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FIRM PROFILE TBG was founded in 1987 by Earl Broussard and Tom Afflerbach. Our employee-owned corporation includes nearly 100 professionals led by 16 principals and an extensive portfolio of prestigious landscape architecture and planning projects. As we celebrate our 25th year, we bring to the table the wisdom, experience and confidence that comes from many years of success combined with the fresh insights of modernist thinking. Today, as always, TBG creates transformative environments that have a positive impact on the lives of the people who use them. TBG has enjoyed steady growth and now is represented in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Tulsa. We are continuing to expand our national and international presence, seeking out new opportunities and markets, as demonstrated by our initial foray into Oklahoma.
DELL CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS - AUSTIN, TEXAS
OUR EXPERIENCE
SAINT FRANCIS HEART HOSPITAL Tulsa, Oklahoma
Staubach Company
Saint Francis Health System, in collaboration with several other leading cardiology groups, developed an innovative 141,000-square-foot heart hospital and an accompanying 53,000-square-foot medical office building. TBG served as the landscape architect for the 15-acre site, creating a stress-free main entry that offers peaceful patient arrival while affording family and friends a comfortable place to rest. In addition, the design preserved existing oaks by carefully transplanting them throughout the site.
DELL CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER Austin, Texas
Seton Network Facilities
The world’s first LEED Platinum medical facility, Dell Children’s is an award-winning model of sustainability emphasizing nature’s restorative powers through innovative healing spaces that facilitate recovery. The hospital’s six themed courtyards encompass 30,000 square feet and illuminate interiors, reducing daytime lighting and energy consumption, and incorporate plant species from the six ecoregions within the hospital’s 46-county service area. Defined by passive and active spaces, a large outdoor healing garden provides a variety of therapeutic benefits. The facility’s extraordinary success spurred expansion and the development of a third bed tower; TBG is currently working on this project, which includes multipurpose butterfly, meditation and employee gardens.
ST. JOSEPH HEALTH CENTER HEALING GARDEN Bryan, Texas
St. Joseph Regional Health Center
At St. Joseph’s Regional Health Center, the renovation of a 6,000-square-foot courtyard into a multipurpose healing garden has transformed the hospital’s identity and increased its ability to serve both patients and staff. TBG’s design maintained the space’s existing circulation patterns while creating two distinct areas: roughly two-thirds passive recreational space with the remainder designated for more active recreation. Oriented on axis with an adjacent chapel and prominent statue, the design separates the areas with an L-shaped wall with limestone veneer and two integrated water features with a tranquil, cascading effect. The active space accommodates outdoor dining, while the passive space includes a large trellis, plantings and benches set between red oaks on a decomposed granite surface.
CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS Dallas, Texas
Childrens Medical Center of Dallas
TBG designed the healing garden for Children’s Medical Center of Dallas to accommodate a multitude of emotions. To create this multifaceted space, TBG incorporated reflective seating areas with an interactive outdoor café, creating a cohesive and engaging space with multiple functions. The garden’s tiered wall fountain and babbling brook allow for peaceful meditation while a children’s amphitheatre provides space for active recreation. A nightly interactive light display emanating from the pavement plaza complements the overall design.
METHODIST HOSPITAL DUNN HEALING GARDEN Houston, Texas
Methodist Hospital
TBG developed a design for Methodist Hospital’s Dunn Healing Garden that creates a retreat for patients, families and hospital personnel. TBG’s design emphasizes color, texture and light to create an engaging but calming sensory experience defined by a water feature, mosaics and a diverse plant palette. Surrounded by existing architecture, the garden is comprised of an on-structure plaza with a contemplation pathway that meanders throughout to connect various elements. Both the pathway and immediately surrounding area utilize sustainable materials including recycled glass and synthetic turf.
