Damon Farber Associates - Success, Successful, Succession

Damon Farber Associates / Landscape Architecture has announced that Thomas Whitlock has become president and Owner succeeding founding principal, Damon Farber.  Farber will stay with the firm on a full time basis through 2011 and has committed to remain actively involved beyond that to assure continuity and a smooth transition.

Whitlock, who has been with DFA for 18 years, has said “I am looking forward to maintaining our relationships with a very strong and loyal client base, to continuing our commitment to quality, sustainable design, and to insuring the high level of professional service that has established Damon Farber Associates as a leading firm in the practice of landscape architecture”.

Damon Farber Associates (DFA) was established to provide quality services in the areas of landscape architecture, community planning, site design and urban planning.  The firm’s philosophy is premised upon the concept that above all else, the design process and product must reflect the highest level of professional expertise. This expertise is based upon aesthetic sensitivity, current technology, function, logic, and fiscal responsibility.  Its goal is to arrive at responsive, resourceful and sensitive schemes that meet user needs. 

The firm concentrates its efforts in the planning and design of exterior spaces as they relate to aspects of sustainability, spatial organization, maintenance, and historical precedence. The staff places an emphasis on the importance and value of enhancing physical aspects such that projects reflect clarity of site, landscape and compositional relationships and a strong, contextual interface.