Rialto Studio, Inc.

10/14/2026

Rialto Studio was proud to help Mitchell Lake Audubon Center break ground on their new Education & Event Pavilion Oct. 10!

We've worked hand-in-hand with Architexas, PMSI, Audubon and San Antonio Water System to expand opportunities for programs, gatherings and community events...all immersed in restored habitat for native wildlife. Additional improvements to the site included a visit outpost in the wetlands, as well as all-weather roadways and parking.

We look forward to seeing this project come to life and supporting Mitchell Lake Audubon Center’s continued impact on conservation, education, and the community!

Architexas - Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, Inc.

10/09/2026

For the second year in a row, we had the pleasure of attending the Celebrate the Cibolo Gala at Herff Farm in Boerne, celebrating the Cibolo Center for the years of dedicated conservation efforts to the Texas Hill country.

The evening brought together individuals who share a passion and commitment to protecting our natural spaces including educators, conservation specialists, designers, community advocates, and more. The Cibolo’s mission to protect the Hill Country’s land resonates with us as we ourselves at Rialto Studio strive to create outdoor spaces that are sustainable and give future generations the opportunity to celebrate and learn from the natural world.

Thank you The Cibolo Center for Conservation, for a wonderful evening and for the important work you do to protect the Hill Country. We look forward to continuing our support and working together!

09/22/2026

Happy National Roundabouts Week from Persimmon!

Persimmon is a new master-planned community in Buda, TX, shaped around the oak woodlands and heritage trees already on site. The plan brings together nature trails, a resort style pool and clubhouse, pickleball, a pavilion, a family playscape, and easy access to Garlic Creek Park.

At the entry, the new roundabout now circles a planted island of native grasses and perennials. Just beyond it, the galvanized cistern monument stands on a limestone base, framed by a weathering steel trellis and a flagstone plaza. Across the site, the mail pavilion is open and the amenity center is taking shape.

More to come as Persimmon grows!

Proud to share this work with our team: MileStone Community Builders, LandTec/Ratliff.

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09/22/2026

Happy National Roundabouts Week from Persimmon!
 
Persimmon is a new master-planned community in Buda, TX, shaped around the oak woodlands and heritage trees already on site. The plan brings together nature trails, a resort style pool and clubhouse, pickleball, a pavilion, a family playscape, and easy access to Garlic Creek Park.
 
At the entry, the new roundabout now circles a planted island of native grasses and perennials. Just beyond it, the galvanized cistern monument stands on a limestone base, framed by a weathering steel trellis and a flagstone plaza. Across the site, the mail pavilion is open and the amenity center is taking shape.
 
More to come as Persimmon grows!
 
Proud to share this work with our team: MileStone Community Builders, LandTec/Ratliff.
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RialtoStudio

09/02/2026

A few of our interns spent an afternoon at Frost Plaza with Michael Rangel this summer, walking The Rock at La Cantera and getting into how the plaza came together. Rialto served as prime consultant and provided landscape architectural services including site, grading, planting, and irrigation design services for Spurs Sports & Entertainment on their new campus.

The Rock is the Spurs' campus on the Northwest Side, named for the "pounding the rock" mantra the team runs on. Small effort, relentlessly repeated, until something gives. Frost Plaza is the open-air heart of it, a large event space that opens onto the wider park and brings people together at the center of campus.

A plaza like this has to do a lot at once. It has to hold a packed crowd on an event night, manage how hundreds of people arrive, move through, and leave the space, and then feel open and park-like the following morning. The landscape has to work in both capacities.

Michael walked the interns through the parts that are hard to convey in plans - how grading defines sightlines and circulation, how sun and shade inform tree placement, and how these small decisions influence the way people experience a place.

That gap between the drawing and the built environment is where the real learning lives. You have to get out there, see it, feel it, and learn from it.

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08/27/2026

Another great Rialto Summer Olympics!