WOMAN’S HOSPITAL OF TEXAS Houston, Texas
Woman’s Hospital of Texas
TBG provided campus master planning and landscape architecture services for The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, an acute care hospital for women and newborns. TBG created a visual gateway to the hospital punctuated by an art plaza located at the terminus of a major thoroughfare. Surrounded by planting beds, the plaza design incorporates a renovated tiered fountain as a focal point. TBG’s design provided for a large sculpture titled “New Life,” giving the hospital a dramatic signature.
BRACKENRIDGE TRANQUILITY GARDEN Austin, Texas
University Medical Center
At Austin’s University Medical Center Brackenridge, the oldest public hospital in Texas, TBG developed tranquil, multipurpose garden spaces from an existing parking lot. The half-acre garden provides two distinct garden spaces: one for ICU patients and their families; another for staff, Clinical Education Center students and planned events. The garden will include a formal lawn area complemented by private garden spaces, fountains, seating, large shade trees, extensive planting and shade structures. TBG’s environmental graphic design scope includes a large brick donor wall with aluminum identification signage bearing the hospital’s name above multi-colored butterflies depicting the names of donors who helped make the garden project possible.
BAYLOR INTERFAITH GARDEN Dallas, Texas
Wayne Design Group
At Dallas’ Baylor Hospital, an underutilized garden area provided the opportunity to create a unique and sacred outdoor space. The design creates an inviting therapeutic environment with distinct areas for reflection, prayer/meditation and outdoor dining associated with a nearby cafÊ. Integrated art exists throughout the healing garden and includes sculptures as well as colored cast-glass accents embedded in concrete paths. Additional elements include a small reflective fountain with a hand-carved semi-circular bench, native plants and stone paving.
ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN Bayside, New York
St. Mary’s Hospital
TBG provided site planning and landscape architectural design services for an expansion and major modernization at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, a sub-acute care facility in Bayside, New York. A series of active and passive gardens at the site support a range of therapies for patients. The design includes a working garden that mimics urban streetscapes so that children can practice important skills for their eventual return home. As part of the therapy garden, multisensory passive zones have been designed to provide respite for patients, families and caregivers. Additional elements include a patient putting green, active and passive water features, musical and sensory play elements, an interior courtyard serving as an activity center, and a staff area for outdoor cooking. In addition, all the play equipment is universally accessible — patients can use play elements without ever leaving their wheelchair. TBG’s scope also includes the design of an arrival sequence, an entry plaza, a remembrance garden and an amphitheater.
COOK CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER Dallas, Texas
Cook Children’s
TBG created a design for a new playground at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth that provides an engaging play environment with multiple uses. Design components include an inviting garden seating area, featuring colored and textured surfaces, that is accessible from convenient pathways. A soft-surface track will envelope a multipurpose play lawn with four-square boards and post mounts for volleyball or badminton courts. A soft-surface play area will offer distinct play areas for 2- to 5-year-olds and 5- to 12-year-olds. Additional elements include a basketball court, decorative fencing, benches, hopscotch, an art/movie wall and plant materials.
METHODIST HOSPITAL DUNN HEALING GARDEN - HOUSTON, TEXAS
JAIME ZWIENER
ASLA, LEED AP | Associate | Tulsa, Oklahoma A valued TBG staff member since 2005, Jaime Zwiener collaborates with colleagues and clients to develop comprehensive and refined project solutions that engage users of all ages. Jaime strives to create intimate spaces within projects that afford an array of experiences while adhering to the project’s larger, overarching vision. Each project Jaime embraces provides opportunities for whimsical designs within functional and technically sound plans. Jaime began in TBG’s Houston office and worked there until 2011, when she joined TBG’s San Antonio office. She then moved to Tulsa during the summer of 2012, expanding TBG’s presence into Oklahoma while overseeing marketing and business development in that region.
