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Design Principal Gena Wirth honored as ASLA Fellow

“A renaissance moment in Memphis”: Tom Lee Park featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine

“Cool Forest” opens at the Biennale Architettura 2025

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art selects WEISS/MANFREDI and SCAPE for transformative expansion

SCAPE announces 2025 promotions

2024 at SCAPE

Malt Drive Park opens to the public, unlocking waterfront access in Long Island City

SCAPE at ASLA 2024

Decommissioned Power Plant Transforming into 125-Acre Activated Park on Long Island Sound

Governor Hochul announces completion of Living Breakwaters, a $111 million coastal resiliency project on Staten Island

Newly transformed Pratt East Hall Plaza opens

SCAPE awarded with two 2024 ASLA Professional Awards

SCAPE announces 2024 mid-year promotions

China Basin Park opens in San Francisco's new waterfront neighborhood

SCAPE announces 2024 promotions

Enterprise Research Campus breaks ground in Boston

City of Jacksonville launches Resilient Jacksonville Strategy

SCAPE at ASLA 2023

Living Breakwaters wins 2023 Obel Award

A Transformed Waterfront: Memphis Celebrates Completion of Tom Lee Park

SCAPE announces mid-year promotions

SCAPE joins team to design Stanford Sustainability Commons

A testament to community-driven design: “Workshopping the Chattahoochee” opens at the Biennale Architettura 2023

Environmental justice as core curriculum: Launch School and partners unveil vision for new 7-acre campus at Floyd Bennett Field

Reimagined Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts opens in Little Rock

2023 Coastal Master Plan unanimously approved by CPRA Board

Kate Orff named to TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World

Town Branch Commons wins two ASLA chapter awards

SCAPE wins three 2023 ASLA-NY Awards

The last link in the Hoboken waterfront: SCAPE joins team for Maritime Park

A cleaner, more accessible Gowanus waterfront: City of New York and EPA break ground on $1.6 billion pollution reduction and open space project

SCAPE team selected to lead revitalization of Main Street in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

City of Mobile releases vision for Brookley by the Bay

SCAPE joins team to reimagine 95-acre SouthWorks site in Ithaca

A continued collaboration on the Dorchester waterfront with BPDA and the City of Boston

CPRA releases draft 2023 Coastal Master Plan

SCAPE announces 2023 promotions

Governor Kathy Hochul and partners break ground on Alafia in East New York

SCAPE wins three Louisiana Chapter ASLA Awards

SCAPE at ASLA 2022

Vision to implementation: Lexington celebrates completion of Town Branch Commons

Eke Panuku selects design team for Te Ara Tukutuku

Public comment period opens for Resilient New Jersey: Raritan River & Bay Communities

SCAPE’s Ongoing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitments to Action

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts announces opening date

Kate Orff discusses the future of design pedagogy in ‘Designing Landscape Architectural Education’

City of Mobile kicks off new visioning project for Brookley by the Bay

Tom Lee Park reaches 50% completion benchmark, slated to open in 2023

SCAPE Annual Retreat 2022: NYC, NOLA, and SF in the Hudson Valley

FiDi-Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan receives $50M in FEMA funding

Bruce Beach breaks ground in Pensacola

SCAPE announces mid-year promotions

The Museum of Science & History (MOSH) releases renderings for new Jacksonville Shipyards location

O|CB staff join SCAPE

"Frameworks for Growth:" Managing Principal Alexis C. Landes profiled in Madame Architect

Laura Marett joins SCAPE and firm announces 2022 promotions

NYCEDC and MOCR release the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan

Living Breakwaters on NBC

SCAPE at ASLA 2021

Gothamist/WNYC takes a look behind the scenes of Living Breakwaters

BDC Redevelopment wins SARA-NY Merit Award in Urban Design

Living Breakwaters on Good Morning America

'Why Ecology is the Infrastructure of the Future:' Kate Orff in The Nation

McCoy's Creek Restoration & Recreation Plan wins ASLA-FL Honor Award

Mellon Foundation grants $1.4M for Theaster Gates' "A Monument to Listening" at Tom Lee Park

Kate Orff and Colette Pichon Battle on PBS: The Laura Flanders Show

Living Breakwaters enters construction

Three SCAPE projects honored in ASLA-NY 2021 Design Awards

Kate on CNN with Christiane Amanpour: "It's time to invest in natural infrastructure."

