Ted Haffner is landscape architectural designer with Terry Guen Design Associates. Originally from Chicago, Ted has hands-on experience in the design/build industry in Boston, MA. Ted recently graduated from Cornell University where he received both an MLA and an M.S. in Horticulture. Working closely with Dr. Nina Bassuk, Ted researched stormwater attenuation and mitigation through porous asphalt and turf surfaces combined with CU Structural Soil™ reservoirs. While at Cornell, he focused heavily on urban ecological design. In conjunction with his research, Ted was a team leader for the 2005 Cornell Solar Decathlon Team which won a second place award in the competition as well as an ASLA Student Award of Honor for Residential Design in 2006.

Ted’s project experience at TGDA is extensive and broad, including Master Plan designs for the FoxWalk Riverwalk in Aurora, IL and Comprehensive planning work for the Northeast Section of Milwaukee, WI. Physical design work includes two conceptual designs, in conjunction with Conservation Design Forum, for Parson’s Park for the Chicago Park District. Streetscape design includes work as project designer for the Village of Morton Grove, IL on the Dempster Street Retail Corridor Streetscape Renovation Project. Other design work includes construction documents for waterproofing repairs to Millennium Park’s Harris Theater roof deck, as well as site and planting design, and field review of planting for Argonne National Labs. Ted has also created Initial Installation and Lifecycle Cost Studies for Four Boulevard Planting Options for the City of Chicago Department of Transportation’s Martin Luther King Dr. Boulevard Landscape Medians Project.


Education
B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1994
M.L.A, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2005
M.S., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2008

email: thaffner@tgda.net