landscape architecture and public art
Falon Land Studio is a public art and landscape architecture practice. We design monumental sculptures, ecological parks, and community spaces with a focus on enriching the public realm and connecting people with local ecology. With each project, we honor the beauty and resilience of each place to make work that's colorful, verdant, and fun.
People
Falon Mihalic
Licensed Landscape Architect in Texas, Florida, Illinois
Master’s of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design
Falon Mihalic is an interdisciplinary artist, licensed landscape architect, and founder of Falon Land Studio. Her work is celebrated for its artistic vision backed by science-based solutions for connecting people to local ecology. With multiple public art commissions and landscape projects underway across the country, Falon maintains an active studio practice of drawing, painting, and sculpture.
She has a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts in Natural Sciences from New College of Florida. Her work has been supported by the Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, the Kaboom Foundation, the Houston Arts Alliance and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Falon has taught studio design and lecture courses in the School of Architecture at Rice University and Texas A&M Prairie View and has lectured widely, including an invited lecture at the Center for Metropolitan Planning in Prague, Czech Republic.
Prior to founding Falon Land Studio, they worked on international landscape projects at Sasaki Associates and Mikyoung Kim Design. Falon’s work is informed by diverse work experiences in community organizing, beekeeping, microbiology, and fundraising. She is a native of the Florida panhandle with a deep knowledge of plants, climate, and ecosystems of the Gulf Coast region.
Explore Falon’s research-driven artistic practice in sculpture and painting: falonmihalic.com
Studio Team
Patrick McIlvain, Business Lead
Feifei Huang, Landscape Designer
Carolyn Muldowney, Designer and Studio Assistant
Firm Certifications
Registered Landscape Architecture business in Texas and Florida
Certified WBE, Woman Owned business with the City of Houston
Licensed Mangrove Specialist in the State of Florida
Pre-Qualified Public Artist Rosters: Maryland State Arts Council, Arts Foundation for Southern Arizona, City of San Antonio, City of Fort Worth
Our Clients and Partners
Our work is made possible by these visionary clients and funders: The Menil Foundation, Powell Foundation, City of Miami Art in Public Places, Castillo Community Center, East End Foundation, Houston Downtown Management District, Kaboom Foundation, Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Baltimore office of Promotion and the Arts, Rice University Humanities Research Center and Center for Spatial Studies, Houston Arts Alliance, Harris County Precinct 2, Harris County Public Health Department, Pasadena Independent School District, Open Architecture Houston, Avenue Community Development Corporation, Meow Wolf LLC, City of Houston, Spring Independent School District, Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority (Metro), Houston Independent School District, SPARK, Easton Park, Concept Neighborhood, St. George Island Business Development Association, and more!
Architects we have collaborated with directly: Dillon Kyle Architects, Rivers Barden, Content, SLA Architects, HR Design Dept., KinneyMorrow, McIntyre+Robinowitz, Metalab, Architect Works PLLC,
Some of our most favorite consultants, builders, fabricators, suppliers, and highly skilled trade workers: ColorHouses, Telloc Landscape and Construction, Gulf Coast Pavers, Merge Studios, Fulcrum, Gibson Landscape, Craft Structural, RBhu Engineering, LAN Civil Engineers, Concrete Specialties Inc, Gulf Coast Terrazzo Supply, GroundUp, TreeSearch Farms, Tree Source Nursery, San Jacinto Stone, Skilled Construction, Rootlab, Steve Anderson Arborist, Bartlett Tree Care, Gandy Lighting Design, New Aspect Lighting Design, Von Younger Landscaping, Insight Structures