"Manufacturing Nature:" Kate is profiled in The New Yorker by Eric Klinenberg

Climate Ready Dorchester wins 2021 BSLA Design Award

Reflection Riding and SCAPE release Framework for the Future

City of Detroit receives $30M HUD grant to realize affordable housing in Greater Corktown

Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center wins NYCxDesign's Greater Good Award

Rep. Bourdeaux touts support for more equitable infrastructure projects – including the Chattahoochee RiverLands

Resilient New Jersey: Raritan River and Bay Communities kicks off, seeking public input from residents

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts announces opening date of May 2022

Tom Lee Park concludes design development, reaching 80% milestone in $60M capital campaign

Airline Highway Park Master Plan approved by BREC

Billion Oyster Project releases online curriculum on Living Breakwaters

SCAPE selected to work on Downtown Boston Waterfront Design and Use Guidelines

Hayward Regional Shoreline Adaptation Master Plan unanimously adopted by City of Hayward

SCAPE's Ongoing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitments to Action

SCAPE completes Vision Chelsea Creek, six-month visioning study in East Boston

Arkansas Arts Center rebrands as Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts with major milestone in capital campaign

NYCEDC launches interactive engagement portal for the FiDi and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan

Applications open for Summer 2021 internships at SCAPE

SCAPE selected to join Walton Family Foundation's Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program

Chattahoochee RiverLands on the cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine

Tom Lee Park breaks ground at Cutbank Bluff

SCAPE hosts webinar on the role of coarse-grain beaches in climate adaptation

SCAPE is Hiring!

Red Hook Library honored in NYC Public Design Commission's 38th Design Awards

Final report released for Climate Ready Dorchester

Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center opens to the public

SCAPE Is Hiring (Oct 20)

Kate on the future of public landscapes after Covid in The New York Times

SCAPE and Dr. Don Boesch envision the future coast of Louisiana

Announcing ‘All We Can Save:’ an anthology of wisdom from women climate leaders

Chattahoochee RiverLands team releases final report and vision

Black Lives Matter.

Kate on landscape architecture as climate activism in Cooper Hewitt Design Journal

SCAPE and Studio Gang unveil new design for Tom Lee Park

SCAPE joins The Harborkeepers to launch Vision Chelsea Creek

Hayward Shoreline Adaptation Master Plan launches website and public comment form

Hudson Rising made available as immersive online experience

Kate speaks with ASLA's The Dirt for the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Midtown Center Plaza wins ASLA-NY Merit Award for 2020

SCAPE: Update on COVID-19

SCAPE and Wood kick off the Carpenter Creek and Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan

SCAPE in Architectural Design, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and more

Kate Orff and SCAPE honored as Urbanist of the Year in AN's First Annual Design Gala

Elena Brescia departs from SCAPE

SCAPE selected to design landscape for Harvard's Enterprise Research Campus in Allston

SCAPE honored in The Architect's Newspaper's 2019 Best of Design Awards

SCAPE at ASLA 2019

New York Magazine covers First Avenue Water Plaza

Public Sediment for Alameda Creek receives Honor Award in ASLA's 2019 Professional Awards

The new Arkansas Arts Center breaks ground

Mission Rock Partners releases renderings and an updated design for China Basin Park

Public Sediment for Alameda Creek receives $31.4 million in implementation funding

Chattahoochee RiverLands website is live

SCAPE receives Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's 2019 National Design Award

SCAPE Wins 3 ASLA-New York Awards

Hudson Rising in the New York Times

Living Breakwaters at the New York Historical Society's Opens Friday, March 1

SCAPE in A/D/O Journal

Gena at India's Annual ISOLA Conference

Ecological Citizens in Chicago

SCAPE's Winter 2019 Newsletter

Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail Kickoff!

