Resort gardens and lagoon pool designed by 40NORTH

Landscape Architecture  ·  Est. 2007

Landscapes for the world's most iconic places.

40NORTH shapes the gardens, courtyards, and public realms of luxury hotels, resorts, and residences — across the MENA region and the Americas.

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Nineteen years of designing the ground beneath extraordinary places.

Founder John Galloway and the 40NORTH team design the gardens, pools, courtyards, and public realms that give the world's finest destinations their sense of place — from Atlantis The Royal in Dubai to the Four Seasons in Buenos Aires.

The work spans hospitality, residential, and master planning at every scale — and begins, every time, with reading the land.

19
Years of practice
35+
Signature projects
5
Design disciplines
MENA
+ Americas
Where we work

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What we do

Five disciplines, one practice — from the first study of a site to the last plant in the ground.

01

Hotels & Resorts

We collaborate with partners globally to create some of the world's most iconic luxury resorts and hotels.

02

Luxury Residential

A full suite of residential design services that help homeowners bring their visions to life.

03

Regional Analysis & Master Planning

Reading the land at scale — studying climate, culture, and context long before the first line is drawn.

04

Urban Design

Working with locals to reimagine the public spaces that bring communities together.

05

Hospitality & Spa

Elevating the guest experience and creating beautiful environments to arrive into.

40NORTH studio — a working farm north of Kansas City

The Studio

Run from a thirty-acre working farm north of Kansas City.

John Galloway founded 40NORTH nineteen years ago. He leads the creative direction of every project that leaves the office — at the beginning and the end of each one.

John has led design teams across the MENA region — Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — bringing a rancher's read of the land to the world's most demanding hospitality projects.

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Evening hospitality landscape designed by 40NORTH
"We have had the opportunity to learn from some of the best hoteliers on Earth — and we try to capture that spirit in every outdoor guest experience we design." — 40NORTH  ·  For Hoteliers

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StudioLivestock Exchange Building
1600 Genessee, Suite 716
Kansas City, Missouri 64102
Emailjohn@40northdesign.com
Phone+1 954 376 0215
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