Gary Vogrin

About Gary Vogrin

Kiser + Vogrin Design is a landscape architecture, urban design, and land planning firm located in Franklin, Tennessee. The firm, founded in 2010, is relatively young, but represents the continuation of the friendship, and collaborative professional partnership, of founders Dwight Kiser and Gary Vogrin who have a combined 50 years of experience. The duo have been successfully designing, entitling, and building projects in Middle Tennessee and the southeast since 1996. Since its inception, Kiser + Vogrin Design has strived to consistently provide innovative and sustainable project solutions tailored to the specific needs of each client and each site. KVD’s talented and dedicated team has proven it has the creativity, technical skill, and business acumen required to meet the ever-increasing demands and challenges inherent in the top caliber land development that is the new standard in the Middle Tennessee Region. Every team member contributes their unique and creative skill set to deliver the landscape architecture, planning, and urban design services for which Kiser + Vogrin Design is celebrated. KVD has worked hard to assemble a highly effective team of Landscape Architects and Designers that share the principles and culture necessary for the continued success of our firm.KVD’s work spans all facets of residential, mixed-use, commercial, retail, office, resort, and recreational planning and design. A client-first approach has afforded Kiser + Vogrin Design the opportunity to assume a variety of roles and KVD functions equally well as project leaders in complex, multi-disciplinary collaborations and as specialists in a project-support role. Kiser + Vogrin Design was founded based on the guiding principles of consistency in delivering innovative and creative, cost conscious and buildable solutions to our Client; no matter the scale or scope.

Experience

1. Founder, Vice President

   Kiser Vogrin Design

   Mar 2010 — Present

   Landscape Architect-Site Planning of Mixed-Use Retail Developments, Residential and Commercial Projects, Master Planned Communities, Detailed site design & construction documents and Rezoning Cases.

Education

• The Ohio State University

  Bachelors of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture

  1986 — 1992

Skills

• Urban Design
• Leed
• Rendering
• Erosion Control
• Landscape Design
• Green Building
• Green Infrastructure
• Comprehensive Planning
• Entitlements
• Zoning
• Residential Design
• Urban
• Stormwater Management
• Location Intelligence
• Urban Infill
• Subdivisions
• Landscaping
• Leed Ap
• Sustainable Design
• Land Use Planning
• Design Research
• Historic Preservation
• Civil Engineering
• Site Plans
• Site Planning
• Low Impact Development
• Land Use
• Parks
• Environmental Planning
• Residential Homes
• Commercial Real Estate
• Mixed-Use
• Sustainability
• Transit-Oriented Development
• New Urbanism
• Construction
• Urban Planning
• Garden Design
• Grading
• Architectural Design