Our Philosophy
At Landsong, we create designs that bring moments of wonder and delight between our clients and their land. The calming scents of jasmine stealing through open windows, the joy of soft grasses beneath bare feet, the laughter of children exploring their new habitat —these moments heal us, however small they may seem.
Our work aims to foster a love for the natural world by bringing us closer to its gifts.
Meet Claire
Claire Craven is the founder of Landsong and an outdoor kid at heart. She grew up in the countryside of France, where she spent most of her childhood up in a tree, reading and drawing. Claire moved to the US to attend the University of Tennessee, where she received her professional degree in Architecture and graduated summa cum laude. She then spent seven years working for award-winning architecture firms in New Haven (CT) then in Raleigh (NC), where she currently lives. Designing modern homes gave Claire a unique awareness of things like sightlines, scale, patterns of light & shadow... as well as the key role landscapes play in making both buildings and people feel like they belong in a place. It also made her realize that what she liked best about buildings was looking out of them; and that she yearned to design the views outside of their great windows. So in 2022, she combined her architectural knowledge and design skills with her passion for the natural world, and created Landsong.
Happiest when she is outdoors —surrounded by wind and birdsong— Claire sees gardens as love letters to both people and our planet, and believes that any day spent outside is a day well spent.