Great Ecology and PLAT Studio are pleased to announce a strategic alliance between their firms to advance project work in the United States and China. PLAT Studio, founded by Te-Hsuan Fred Liao, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP is a Landscape Architecture firm focused on master planning and design of large scale projects based in Berkeley, CA. Great Ecology, founded in 2001 by Mark S. Laska, Ph.D. is an ecological design and habitat restoration firm with offices in San Diego, Denver, and New York.

The goal of the alliance is to provide mutual clients an enhanced offering in landscape design and ecology. “With this alliance, PLAT Studio can provide its clients a higher level of scientific planning and habitat design” said Fred Liao. Great Ecology’s Dr. Mark Laska said “working with PLAT Studio in China with their substantial experience expands opportunities for the application of science and design.”

The two firms are currently working on the Miajing River wetland corridor habitat restoration and the Qidong Master Plan both near Shanghai and look forward to additional opportunities to support each other’s work.