Tom Lee Park Design Reveal

SCAPE Kicks Off Pensacola Waterfront Study

Living Breakwaters on CNN Business

Apply for SCAPE's Summer Internship!

Chattahoochee River Greenway Study: Driving Tour

Ecological Citizens at the Venice Biennale: Re-deployment

SCAPE to work on Vital Brooklyn's 100 Percent Affordable Housing Initiative

Ecological Citizens at the Venice Biennale Closes 11/25

McCoy's Creek Fest

Two SCAPE Projects Awarded NFWF Grants

Join us at the McCoy's Creek Fest on Saturday in Jacksonville!

SCAPE and Studio Gang to Lead Memphis Riverfront Park Redesign

SCAPE Featured in PBS' Sinking Cities Series

SCAPE and the City of Boston release Resilient Boston Harbor Vision

SCAPE at ASLA

Marketing Coordinator at SCAPE

Spring 2019 Internships at SCAPE

SCAPE's Fall 2018 Newsletter

SCAPE to lead Chattahoochee Greenway Study

Ecological Citizens: Alberto Barausse at SCAPE and Columbia GSAPP

Staten Island Ferry Terminal Re-Design

SCAPE on front page of Pensacola News Journal

SCAPE at Pensacola's CivicCon

UC Davis Teen Workshop on Public Sediment

Public Sediment Selected for AIA California Merit Award in Urban Design

SCAPE in Florida

Proposed designs for Toronto’s York and Rees Street Parks Revealed!

Town Branch Park awarded $1.2m gift

Join us for Living Breakwaters CAC meeting #9 on July 18th!

Town Branch Commons Breaks Ground!

SCAPE Summer 2018 Newsletter

Fall 2018 Internships at SCAPE

Kate Featured in National Geographic

Living Breakwaters Final Environmental Impact Statement

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SCAPE Presents Ecological Citizens at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Public Sediment's Final Designs for Alameda Creek

A Vision For Improving the Stock Exchange District

Portner Flats Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Mud, lampreys, marshes, and more! Public Sediment to be revealed next week – stay tuned

Earth Week on Staten Island

Be’er Sheva Quarry Park Site Visit: Part 2

Public Sediment’s Mid-Review Recap

SCAPE Wins Three ASLA-NY Awards

Be’er Sheva Quarry Park Site Visit: Part 1

Pippa and Gena at McGill, University of Toronto, and MIT

Rebuild by Design’s Book Launch

Kate To Present Keynote at Atlanta's Park Pride Conference

A Sinking Bay Area

Living Breakwaters Public CAC Meeting on March 6th

Arkansas Arts Center Revealed

American Copper Building Plaza: Part 2

In the Mud with Public Sediment

SCAPE Winter 2018 Newsletter

Call Your Members of Congress!

Public Sediment Team to Work with Alameda Creek

SCAPE Summer Internship

Public Sediment featured in Estuary Magazine

Ohio Creek Watershed Project Featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Gena Speaking at Sydney’s Sustaining the Seas Conference

Comment on Public Sediment - our Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge proposal

SCAPE chosen as one of CURBED's Groundbreakers

Kate and Gena at Buckminster Fuller Challenge

SCAPE at World Design Summit

Resilient By Design: Week 2 & 3 Recap

Petrochemical America: Video Launched

Journal of Architectural Education Reviews Toward an Urban Ecology

Kate Orff Receives MacArthur Fellowship

SCAPE Fall Newsletter

SCAPE at ASLA LA 2017: Common Ground

Resilient By Design: Week 1 Recap

Living Breakwaters At EDIT Exhibit in Toronto

Kate, Gena, and Pippa Speaking Next Week

Petrochemical America featured in Pittsburgh’s SPACE Gallery

SCAPE Part of Architectural League’s Student Program Studio Tours

SCAPE Selected as Exhibitor for US Pavilion at 2018 Venice Biennale

American Copper Building Plaza: Part 1

SCAPE Selected for Resilient By Design’s Bay Area Challenge

Kate to Speak at Gardner Museum's Landscape Lectures

Toward an Urban Ecology Receives ASLA Honors Award

Kate to Speak at UC Berkeley

Chris to speak at LSU

Integrating Flood Protection into the Brooklyn Greenway in Red Hook

SCAPE Attends US Army Corps of Engineers Workshop

SCAPE Team Members Plant Sargassum in Pier 5

Architect Magazine Article on the Effects of Cutting TIGER Funding

Montague Pierrepont Apartments On The Rise

SCAPE participates in Kick-Off of ASLA-NY & the Trust for Public Land’s Student Stewardship Program

