This debut monograph of the visionary landscape architecture firm OJB uncovers the philosophy
that guides the practice and reveals the transformative power of landscape through a selection
of case studies drawn from the firm's thirty-year history. Founded in 1989 by landscape
architect James Burnett OJB--the Office of James Burnett--has since grown to nearly one
hundred professionals working across five offices and has established itself as a leader in the
field for its ambitious approach to community-building through landscape. At its core the firm
believes that landscape is a social and collective tool for integration reclamation and
healing. This principle guides all of the firm's projects across sectors from its designs
promoting restorative healthcare such as campuses for hospitals and wellness centers to
large-scale urban landscapes conceived to reconnect and revitalize communities such as the
acclaimed Myriad Botanical Gardens and the other initiatives completed as part of Oklahoma
City's Project 180 public works program. This book highlights OJB's remarkable and meaningful
work--and the philosophy that drives it--through projects of varied typologies arranged in a
rhythm progressing from single works to longer multi-project narratives in which landscapes
connect and build on each other over several years to create thoughtfully realized and
impactful environments.