This month, our San Antonio and Austin offices came together for the closing event of this year's Rialto Olympics: a classic game of bowling! It was the perfect way to wrap up a summer of fun and spend some time together as a team. After weeks of friendly competition and point scoring, the results are in...

San Antonio office winner: Michael Rangel
Austin office winner: Robert Deegan

They each take the crown for their office!

A special thank you to Reagan and Edith for organizing the summer fun, and to Robin and Bri for getting the bowling event all set up. We appreciate the time and effort you put into making our annual Rialto Olympics happen.

Thank you to everyone who participated this year! 🎳

08/24/2026

Civic Park at Hemisfair just earned an ASLA Honor Award in the General Design Category. Rialto Studio was proud to work alongside GGN as their local landscape architect on this one. Huge congrats to the whole team on a well earned recognition!!

Exciting news! 🗞️

Civic Park has earned an Honor Award in the General Design Category from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)! 🌳

"Civic Park at Hemisfair has become a vibrant, multi-generational urban oasis that reconnects the city to its public spaces," noted the Awards Jury. "The integration of topography, water features, and programmatic flexibility effectively balances ecological stewardship, play, and large-scale events."

As the largest park in Hemisfair, Civic Park's high-quality design and unique spaces reference and preserve history while incorporating P3 development that brings new offerings and amenities to our downtown area. ♥️

We are honored to be one of only 10 projects recognized in the General Design Category from hundreds of submissions throughout the United States and the world. Congrats to all the winners for their extraordinary contributions to their communities and landscape architecture.

As we continue to build one of the World's Great Public Places, we are focused on creating places that our community can enjoy today and for generations to come.

Learn more about the ASLA Honor Award and Civic Park: https://bit.ly/4zzX95Z

08/21/2026

Last month we took a few of our interns out to Civic Park at Hemisfair for a site visit. Rialto served as the local landscape architect on the project, working alongside GGN as the design lead.

If you have not spent time there yet, Civic Park sits right in the heart of downtown San Antonio on the former World's Fair grounds. GGN shaped the design around the region's natural water sources and rock formations. The Springs, the Great Lawn, and the Promenade all run on recycled water, with native Texas plantings woven throughout.

Walking a real site with the next generation of landscape architects is one of the most rewarding parts of what we do. Watching them connect what they study in school to something built and alive underfoot never gets old. Teaching them reminds us exactly why we love this work.


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08/21/2026

This week's OAC site walk at New Braunfels Utilities Headquarters took us all over the campus with Marmon Mok Architecture and SpawGlass. A little time in the Gator, a lot of ground covered, and a good day with the team.

Thanks Amani Shammaa for joining us in the field. Looking forward to more time together as the project moves along!

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08/17/2026

For National Nonprofit Day, we're revisiting the ChildSafe Harvey E. Najim Children & Family Center in San Antonio, Texas.

ChildSafe gives children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and violence a safe place to heal. We were honored to provide landscape design services for this vital community resource.

At the heart of the site are the healing gardens, designed to help children feel safe, calm, and comfortable. The gardens open into a series of outdoor rooms, each with its own level of privacy, so a child can find quiet solitude or gather with others. Plantings engage every sense: soft textures, layered scents, seasonal color, and the sound of leaves moving in the wind. A butterfly garden invites children to slow down and watch. Every entrance is warm and welcoming, with spaces shaped to fit both younger children and teens.

Sustainability shaped the rest of the design. Water features reclaim water on site. Drainage flows into a naturalistic stream that links a fountain to a pond. Rope courses and outdoor activity areas make room for movement, teamwork, counseling, and connection.

Every part of the landscape works toward one goal: a place where children can receive care and feel grounded in nature.

We're proud to have supported ChildSafe's mission. We hope this landscape keeps offering healing, connection, and joy to the children and community it serves.

Happy National Nonprofit Day.

Project Team:

Owner: ChildSafe
Architect: Overland Partners
Civil Engineer: Pape-Dawson
MEP & Structural: Arup
Landscape Architecture: Rialto Studio
Contractor: Guido Companies