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Eke Panuku—a public development organization in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand)—recently announced the selection of a design team for Te Ara Tukutuku (Wynyard Point), a 25-acre site along the city’s waterfront. Once a hazardous chemical storage facility, the vision for the site reimagines it as a waterfront park and mixed-use development interweaving the region’s

Encompassing seven municipalities and approximately 310,000 residents, the Raritan River and Bay communities of New Jersey have been shaped by their proximity to water for centuries. As a key point of connection between Middlesex County, New York City, and New England at large, the region is a critical transportation hub and home to a wide

In Summer 2020, reflecting on the nationwide movement for racial justice brought into sharp clarity by the deaths of countless Black Americans at the hands of police, SCAPE formed a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) to expand pathways for diversity within the field of landscape architecture—as well as through our own office, practice, and

Today, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA)—the oldest and largest cultural institute of its kind in the state—announced their planned opening date of April 22, 2023, following a dramatic transformation of its building and grounds by Studio Gang and SCAPE. The design, which includes a 133,000-square-foot building and over 11 acres of new landscape,

In ‘Designing Landscape Architectural Education: Studio Ecologies for Unpredictable Futures‘ (Routledge, 2022), Founding Principal Kate Orff contributed a conversation with editors Rosalea Monacella and Bridget Keane. Covering her years of experience directing the Urban Design (MSAUD) program at Columbia University GSAPP, co-founding the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL), and teaching a multi-year studio,

Mobile’s history is inextricably tied to its waterfront. Established as a trade hub along the shores of Mobile Bay in the 1700s, the Port of Mobile and related industries have grown into a central economic driver for the entire region. But today, many residents are disconnected from the water’s edge—a rich mosaic of tidal flats,

Construction for the re-imagined Tom Lee Park—a 31-acre park in Memphis along the Mississippi riverfront—reached its halfway point this week, the Memphis River Parks Partnership announced. Designed by Studio Gang and SCAPE, the park will open in 2023 as a centerpiece of the Memphis riverfront. Bill Dries wrote about the benchmark in the Daily Memphian:

At SCAPE’s 2022 retreat, our New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco staff convened at the Bear Mountain Inn in upstate New York to reflect on a year of growth and change at the firm, share ideas, and mobilize for the year ahead. Firm leadership gave a year-in-summary update followed by breakout rooms focused on

Today, the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan received $50 million in funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program—one of just three projects selected for the maximum award amount in the U.S. The plan addresses critical climate adaptation issues in Lower Manhattan, proposing a publicly-accessible,

Today, the City of Pensacola broke ground at Bruce Beach—an historic Black beach and recreation area along the Pensacola waterfront—with $6.3 million in planned improvements. “We are in what I would consider a sacred place,” Councilwoman Teniadé Broughton said in her remarks. “Pensacola’s labor history and African American history are now being seen in a