About
Adam Kober
For the past two decades, Adam Kober has brought high-profile landscapes to life with his unique design sensibility. Sparked by the belief that exterior spaces can be made as stunning and inviting as any interior, Kober creates timeless landscapes that captivate and engage.
As Founding Principal, Kober has led the firm to quick success in a variety of markets; from inception in 2021, KDG has developed inviting hospitality spaces, multi-use entertainment venues, and captivating residential projects throughout the United States. Kober’s vision shines through the creativity and detail with which he designs each element of his projects. Elegant custom-carved limestone fountains, intricate metalwork, and artful glass mosaics set KDG’s designs apart. Kober’s dedication is shown in every step of his process, including the hand-selection of fully mature trees he sources and transplants – often from hundreds of miles away.
A graduate of Purdue University’s prestigious Landscape Architecture program, Kober has designed or served as project manager for numerous internationally recognized properties across the United States, China, Macau, and Malaysia. He found global success at the helm of projects including the Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Hotel Drover of the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Wynn Las Vegas, and Encore Boston Harbor. In addition to a vast hospitality portfolio, Kober’s design credits include an impressive range of commercial, mixed-use, multi-family housing, entertainment, high-end residential, and retail projects including American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey - the second-largest retail shopping center in the United States.
Since 2015, Kober has designed twenty-six thematic gardens for New York City’s famous Rockefeller Center Channel Garden, including three of the site’s beloved Christmas gardens. He also directed the latest terrace design for Rockefeller Center’s iconic Rainbow Room.
Adam Kober is a licensed landscape architect in California, Texas, and New York. He resides in Newport Beach, California.
President | Creative Director
JoAnn Kusano-Millman
JoAnn comes to KDG with almost 25 years of professional landscape architecture credits to her name. Over the course of her career, she has managed a wide variety of projects in the U.S. and internationally – including grand luxury resorts, boutique hotels, master-planned communities, entertainment venues, mixed-use developments, commercial, retail, and high-end residences. JoAnn’s impressive portfolio includes Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens in New York City, Hotel Drover in The Historic Fort Worth Stockyards, The Pendry Hotel in West Hollywood, and Resorts World in Las Vegas.
Renowned for her proficiency in project management and ability to efficiently direct design production teams, JoAnn’s meticulous construction document preparation has consistently elevated the landscape plan quality of the projects she undertakes.
JoAnn has a BS in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona.
Principal | Production Director