jan 10, 2012

Urban Design to Brazil

Kate Orff is off to Brazil this week as part of the urban design studio teaching team at Columbia University

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dec 9, 2011

Topos Mag on Gateway

Topos International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design features Kate Orff's latest book

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dec 6, 2011

New York Times on Gateway

New York Times Bookshelf / December 2, 2011
GATEWAY - Visions for an Urban National Park

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nov 1, 2011

Check Out Planting Progress @ BPCCC !

planting at Battery Park City Community Center is currently underway

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SCAPE / RISING CURRENTS featured in New York Times

jan 11, 2010

ARCHITECTS PLAN 'AMPHIBIOUS LANDSCAPE' FOR NEW YORK CITY
By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD of ClimateWire
Published: January 11, 2010

What would New York's waterfront look like after a sea level rise of 2 feet or more?

Most officials paint a nightmare scenario -- huge swaths of expensive real estate permanently flooded, with frequent storms and the resultant storm surge routinely forcing mass evacuations every few years. But several architects are now painting a more positive picture, and their visions for a post-climate-change new New York have city planners interested...

continue reading "Architects Plan 'Amphibious Landscape' for New York City" at NYTimes.com