic Center and cultural and public buildings, including Denver’s Central Library, Clyfford Still Museum, and the City & County Building.

CLIENT: DENVER ART MUSEUM

CITY PARK MASTER PLAN & PLAY

Denver, CO

From master plan and design guidelines to conceptual design and construction documentation, Mundus Bishop has helped guide the vision, preservation, and improvement of City Park that builds upon its 120-year legacy. Inclusive and accessible for all, a variety of scaled towers, slides, and climbing features—including a sculptural dragon—encourages play for all ages and abilities.

CLIENT: CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER

DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS

Denver, CO

Transformation of the Denver Botanic Gardens converted 24-acres of aging urban public gardens into a cohesive and resilient campus. Garden experiences were expanded and enriched through the re-purposing of spaces, materials, and features, and by integrating new green, sustainable practices and multiple gardens. Mundus Bishop’s work included the campus and streetscape design as well as design of nine new gardens.

Merit Award – ASLA Colorado, 2015; Merit Award – ASLA Colorado, 2011;Merit Award – AIA Denver, 2011; Project of the Year – ACE, 2010; People’s Choice Award – ACE, 2010

CLIENT: DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS

ALLUVIAL FAN TRAIL

Estes Park, CO

Working closely with Rocky Mountain National Park’s in-house trail crew, Mundus Bishop addressed previous flood damage and accessibility improvements with a trail design that re-establishes one of the most popular attractions at Rocky Mountain National Park. Designed to be fully accessible, the Alluvial Fan area meets federal ABA guidelines and is a designated Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Route.

CLIENT: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

UPPER FORT MASON MASTER PLAN

San Francisco, CA

Mundus Bishop is currently working with Golden Gate National Recreation Area on a plan for Fort Mason to guide management and improvement, including multi-use trails with high volumes of commuter, recreational, and tourist travel, accessible trails and walks, and sustainable landscape management practices.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Alcatraz Island National Historic Landmark, San Francisco, CA

Alluvial Fan Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

Arapahoe Ridge Park, Boulder, CO

Babi Yar Park, Denver, CO

Backcountry Wilderness Area Plan, Douglas County, CO

Big Mine Park Master Plan, Crested Butte, CO

Bright Angel Trailhead, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

Burns Park Master Plan, Denver, CO

Center for the Arts & Town Park, Crested Butte, CO

Cheesman Park, Denver, CO

Cherry Hills Village Civic Center, Cherry Hills Village, CO

City Park, Aurora, CO

City Park Master Plan Update, Denver, CO

City Park Playground, Denver, CO

Congress Park Pool, Denver, CO

Del Mar Park, Aurora, CO

Denver Art Museum Campus, Denver, CO

Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO

Denver’s Civic Center and Broadway Terrace, Denver, CO

Denver Mountain Parks Master Plan, CO

Fort Collins Parks & Recreation Master Plan, Fort Collins, CO

Fort Mason Master Plan, Golden Gate NRA, Mill Valley, CA

Genesee Mountain Park, Denver, CO

Greenbelt Park, Greenbelt, MD

Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center, Denver, CO

Hot Springs State Park Master Plan, Thermopolis, WY

Inspiration Point Park Master Plan, Denver, CO

Jefferson Park Play, Denver, CO

John Meade Park & Alan Hutto Commons, Cherry Hills Village, CO

Joy Park at Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, Denver, CO

Lyndon B Johnson NHP, Texas White House Buildings Rehabilitation, TX

Montbello Open Space Park, Denver, CO

Painted Desert Complex Rehabilitation, Petrified Forest NP, AZ

Plains Conservation Center, Aurora, CO

West End, Pearl Street, Boulder, CO

MUNDUS BISHOP is an award-winning landscape architecture firm recognized in the region and nationally as experts in the planning and design of parks, open space, urban forestry, trails, golf, cemeteries, and civic places. We are known for creating dynamic places that revitalize natural systems, integrate history and culture, and bring health, wellness, play, and recreation to communities.

Founded in 1999 by Tina Bishop, pla, asla , we provide a full range of landscape architecture and planning services from system-planning to master planning, concept design, and assessments, to final design, construction documentation and construction administration. Our clients include municipalities such as the City and County of Denver, City of Aurora, City of Cherry Hills Village, and the Town of Crested Butte, to state and federal agencies such as the state of Colorado, the National Park Service, and NREL.

CONTACT US

1525 Raleigh Street, Suite 310

Denver, CO 80204

303.477.5244

info@mundusbishop.com

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