Our Studio

Designing places that shape our future.

2+ Decades
500+ Projects
5 Countries

Our practice has a rich history of major projects that encompass the full spectrum of designing place.

From inner-city neighbourhood revitalisations to ecologically focused parks, we integrate urban form and ecology to create environments for cultural and economic growth.

From our Studio in Sydney Australia and with our strategic partners across the world, we have established a high-calibre portfolio and reputation for successfully executing large-scale, multi-stakeholder projects.

Services

Landscape
Architecture

Connecting nature, people and place.

Urban
Design

Integrating social and ecological infrastructure in public domain.

Place

Curating experience through story and environment.

Located in Sydney’s inner city neighbourhood Chippendale, our Studio is footsteps from Central Park, a legacy project we have worked on since 2007.

"Turf Design Studio has brought the idea and reality of collaborative practice in landscape architecture to new levels of creativity and effectiveness. In response to complex challenges in urban design and ecological design, the Turf team under the leadership of Mike Horne, has reached out to like minded but complementary atelier based practices in Australia and Europe to deliver projects with an energy and elan that has given the term synergy true meaning."

Emeritus Professor James Weirick
Professor of Landscape Architecture
Former Director, Urban Development & Design Program
Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW

Our Leadership

  • Mike Horne

    Director

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  • Simeon King

    Director

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  • Abdallah Richards

    Associate Director

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  • Lyndall Thompson

    Account Director

  • Stephanie Swanton

    Business Development

  • Han Yang

    Associate

  • Olivia Monteleone

    Associate

Recognition of our work

  • 2024 AILA NSW Cultural Heritage Award

    Sub Base Platypus Torpedo Factory

  • 2024 NSW National Trust Judges Choice Award

    White Bay Power Station

  • 2024 NSW National Trust Heritage Award for Built Conservation

    White Bay Power Station

  • 2022 AILA National Award of Excellence in Urban Design

    Cockatoo Island Concept Vision

  • 2022 Good Design Indigenous Design Award

    Gosford Leagues Club Park

  • 2022 AILA National Award of Excellence for Play Spaces

    Gosford Leagues Club Park

  • 2021 American Architecture Prize for
Landscape Architecture Firm of the Year

  • 2021 NSW National Trust Heritage Award
for Aboriginal Heritage

    Gosford Leagues Club Park

  • 2021 NSW National Trust Judges Choice Award

    Gosford Leagues Club Park

  • 2021 Australian Urban Design Award for Built Projects, City & Regional Scale Category

    Goyder Square

  • 2020 AILA National Award of Excellence in Urban Design

    Central Park Public Domain

  • 2018 Civic Trust United Kingdom Award for Sustainability

    Sydney Park Water Reuse

  • 2017 International Federation of Landscape Architects, Asia-Pacific Award of Excellence, Cultural and Urban Landscape

    Kensington St

  • 2016 American Architecture Prize for Landscape Architecture

    Sydney Park Water Reuse

  • 2016 Australian Urban Design Award for Delivered Outcome, Large Scale Category

    Sydney Park Water Reuse

  • 2016 AILA National Award for Infrastructure

    Sydney Park Water Reuse