Landscape architecture studio founded in Australia, shaped by experience across diverse places and projects. We’re a small team that brings big-picture thinking to early design, where briefs are still forming, ideas are open, and place begins to take shape.
Landscape architecture studio founded in Australia, shaped by experience across diverse places and projects. We’re a small team that brings big-picture thinking to early design, where briefs are still forming, ideas are open, and place begins to take shape.
Landscape architecture studio founded in Australia, shaped by experience across diverse places and projects. We’re a small team that brings big-picture thinking to early design, where briefs are still forming, ideas are open, and place begins to take shape.
Who we are
Curiosity, clarity, context, collaboration
Curiosity, clarity,
context, collaboration
MORO is a small, design-led landscape studio focused on early-phase thinking and place-led strategy. Founded by Jono Marshall, the studio brings together project-specific teams to work across diverse contexts, both locally and internationally.
We collaborate with clients and design partners to define the identity of places early, ask the right questions, and shape ideas that are thoughtful, grounded and enduring.
Each project team is built around shared values: curiosity, clarity, and a deep respect for context and collaboration.
MORO is a small, design-led landscape studio focused on early-phase thinking and place-led strategy. Founded by Jono Marshall, the studio brings together project-specific teams to work across diverse contexts, both locally and internationally.
We collaborate with clients and design partners to define the identity of places early, ask the right questions, and shape ideas that are thoughtful, grounded and enduring.
Each project team is built around shared values: curiosity, clarity, and a deep respect for context and collaboration.
MORO is a small, design-led landscape studio focused on early-phase thinking and place-led strategy. Founded by Jono Marshall, the studio brings together project-specific teams to work across diverse contexts, both locally and internationally.
We collaborate with clients and design partners to define the identity of places early, ask the right questions, and shape ideas that are thoughtful, grounded and enduring.
Each project team is built around shared values: curiosity, clarity, and a deep respect for context and collaboration.
Jono Marshall
Jono Marshall
Founding director
Jono is a registered landscape architect and masterplanner with over 15 years’ experience delivering complex public realm, hospitality and mixed-use projects across Australia, the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to establishing his own practice, Jono led a series of high-end hospitality and masterplanning projects at See Design Studio in Western Australia. His previous roles at ASPECT Studios, HKS London, and Gillespies LLP saw him deliver major urban and waterfront projects through all phases, from concept and stakeholder engagement to detailed documentation and construction support.
Jono brings a depth of experience across every stage of the project lifecycle, combining design leadership with technical coordination to ensure high-quality outcomes from initial vision through to built reality.
Jono is a registered landscape architect and masterplanner with over 15 years’ experience delivering complex public realm, hospitality and mixed-use projects across Australia, the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to establishing his own practice, Jono led a series of high-end hospitality and masterplanning projects at See Design Studio in Western Australia. His previous roles at ASPECT Studios, HKS London, and Gillespies LLP saw him deliver major urban and waterfront projects through all phases, from concept and stakeholder engagement to detailed documentation and construction support.
Jono brings a depth of experience across every stage of the project lifecycle, combining design leadership with technical coordination to ensure high-quality outcomes from initial vision through to built reality.
Jono is a registered landscape architect and masterplanner with over 15 years’ experience delivering complex public realm, hospitality and mixed-use projects across Australia, the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to establishing his own practice, Jono led a series of high-end hospitality and masterplanning projects at See Design Studio in Western Australia. His previous roles at ASPECT Studios, HKS London, and Gillespies LLP saw him deliver major urban and waterfront projects through all phases, from concept and stakeholder engagement to detailed documentation and construction support.
Jono brings a depth of experience across every stage of the project lifecycle, combining design leadership with technical coordination to ensure high-quality outcomes from initial vision through to built reality.
Shaped by trusted relationships, past and present
Shaped by trusted
relationships, past and present
The work we do today is informed by years of meaningful collaboration.
The work we do today is informed by years of meaningful collaboration.
The work we do today is informed by years of meaningful collaboration.