SCAPE Podcasts Featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Two SCAPE Projects Featured in The Architect’s Newspaper Article on Ecosystem Restoration

Kate to Speak on Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts Panel

Living Breakwaters Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting

Town Branch Park Update

Spring 2017 Interns Reflect On Their Time At SCAPE

The Gowanus Lowlands Project Launch

Pixel Parlor Wins Graphic Design Award for Scape’s Website

SCAPE and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy Launch: The Gowanus Lowlands

Vagelos Education Center Honored with SARA NY Special Award

Nature of Cities Reviews Toward an Urban Ecology

Gena to Speak on Climate Change Landscapes

SCAPE Spring Newsletter

Kate speaks on GSAPP Conversations podcast

Greenpoint Wins NYC Public Design Commission Excellence Award

Take a tour of Conference House Park with SCAPE!

SCAPE at APA’s National Planning Conference in NYC

Town Branch Update

Arkansas Arts Center Kickoff

Living Breakwaters Public Hearing on DEIS

Alexis to speak on BSA Panel

Gena / SCAPE on the Road

Blake Hobbs Play-Za in LAM

Living Breakwaters in Staten Island Live

Pippa at Wagner College Oyster Panel

LAM Book Review: Toward An Urban Ecology

Gena to speak in AIA Baltimore Spring Lecture Series

Living Breakwaters Draft Environmental Impact Statement Released

Public Meeting in Lexington on Town Branch Commons

SCAPE and Cyborg Landscapes

Kate and Pippa at Columbia Law Panel on NY Sea Level Projections

Red Hoek Bulkhead Construction Underway

Field Guide to CSO+ Launch

AIA New York Design Awards Winner

Gena to speak at Tulane Design Symposium

SCAPE Lecture and Exhibition at RISD

David to present at Rutgers University

Kate and SCAPE in this week’s PBS NewsHour

Kate to give Sylvester Baxter Lecture at Harvard GSD

“The World in Our Eyes” Exhibition at the Lisbon Architecture Triennal

Pippa and Gena featured speakers at DDC Talks

Pippa to speak on Water Resilient Development Symposium

CAC Meeting Recap

SCAPE Imagines a New Type of Ecology

Gena to speak at Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design

Be’er Sheva Quarry Site Visit

SCAPE has a Plan for Rising Waters

Gena to give lecture at Tucson Museum of Art

Upcoming CAC Meeting in Tottenville

SCAPE Winter Newsletter

Living Breakwaters Community Advisory Committee Meeting

Rebuild by Design: 2 Years Later

Town Branch Water Walk wins 2016 Best of Design Award

Urban Agenda Magazine features SCAPE's Oyster Related Projects

Perth Amboy Workshop & Site Visit

Lauren at Restore America’s Estuaries Summit in New Orleans

SCAPE Profile Published by Landezine

Kate’s Essay Published in Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s New Book

SCAPE at the 15th Annual International Architectural Roundtable

Snug Harbor Music Hall Among ‘Excellence in Design’ Award Winners

15 Landscape Architecture Firms You Should Know

Gena to give Hyde Lecture at University of Nebraska

Kate to give lectures at UW and UBC

Pippa to speak at Rebuild by Design event in Washington, DC

Gena to give lecture at Ball State University

Gena featured in LAM October Issue

Best Practices for Community Engagement in Living Breakwaters

WIRED article on Social Infrastructure in Living Breakwaters

Living Breakwaters Project featured in Fortune Article on fighting the next Superstorm