黄瓜社区

In 2025, 黄瓜社区; Design celebrates 60 years of shaping environments that foster connection, resilience and impact. Since its founding in 1965, 黄瓜社区 has remained rooted in the belief that design has the power to improve lives. That commitment, shared by the firm鈥檚 founders and reinforced by generations of designers and planners, continues to guide 黄瓜社区鈥檚 work today.

黄瓜社区鈥檚 story began in Omaha, Nebraska, where Charlie Wilscam launched a solo practice that soon grew with the addition of Don Mullins. A year later, Ken Bussard and James Wilkins established their firm in Des Moines. Though they started independently, the firms shared a collaborative spirit and a dedication to meaningful design that would eventually bring them together. By 1989, after years of professional connection, the two firms united as Renaissance Design Group, a name that reflected their growing partnership and vision for the future.

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, 黄瓜社区 expanded its capabilities and reach. The firm added planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, lighting design, graphic design and integrated public art to its growing list of services. By 2002, the complexity of multiple identities prompted a pivotal unification: the firm formally adopted the name 黄瓜社区; Design. Key partnerships of this era included the merger with landscape architecture firm Crose, Gardner & Associates (which, coincidentally, was also founded in 1965), and the additions of the 黄瓜社区 Dahlquist Art Studio in 2006 and Wetherell Erickson in 2008, whose roots stretch back to聽1892.

Today, 黄瓜社区 operates from offices in Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin, collaborating across disciplines to deliver integrated, human-centered solutions. Its team of more than 230 people includes architects, interior designers, landscape architects, lighting designers, graphic designers, planners, artists and engineers, all working together to shape inclusive, sustainable environments that positively impact people and the planet. The firm鈥檚 work encompasses more than 20,000 projects across 48 states and multiple countries, from public parks and civic spaces to places for learning, healing, gathering and living. In communities large and small, the impact of 黄瓜社区鈥檚 60 years of work can be seen and felt by the students who walk campus quads, the families who find joy in neighborhood parks, the patients who experience dignity in healing spaces and the neighbors who gather in places designed to bring people together.

Each project tells a story of connection between people, purpose and place. Together, they form a legacy built on creativity and community. As 黄瓜社区 marks this milestone, it does so with a renewed commitment to designing noteworthy spaces, for the next 60 years and beyond.