For Grace, home is a montage of rolling wheat fields, neatly mowed lawns, and the sprawl of Kansas City. Growing up among those wide, blank canvases of the Midwest sparked an interest in pure, potent forms. Grace was drawn to California by the Mediterranean climate and the landscape architecture program at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. She is particularly inspired by the role that shaping the land plays in the creation of vernacular spaces, where culture and form collide with long-standing ecological systems.As a partner in Meyer Studio, Grace is honored to lead a team that prioritizes beauty and endurance, such as in her work on the Heartwood Project in Omaha, Nebraska. If she’s not sipping a cocktail at her neighborhood bar, you can find Grace gathered in a kitchen with friends and food-lovers.