Selected Projects
Norlana
Undertaken whilst at ASPECT Studios, Perth
Norlana is a coastal precinct shaped around active living, ecological care, and connected luxury. Set within the broader NEOM vision, it offers a marina-focused lifestyle that merges bold architecture with a important natural environment. Jono led the early spatial and landscape strategy, shaping district and destination identity, movement networks, and public realm frameworks. The design sought to respond to the site’s coastal setting and topography, anchoring the project in an approach that foregrounds climate, conservation, and considered experience.
Role
Concept Master Planning – Pre-Concept + Concept Design
Client
Magna, NEOM
Collaborators
10Design, Buro Happold, Systematica, Light Alliance
Norlana
Undertaken whilst at ASPECT Studios, Perth
Norlana is a coastal precinct shaped around active living, ecological care, and connected luxury. Set within the broader NEOM vision, it offers a marina-focused lifestyle that merges bold architecture with a important natural environment. Jono led the early spatial and landscape strategy, shaping district and destination identity, movement networks, and public realm frameworks. The design sought to respond to the site’s coastal setting and topography, anchoring the project in an approach that foregrounds climate, conservation, and considered experience.
Role
Concept Master Planning – Pre-Concept + Concept Design
Client
Magna, NEOM
Collaborators
10Design, Buro Happold, Systematica, Light Alliance
Norlana
Undertaken whilst at ASPECT Studios, Perth
Norlana is a coastal precinct shaped around active living, ecological care, and connected luxury. Set within the broader NEOM vision, it offers a marina-focused lifestyle that merges bold architecture with a important natural environment. Jono led the early spatial and landscape strategy, shaping district and destination identity, movement networks, and public realm frameworks. The design sought to respond to the site’s coastal setting and topography, anchoring the project in an approach that foregrounds climate, conservation, and considered experience.
Role
Concept Master Planning – Pre-Concept + Concept Design
Client
Magna, NEOM
Collaborators
10Design, Buro Happold, Systematica, Light Alliance
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Undertaken whilst at Gillespies LLP, London
Part of a globally significant cultural district, the Louvre Museum Park connects the iconic Jean Nouvel-designed museum to the broader Saadiyat waterfront. Jono contributed to the master planning vision and led design development of the museum forecourt and surrounding parkland.
Role
Waterfront Master Plan + Park Design
Client
TDIC
Collaborators
Jean Nouvel, Buro Happold, Hassell
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Undertaken whilst at Gillespies LLP, London
Part of a globally significant cultural district, the Louvre Museum Park connects the iconic Jean Nouvel-designed museum to the broader Saadiyat waterfront. Jono contributed to the master planning vision and led design development of the museum forecourt and surrounding parkland.
Role
Waterfront Master Plan + Park Design
Client
TDIC
Collaborators
Jean Nouvel, Buro Happold, Hassell
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Undertaken whilst at Gillespies LLP, London
Part of a globally significant cultural district, the Louvre Museum Park connects the iconic Jean Nouvel-designed museum to the broader Saadiyat waterfront. Jono contributed to the master planning vision and led design development of the museum forecourt and surrounding parkland.
Role
Waterfront Master Plan + Park Design
Client
TDIC
Collaborators
Jean Nouvel, Buro Happold, Hassell
The Grove
Undertaken whilst at ASPECT Studios, Perth
A luxury residential development in Perth’s western suburbs, The Grove includes a curated landscape setting for private and shared amenity. Jono helped shape the early design direction for the pool and courtyard areas, setting a calm, refined tone for the resident experience.
Role
Early Design Direction (Pool + Courtyard)
Client
Blackbourne
Collaborators
MJA Architects
The Grove
Undertaken whilst at ASPECT Studios, Perth
A luxury residential development in Perth’s western suburbs, The Grove includes a curated landscape setting for private and shared amenity. Jono helped shape the early design direction for the pool and courtyard areas, setting a calm, refined tone for the resident experience.
