McLennan Design, Perkins&Will’s Bainbridge Island studio, is an architecture, planning, and consulting firm, founded by Jason F. McLennan, creator of the Living Building Challenge. We imagine regenerative buildings, places, and products that give back—spaces that nurture people, connect communities, and enhance life in places.
Acts of Regeneration
Rooted in regeneration—where people, place, and purpose come first. From adaptive reuse of existing buildings, residences, cultural institutions, innovative corporate headquarters, urban planning, to climate-positive campuses, and product design our work proves that beauty, performance, and ecological intelligence can coexist—and thrive.
Redefining mining camps: a first-of-its-kind regenerative village advancing sustainability and worker well-being in the Andes.
Reimagining a Landmark Arena as a World Standard for Regenerative Design and the First Net Zero Carbon Certified Arena
The First NetZero Building for the Minnesota State University Network
America’s First LBC Public School Reimagines Learning in Virginia on Henrico County's Historic Land.
Creating Idaho’s First Living Building — and a New Standard for Regenerative Education
Our People
A collaborative studio where designers, researchers, makers, and change-agents come together to shape a regenerative future.
We bring diverse backgrounds, shared purpose, and deep curiosity to every project—working side by side to create places where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive.
The People and Place Behind Our Practice
Take a look inside our Bainbridge Island studio—where our team, our values, and our environment come together to shape regenerative design.
Love & Regeneration Journal
Thoughts and insights on designing places, products, and experiences that nurture people, enrich daily life, and leave the world better than we found it.
Explore current and past issues – our evolving library of regenerative thinking, reflections, and design explorations at Ideas and Insights.
Volume 7, Issue 2
From Crumbling Relics to Thriving Places
Writing from Mérida, Mexico, I’m struck by how travel always shifts my perspective on our work and the communities we serve. But for this issue, we look back to a pre-pandemic project close to home: the Maitland Chart House and Masterplan in Ontario. Once a crumbling relic, it’s now a vibrant community asset, thanks to Philip Ling’s vision. A short essay in this issue explores the transformation.
We also share highlights from our recent Bainbridge Island summit—the Death & Life of the Green Building Movement—where 60 designers and leaders from across North America came together to discuss the future of regenerative design.
—- Jason F. McLennan
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Stories, milestones, and what we’re building, thinking, and celebrating here at McLennan Design.
A window into the progress, people, and possibilities moving our work—and the world—forward.
Catch the latest here.
Our Clients
We collaborate across sectors
From private companies to public institutions, we build trusted, lasting relationships that drive meaningful impact.
Our Regenerative Ethos
The way we see it, design is the opportunity to imagine—and build—a better tomorrow.
Every project is a chance to strengthen the places we call home. We begin by listening—to the land, the community, and the cultural and ecological stories that shape each site.
Regenerative design is our operating principle, linking performance, ecology, and human well-being. Through rigorous research, systems thinking, and collaborative engagement, we turn bold ideas into spaces that are beautiful, resilient, and measurably impactful.
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