dec 11, 2012
Join Kate at Sink or Swim (SoS)
Sink or Swim (SoS): Principles and Priorities in a Post-Sandy Era
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
dec 4, 2012
Kate named United States Artists Fellow
We are very excited about Kate being named a recipient of the annual United States Artists Fellowship!
READ MOREdec 3, 2012
Kate interviewed by ABC News
Landscape Designer Kate Orff Shares Her Vision for a Revitalized New York Harbor
READ MOREdec 3, 2012
Oyster-tecture featured in ABC News
Oysters Eyed as Help for New York Harbor
by Mary Godfrey / ABC News
PREVIOUS
Oyster-tecture featured in Brooklyn Daily Eagle
mar 27, 2010
ARCHITECT DESIGNS UNDERWATER 'CITY OF OYSTERS FOR GOWANUS
By MIKE WEISS
Published: March 26, 2010
...while the digital screens and elaborate models of the other four teams filling the museum’s exhibition hall seemed very ambitious, there was something more down to earth and “do-able” about Orff’s design – reflecting a focus on the main character in her plan, the humble but underappreciated oyster.
“The oyster is an amazing creature,” Orff said.
...On a less-ambitious scale, Orff’s Oyster-Tecture project is something she thinks could actually be built and could start improving water quality and life in Brooklyn immediately.
“My goal is absolutely not conceptual, there’s nothing here that’s off the moon,” she said emphatically. “We could start tomorrow.”
continue reading "Architect Designs Underwater 'City' of Oysters for Gowanus" at BrooklynEagle.com