APE Studio is the exclusive U.S. partner of Richter Spielgeräte GmbH, the playground equipment manufacturer known for original designs, handcrafted materials, and enduring appeal. With our Richter colleagues, APE Studio helps landscape designers and park planners develop destination and community playgrounds that feature challenging play and natural materials. Our collaborative work builds on this simple principle: “As much play value as possible, as much safety as necessary.”
Richter’s distinctive wood and steel play structures, sensory elements, and water-play equipment can be enjoyed at numerous parks worldwide including Madrid RIO, Legoland–Denmark, Gorky Park in Moscow, Lusail Marina Promenade in Qatar, and Mall of Arabia, Cairo, among many others. In North America, we have helped to create noteworthy play spaces, including the forthcoming Children’s Park in downtown San Diego, Tulsa’s Gathering Place adventure playground, Little Island and other parks in New York, including the Battery Park Playscape, and, in San Francisco, Mountain Lake Park, Panhandle Park, and the interactive water-play elements at Presidio Tunnel Tops.