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  • portfolio
    • design >
      • master plans
      • details
    • stonework >
      • walls
      • paving
      • water features
    • woodwork
    • Before and after
  • About
  • Testimonials
  • contact

if you can move it an inch...

D K Chin is a Portland based 
studio focused on landscape design and construction.

For over ten years, D K Chin has been providing landscape design and construction services to the Greater Portland metro area.  
How D K Chin can help you
  • Identify opportunities and constraints
  • Address issues of drainage and too-much-lawn
  • Provide a vision and clarity for your project
  • Create concepts that meet your needs and resonate with your sense of place
  • Advise on phasing of the project
  • Generate probable project costs for budgeting purposes
  • Install project elements with integrity and attention to detail while minimizing site impacts
Interesting tidbits
  • Born and raised in New Hampshire
  • Graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design
  • Bicycle messenger in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Taught hand building and wheel pottery
  • Drummed for steel band called Tropical Ensemble
  • Toured by bicycle in Thailand, Bali and Vietnam
  • Performed with Portland Taiko for 9 years

A peek into the setup and preparation that is sometimes necessary to move 65 tons of stone...

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Building 75 feet of ramp over a 15 foot grade differential to move materials in and out of project site.

Let's get started.

Whether this is your first project or your twenty-first, D K Chin has the expertise and knowledge to help you realize your vision and potential for your outdoor spaces.
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Oregon Registered Landscape Architect #788
Landscape Contracting Business #8211
Landscape Construction Professional #14812
Bachelors of Fine Arts - RISD 1991
Bachelors of Landscape Architecture - RISD 1992