TEN x TEN
Ross Altheimer is a landscape architect and urban designer with extensive experience in the field. As Principal and Co-Founder of TEN x TEN since April 2015, Ross focuses on landscape architecture and urbanism. Prior experience includes serving as Associate Vice President at HGA from June 2008 to April 2015, and as an Associate at Coen + Partners from September 2004 to June 2008. Ross began professional training with internships at William McDonough + Partners and SMBW, PLLC in 2003 and 2002, respectively. Educational qualifications include a Master of Architecture (MARCH) and a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) from the University of Virginia (2001-2004), and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (BSAS) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1996-1999), along with a brief study at Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture in 1998.
TEN x TEN
Founded in 2015, TEN x TEN is a transdisciplinary landscape architecture and urban design practice grounded by a shared curiosity and passion for experimentation, storytelling, and agency. We collaborate with visionary clients and teams to co-create immersive, resilient landscapes that adapt to social, economic, and environmental transformation. Capitalizing on creative alliances between fields, we operate comfortably within a shifting set of disciplinary boundaries. We listen, communicate, and trust, cultivating a design process full of community and laughter. Our work pays careful attention to craft, beauty, and temporality inherent in any landscape. Merging art and science, our process challenges norms of the landscape architecture profession. We ask: What do we see? How can we document, investigate and experiment to build relationships and deepen our ways of knowing? How can we apply various modes of seeing and making to discover the magic latent in a site? Our studies document change: mold, decay, growth, competition, failure, and resilience. We explore spaces, stories, materials, and ecologies at all scales, and elevate the everyday human experience through a deep respect for the authenticity of people, culture, and ecology.