EDUCATION Bachelor of Landscape Architecture,
REGISTRATION USGBC LEED Accredited Professional
Louisiana State University, 2005
// SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE Dunn Healing Garden, Methodist Hospital - Houston, Texas Riverside Casino and Resort - Wetumpka, Alabama Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino - Eagle Pass, Texas Elk Valley Resort Casino - Crescent City, California Tobin Hill Lofts - San Antonio, Texas Sienna Plantation- Missouri City, Texas Fall Creek - Humble, Texas Stone Creek Ranch Community and Recreation Center - Houston, Texas Sienna Springs Resort - Missouri City, Texas MarBella Recreation Center - League City, Texas Woodforest Spray Park - Houston, Texas Sienna Plantation- Missouri City, Texas
AFFILIATIONS American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) US Green Building Council (USGBC) Urban Land Institute (ULI) Young Leaders
DELL CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER - AUSTIN, TEXAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Earl Broussard, FASLA, AICP, LEED AP - President Born and raised on the bayous of Louisiana, Earl Broussard was shoeless until he was 8 and saved his pet dog from the belly of an alligator as a young boy. He also has a lifelong passion for history, storytelling and landscape architecture. His journey has taken him from his beloved Louisiana State University to the halls of Harvard University, to teaching at Texas A&M and LSU, and across the globe as a working professional. He began TBG Partners in 1987, and under Earl’s leadership it has become the premier landscape architecture and planning firm in the Southwest.
Tom Afflerbach, ASLA, LEED AP Nearly 25 years ago, Tom Afflerbach co-founded TBG Partners with Earl Broussard, beginning a journey that would take them from a two-man outfit to a distinguished firm with five Texas offices. But their friendship goes back even further, to their collegiate days when Tom was one of Earl’s first students at Texas A&M in the 1970s. Tom, new to College Station after growing up in Austin, and Earl, just arriving for his first teaching gig after completing his graduate degree in Boston, were both a little out of their element—which made for an ideal fit that would grow from a friendship to a small business to a distinguished corporation, and the rest, as they say, is history. Bill Odle, ASLA Raised in rural Oklahoma, in a town of several hundred residents, Bill Odle developed an early love of nature and a business savvy that transformed into a career in landscape architecture. He joined TBG in Austin in 1995, working there for five years before heading to the Bayou City. Bill became managing principal of TBG’s Houston office in 2001, completing a 180 degree transition from small town to a city with more than 2 million people. Bill cherishes spending time with his wife and three children as well as improving his community, Sienna Plantation, as president of its Community Services Foundation. He also sits on the Houston ULI District Council executive committee and the Scenic Houston streetscape committee. Brian Ott, ASLA, LEED AP An experienced team leader, Brian has been an integral member of the Austin office for more than 19 years. As a LEED Accredited Professional, Brian employs proven and innovative techniques to create sustainable landscapes. Brian works on a broad range of project types including healthcare, mixed-use and civic projects and promotes sustainable building education among team members by incorporating sustainable approaches into each project.
Jim Manskey, ASLA Inspired by travel and the exceptional design he encounters, Jim Manskey cherishes family, outdoor recreation and exploring new locales, which inform his design sensibilities. His annual ski trips, in particular, enlighten his perspective on designing extraordinary resort destinations. A principal in TBG’s Dallas office, Jim provides invaluable leadership on a variety of complex projects, particularly in the hospitality, urban design and community sectors. He guides his teams through the creation of sophisticated environments that consistently provide a sense of place, human scale and varieties of interest.
Trent Rush, ASLA When he’s not in his auto garage-inspired office or the design studio, there’s a good chance you’ll see Trent Rush cruising with the top down in his ’67 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible, Geraldine. He grew up working on muscle cars in Indiana and his love of their graceful forms, roaring exhausts and innate coolness remains as strong as ever. As the leader of TBG’s higher education practice line, Trent guides his teams through the creation of inviting and distinctive campus spaces that help make the collegiate experience memorable. He serves as a principal in TBG’s Austin office and has been with the firm since 1997.
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