Meet Tristan Peirce, a landscape architect that grew up in Perth and studied art throughout his schooling. After school and traveling around Europe, he returned home knowing a career in landscape architecture was the perfect fit. He completed his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Western Australia in 2002 and quickly began his professional career with Blackwell & Associates Landscape Architects before relocating to Tim Davies Landscaping. Here, he discovered his passion for residential landscape design and moved into the position of Principal Landscape Architect to manage a multi-award-winning team. Now, he runs his own boutique residential landscape architecture firm, Tristan Peirce Landscape Architecture, and handles all aspects of the design to bring clients’ dreams into reality.
Where do you get design inspiration from? How do you incorporate this inspiration into your designs?
I get my inspiration from art, nature, and other design professionals across various industries. I truly believe that design inspiration can be taken from any field—architecture, industrial design, and urban design. I also look towards other leading landscape architects and designers for inspiration and provide my own interpretation of their designed solutions. (Shout out alert) Some of my favorite landscape architects and firms include Ben Scott Garden Design, Nathan Burkett, Secret Gardens, Luciano Giubbilei, and Andrea Cochran. I also take inspiration from top architects including Kennedy Nolan, Luigi Rosselli, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Luis Barragan.