Role
Early Design Direction (Pool + Courtyard)
Client
Blackbourne
Collaborators
MJA Architects
The Grove
Undertaken whilst at ASPECT Studios, Perth
A luxury residential development in Perth’s western suburbs, The Grove includes a curated landscape setting for private and shared amenity. Jono helped shape the early design direction for the pool and courtyard areas, setting a calm, refined tone for the resident experience.
Role
Early Design Direction (Pool + Courtyard)
Client
Blackbourne
Collaborators
MJA Architects
Wool Stores Redevelopment
Undertaken whilst at See Design Studio, Perth
An urban renewal project set in Fremantle’s heritage-rich core, Wool Stores blends public realm and residential gardens into a layered, walkable setting. Jono led the landscape design, including early ideation and developed the schematic design for key public interfaces and internal courtyards.
Role
Concept + Schematic Design (Public Realm + Residential Landscape)
Client
H-U Human Urban
Collaborators
SpaceAgency Architects, Griffiths Architects, Urbis
Wool Stores Redevelopment
Undertaken whilst at See Design Studio, Perth
An urban renewal project set in Fremantle’s heritage-rich core, Wool Stores blends public realm and residential gardens into a layered, walkable setting. Jono led the landscape design, including early ideation and developed the schematic design for key public interfaces and internal courtyards.
Role
Concept + Schematic Design (Public Realm + Residential Landscape)
Client
H-U Human Urban
Collaborators
SpaceAgency Architects, Griffiths Architects, Urbis
Wool Stores Redevelopment
Undertaken whilst at See Design Studio, Perth
An urban renewal project set in Fremantle’s heritage-rich core, Wool Stores blends public realm and residential gardens into a layered, walkable setting. Jono led the landscape design, including early ideation and developed the schematic design for key public interfaces and internal courtyards.
Role
Concept + Schematic Design (Public Realm + Residential Landscape)
Client
H-U Human Urban
Collaborators
SpaceAgency Architects, Griffiths Architects, Urbis
AMAALA Triple Bay
Undertaken whilst at HKS Architects
Positioned within Saudi Arabia’s luxury Red Sea tourism initiative, AMAALA is a bold, ecologically driven master plan. Jono led detailed master planning and pre-concept landscape design for key assets, framing spatial identity and landscape integration across the site.
Role
Detailed Master Planning + Pre-Concept Design
Client
Red Sea Global (Previously Amaala)
Collaborators
John Heah, Buro Happold, EY, PlanA, Fazio Design, GOCO, Marina Projects
AMAALA Triple Bay
Undertaken whilst at HKS Architects
Positioned within Saudi Arabia’s luxury Red Sea tourism initiative, AMAALA is a bold, ecologically driven master plan. Jono led detailed master planning and pre-concept landscape design for key assets, framing spatial identity and landscape integration across the site.
Role
Detailed Master Planning + Pre-Concept Design
Client
Red Sea Global (Previously Amaala)
Collaborators
John Heah, Buro Happold, EY, PlanA, Fazio Design, GOCO, Marina Projects
AMAALA Triple Bay
Undertaken whilst at HKS Architects
Positioned within Saudi Arabia’s luxury Red Sea tourism initiative, AMAALA is a bold, ecologically driven master plan. Jono led detailed master planning and pre-concept landscape design for key assets, framing spatial identity and landscape integration across the site.
Role
Detailed Master Planning + Pre-Concept Design
Client
Red Sea Global (Previously Amaala)
Collaborators
John Heah, Buro Happold, EY, PlanA, Fazio Design, GOCO, Marina Projects
What we do
Shaping the foundations
Shaping the foundations
MORO Studio works at the intersection of landscape architecture, spatial strategy, and contextual master planning, often entering projects before the brief is fully defined to help distil intent, frame opportunity, and set direction.
Our strength lies in the formative stages, where design identity and strategic clarity take shape. For international projects, we typically lead through design development, collaborating with local partners who carry the work into documentation and delivery. In these roles, we often continue as design guardians, providing oversight and safeguarding intent at key milestones.
