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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

In recognition of their professional excellence, leadership, and continued contributions to the growth and success of the firm, SCAPE is pleased to announce the promotion of nine staff members across two studios in New York and New Orleans: Despo Thoma is promoted to Senior Associate and Grace Prem, RLA, is promoted to Senior Management Lead.

This week, the Museum of Science and History (MOSH) in Jacksonville, Florida released renderings for its new building and grounds in the Jacksonville Shipyards, designed by DLR Group in collaboration with SCAPE and kasper architects + associates. With an expanded footprint along the Northbank of the St. Johns River at its confluence with Hogan’s Creek,

Today, the staff of the Office of Cheryl Barton (O|CB)—a San Francisco-based landscape architecture firm—are joining SCAPE. “As two women-owned firms with a history of service and excellence in design for public spaces and ecosystems, we’re proud to join forces to better serve our West Coast clients and collaborators,” said SCAPE Founding Principal Kate Orff,

Out in Madame Architect today, Julia Gamolina interviewed SCAPE Managing Principal Alexis C. Landes about her career path, business development at SCAPE, balancing parenthood with firm leadership, and much more. “Strategy is really about creating frameworks for connection—connecting firm-wide systems, from business development to project management; linking teams and processes; creating feedback loops. It’s more

Happy New Year to our clients, colleagues and friends. This month, we’re excited to share a number of updates to SCAPE’s leadership, operations, design and marketing teams: First, Laura Marett joins the firm as SCAPE’s first-ever Director of Landscape Planning, bringing a wide range of experience across scales and project types over thirteen years at

Today, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) released The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan – a shared city-community vision for a resilient 21st century waterfront grounded in climate science, engineering and feasibility testing, a critical component of the overall Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR)

This weekend, NBC News Now aired a piece on Living Breakwaters. In conversation with reporter Andrew Stern, Founding Principal Kate Orff and Planning Principal Pippa Brashear discuss the layered, protective benefits of natural infrastructure—and the urgency to fund and implement blue-green projects at scale. Watch the full segment here. Special thanks to the Billion Oyster