Image Courtesy of Optima Development
Optima Old Orchard Woods Green Roof
Skokie, Illinois
Teska Associates is proud to have been the designer for the landscaping at Optima Old Orchard Woods in Skokie, IL. The project included landscape design for the grade level and for several roof top areas. The residential condominium building has nearly seven hundred homes and is composed of 3 towers that are 20 stories each.
The clean lines of the Optima designed building and the adjacent Harms Woods Forest Preserve inspired the dynamic landscape design throughout the project. Trees were massed in architectural groves in front of the building and around the formal entrance pool to complement the building and to define the arrival areas. A double row of trees along the entrance road creates a transition to the forest preserve and provides a strong pedestrian scale.
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Teska Honors its Second FAICP
Lee Brown, President of TAI, was recently elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He joins Robert Teska as the second member of TAI to be inducted into the College, one of the Institute’s highest honors. We are all extremely proud of him and his accomplishments.
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Downtown Plano & conceptual mural on a historic grain silo (right)
Plano City Center Plan
Plano, Illinois
Located in the fastest growing county in Illinois, Plano has both the character and feel of a historic small town coupled with the excitement of emerging residential neighborhoods and expansion beyond the traditional city boundary. As growth pressures became more evident, the City of Plano and the Plano Economic Development Corporation began to focus on long-range planning to ensure the preservation of Plano’s unique character and history. Teska Associates, Inc. was pleased to guide the planning effort that resulted in the Plano City Center Plan ...read more on page 3
New Hires and Teska Expansion
TAI's Plainfield office has been expanded to almost double its original square footage.
TAI would like to welcome aboard Erin Cigliano - the newest Associate to join the team in our Evanston office. Ms. Cigliano is a Chicago native who recently graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelors degree in Urban Planning and Regional Planning. To find out more, click here
Upper-Midwest Four State APA Conference
TAI will be exhibiting at the APA Upper-Midwest Four State Conference in St. Charles on October 4th through the 6th, so stop by to chat and see what we have been up to. Also, Lee Brown will be participating in a session on "Trends in Retail Development" on October 4th at 1:30 pm.
Project Highlights
Continue to page 4 to read about some of our recent work.