Bill Schmidt, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP

Director, Landscape Architecture
schmidtb@weihe.net
317-719-3583 cell

Bill serves as Director of Weihe Engineers’ Landscape Architecture practice group. His nearly 25-year career involves the design and management of projects ranging in size and complexity including master plans, streetscapes, urban centers, commercial and residential development, riverfront projects, parks and recreation, green roofs and rooftop gardens, historic landscape rehabilitation as well as educational and institutional projects. As a LEED Accredited Professional, Bill passionately applies principles of Best Management Practices and a sustainable approach to all projects.

He has spent the greater part of his career working in greater Chicago and across the Midwest. In doing so, Bill has been successful in roles as a principal designer and senior project manager. His leadership experience includes directing a landscape architecture studio in a multi-disciplinary firm as well as in private practice. He has led all phases of the design process resulting in numerous state and nationally recognized completed works for public and private clients.

Bill is a graduate of Purdue University and is licensed as Professional Landscape Architect in Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Texas.

Brady Kuhn, P.S.

Professional Affiliations & Community Involvement

  • American Society of Landscape Architects
  • United States Green Building Council
  • AIM (Advocate for Indiana Municipalities)

Notable Clients and Projects

  • Chicago Green Alley Program; Chicago, IL (National ASLA Honor Award)

  • Green Exchange; Chicago, IL (LEED Platinum, ILASLA Honor Award)

  • Red Gate Bridge; Chicago, IL (APWA Project of the Year, ILASLA Honor Award)

  • Emerson Square; Evanston, IL
  • Apartments at Nimtz Road; Loves Park, IL
  • Settlers Ridge; Sugar Grove, IL (Conservation and Native Landscaping Award, ILEPA / Chicago Wilderness)

  • Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs Home; Chicago, IL
  • Whalon Lake to Bolingbrook Trail Connections and Shoreline Repair; Bolingbrook, IL
  • Amundsen Park Track and Field; Chicago, IL
  • Peoria County Veterans Memorial; Peoria, IL
  • Main and University Intersection; Peoria, IL (Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, Central IL ASCE)

  • Eco-Street; Chicago, IL (ILASLA Honor Award)
  • Dineen Park Master Plan; Milwaukee, WI
  • Kelly Park Athletic Field; Chicago, IL
  • Lincoln Park Athletic Field and Track; Chicago, IL
  • Bright Horizons; Schaumburg, IL
  • Chicago Vocational Career Academy; Chicago, IL
  • Copernicus Park Master Plan; Milwaukee, WI
  • Community Park, Cicero, IL
  • Evanston Lakefront Vision Plan; Evanston, IL
  • Calumet Open Space Reserve; Chicago, IL (National ASLA Merit Award)
  • Chicago River Corridor Development Plan; Chicago, IL (Burnham Award, Metropolitan Planning Council)

  • City Services Center green infrastructure; Cedar Rapids, IA

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