Established in 1965, Grissim Metz Andriese Associates is nationally recognized for distinguished landscape architectural design achievements. Its award-winning reputation has grown through five decades of design excellence and through consistent quality of artistic expression. The firm strives to create unique, imaginative, and responsive design solutions that elevate the human experience beyond the everyday. Their work blends artistic expression with proven practices of design, engineering, technology, and sound business practice to deliver harmonious and enduring design solutions. The result is the creation of inspiring and memorable places. GMA is a full service landscape architectural firm providing master planning, site design, landscape design, hardscape design, urban design, sustainable design, sports facility design, streetscapes, parks and recreation design, and environmental graphics. The firm is comprised of 13 full time employees and led by principles Randall Metz, Susan Grissim and Paul Andriese.

DTE Energy Headquarters Campus, Detroit, Michigan
DTE Energy's new corporate campus stands as an example of the rebuilding and "greening" metamorphosis occurring in Detroit today. GMA was selected as the project landscape architect for the renovation project. Their scope of work included master planning and site design. GMA led the design team from the initial site design through the meticulous construction details of these memorable outdoor spaces, including the iconic gateway aqueducts, reflection pools, hardscape and landscape design.
Photos: Justin Maconochie Photography

The Debra Saber-Salisbury Memorial Garden, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

 
Grissim Metz Andriese Associates (GMA) undertook the design work for the Debra Saber-Salisbury Memorial Gardens in their entirety, including all built and fabricated forms, decorative elements, and seating as well as hardscape and plant materials - a rare role for a landscape architect. The design expresses a sense of the outdoors with the timeless grandeur of native Michigan. The enclosed landscape is an oasis within the busy hospital setting, a place of sanctuary, reflection, and enrichment enjoyed year-round.
Photos: Justin Maconochie Photography

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Interior Meditation Garden, Ann Arbor, Michigan
The interior meditation garden was incorporated into the new patient care tower as a year-round place of respite for patients, visitors and staff. GMA worked with the design team to design the space as a Midwestern themed interior garden with a comfortable feel that provides a variety of gathering options for users. Replica birch trees and meadow grasses are faced with live plant material (Liriope) and set within curved stone and wood planters, offering an unexpected interior space within the high tech healthcare environment.

Town Square, Northville, Michigan
GMA's role as landscape architect was to design an outdoor gathering space to become the center point of the downtown for concerts, local events and festivals. Their role included development of all design phases through construction. The space is utilized for both day and night activities and events and has become the true core and heart of the community. Featured in LASN February 2011: https://landscapearchitect.com/research/article.php/14595

Greenfield Village Restoration Project at The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan
Developed by Henry Ford to capture a piece of American History, Greenfield Village, comprised of more than 85 acres, is a collection of turn of the century artifacts and one of the largest outdoor historic museums in the United States. Grissim Metz Andriese Associates' role as landscape architect was to lead the design team effort through the master planning and site design process. The design upholds the educational mission of Henry Ford and creates an exciting and entertaining, world-class destination place dedicated to its mission of historical education. Featured in LASN March 2004: https://landscapearchitect.com/research/article.php/5108
Photos: Balthazar Korab Ltd.

LaFontaine Family Amphitheater at Central Park, Milford, Mich.
The Village of Milford Downtown Development Authority selected Grissim Metz Andriese Associates as the project landscape architect to develop all design phases through construction. The design engages the local flavor of downtown Milford's historic architecture, while enhancing the natural characteristics inherent to this riverside park.
(Bottom Two) Photos: Jeff Klepser