For selected local projects, we offer full service through to construction, maintaining the same design rigour across all phases.
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Master Planning
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Pre-Concept + Visioning
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Concept Design
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Schematic Design
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Design Development
Undertaken whilst at HKS
Pre- Concept Visioning
Concept Design Images
Schematic Design Images
Design Development Images
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Master Planning
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Pre-Concept + Visioning
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Concept Design
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Schematic Design
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Design Development
Undertaken whilst at HKS
Pre- Concept Visioning
Concept Design Images
Schematic Design Images
Design Development Images
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Master Planning
02
Pre-Concept + Visioning
03
Concept Design
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Schematic Design
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Design Development
Undertaken whilst at HKS
Pre- Concept Visioning
Concept Design Images
Schematic Design Images
Design Development Images
Core areas
Core areas
Strategic Landscape Design
We align open space and public realm with broader project goals, shaping movement, identity, microclimate, amenity and importantly, memorable moments.
We align open space and public realm with broader project goals, shaping movement, identity, microclimate, amenity and importantly, memorable moments.
We align open space and public realm with broader project goals, shaping movement, identity, microclimate, amenity and importantly, memorable moments.
Early-Phase Design + Site Reading
From site analysis to vision setting, we work before the lines are drawn, helping frame the brief and define design direction.
From site analysis to vision setting, we work before the lines are drawn, helping frame the brief and define design direction.
From site analysis to vision setting, we work before the lines are drawn, helping frame the brief and define design direction.
Master Planning with Landscape Logic
We bring ecological and spatial clarity to large- scale frameworks, anchoring strategy in topography, use, and experience.
We bring ecological and spatial clarity to large- scale frameworks, anchoring strategy in topography, use, and experience.
We bring ecological and spatial clarity to large- scale frameworks, anchoring strategy in topography, use, and experience.
Narrative + Project Framing
We work closely with clients and collaborators to establish the guiding story of a place, refining intent, tone, and approach.
We work closely with clients and collaborators to establish the guiding story of a place, refining intent, tone, and approach.
We work closely with clients and collaborators to establish the guiding story of a place, refining intent, tone, and approach.
Environmental Responsiveness
Our work is grounded in climate and care. From passive systems and shade to water- sensitive design and planting strategy.
Our work is grounded in climate and care. From passive systems and shade to water- sensitive design and planting strategy.
Our work is grounded in climate and care. From passive systems and shade to water- sensitive design and planting strategy.
We work across a broad mix of sectors, with deep experience in:
We work across a broad mix of sectors, with deep experience in:
We work across a broad mix of sectors, with deep experience in:
Tourism + Hospitality
Resorts, destinations, and guest- focused precincts shaped by atmosphere, materiality and memory.
Resorts, destinations, and guest- focused precincts shaped by atmosphere, materiality and memory.
Resorts, destinations, and guest- focused precincts shaped by atmosphere, materiality and memory.
Civic + Cultural
Public realm, plazas, heritage sites, and waterfronts that centre people, performance, and place.
Public realm, plazas, heritage sites, and waterfronts that centre people, performance, and place.
Public realm, plazas, heritage sites, and waterfronts that centre people, performance, and place.
Mixed-Use + Residential
Communities, urban edges and high-density sites where landscape elevates liveability and identity.
Communities, urban edges and high-density sites where landscape elevates liveability and identity.
Communities, urban edges and high-density sites where landscape elevates liveability and identity.
Master Planning
Narrative & Project Framing
Regional, coastal, and site-specific frameworks. From remote ecologies to strategic urban infill.
Regional, coastal, and site-specific frameworks. From remote ecologies to strategic urban infill.
Regional, coastal, and site-specific frameworks. From remote ecologies to strategic urban infill.
Education + Health
Narrative & Project Framing
Campus, wellness and institutional landscapes that support learning, care and long-term flexibility.
Campus, wellness and institutional landscapes that support learning, care and long-term flexibility.
Campus, wellness and institutional landscapes that support learning, care and long-term flexibility.