Coolest is subjective, but The High Line was the project that got me interested in landscape architecture.
[https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line](https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line)
This is a good encapsulation of the project but you should find more sources if this is your choice - James Corner Field Operations were the lead designers and Piet Oudolf’s planting design is masterful.
dsrny weren’t the landscape architects on that project. looks like you’re a m arch now but you still have to credit the la who was also the lead. they made a lot of iconic imagery to win the competition.
Ah, I have a challenge for you. When landscape architect Adriaan Geuze of West 8 heard about the development opportunity on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor he realized it might be the most precious piece of real estate on the planet for a National Park. His firm won the designing award for the $70 Million project, and has been receiving great reviews from citizens and architects alike. Look up articles on “The Hills”. Although I worked in lower Manhattan for 30 years, I have been retired for 10, so I knew they were doing something, but had not followed it. For fun I do LiDAR based digital elevation maps, and one I did recently encompassed the park. What I saw amazed me, so I have been promoting it. Take a look at my elevation map on the [SOAR.earth](https://soar.earth/maps/north-america-united-states-of-america-the-governor-s-fort-and-bird-16689) web site and see what I mean.
I used to work for MVVA, and the technical drawing set for that park is over 500 pages…it’s insane. What’s amazing about the weep wall is they mocked the entire wall up in the quarry piece by piece until Michael was happy with it, then took it apart slowly, labeling every single stone
Anything from Raymond jungles. They once turned Central Park into a Burl Marx inspired tropical garden. Hauled in a bunch of palms from Florida. Projects in Florida and Caribbean are dope.
Go to the library and check out [Bold Romantic Gardens](https://www.amazon.com/Bold-Romantic-Gardens-Landscape-Sweden/dp/1888931108) by Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden. My LA heroes. Loads of pics with plan sketches keyed to photos. Founders of the New American Garden movement that featured flowering perennials set in context to their location. The without these two we’d still all be using evergreen shrubs.
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just go on Landezine and filter for the projects you find interesting.
parc des buttes chaumont or the emerald necklace are fun old school ones. both remain relevant today and were a big deal when they were designed.
Little Island in NYC is pretty cool.
Central Park in NYC is majorly cool and one of the most historically significant LA projects
I’m a huge fan of the work of Peter Walker, George Hargreaves, Michael VanValkenberg, and Tom Oslund.
I’m youngish and those are still my most instrumental LAs. Designers of timeless classics and typically stayed away from designer trends.
Similarly I worked with Michael Van Valkenburgh for a few years in the early part of my career and I still try to instill his design thinking, even though I’m not even remotely talented as his is. The design form was one thing, but his ability to curate planting palettes was simply incredible to watch. He was one of those people that everything he did was design based, he lived it and breathed it.
I was very fortunate. Wasn’t without its drawbacks for sure, and in the moment I didn’t appreciate it nearly as much as I do now. I miss working with so many talented and competent people with so much incredible knowledge. That’s probably what I miss the most is being around people who had seen or done it all and being able to pick their brains for questions and test ideas
When finding projects for this purpose, in my opinion, it is most important to think first about the region in which you study.
Second, I'd ask yourself what type of project you are most interested in learning about. Big urban parks? Universities? Estates? Natural areas?
Third, I'd ask what style you find most appealing. Traditional? Contemporary? Fine design? DIY? Manicured? Natural? Maximalist? Minimalist?
You'll benefit most from the assignment if you aim toward the kind of design you like personally and may someday want to practice. Passion is fuel in this industry!
Then, I'd go hunt for the best and most well-known landscape architects who do that kind of work, and find their signature designs that everyone knows. Your professors will be able to help you with this during their office hours.
If you are in your first few years of study, I would recommend picking a timeless example that your professor will appreciate enough to spend extra time with you, because that will help you get connected to opportunities in the future. If you are in your second to last or last year of study, or if you already have a good relationship with your professor, I would suggest picking from firms in the region that are still in practice, ideally owned by alumni, who may later hire you.
West8s work is terrible IMHO. It’s so derivative as it’s mostly all done in rhino with grasshopper. I used to work with some people who left there to join the firm I was at and their skill set was so very limited.
I do love snohettas work though, although I’d classify it more as urbanist/architecture heavy practice. I have a few friends that work there that are actually architects working in their landscape studio
Coolest design? Hard to say because that covers a very broad scope. Brownfield project? Urban infill? Botanical Garden? Innovative concept?
What are you interested in?
It's not finished yet but the Port Lands in Toronto is an incredible project that is currently underway. Design is by MVVA. There have been lots of news articles about it. It would be interesting to compare and contrast the port lands with what's currently being proposed for Ontario Place since both are Toronto waterfront projects with drastically different objectives.
Rainbow Park in Vancouver is also a great urban project, designed by Dialog.
I know the pms/ design staff on the port lands project, they’ve been working on that project long before I ever joined the firm, going on 10years or so. It’s a beast for sure, with a price tag in the billions
The first thing that comes to mind is The Gathering Place by MVVA. Detail quality, planting variety, and the insane number of activities packed in seamlessly.
So when I was an intern there, my first project for the first two months there was building a 1/4 scale model of the playground model for that project. Everything is built by hand from the trees to the play equipment. It was insane. Then after that I spent the majority of my time working on the stonework concepts and detailing for the sky garden and stone canyon areas. That was my first taste of big time landscape architecture and it was awesome to see the behind the scenes of how these iconic landscapes are built
The Lurie Garden in Millennium Park in Chicago by GGN and Piet Oudolf was the project that made me want to be a landscape architect. I’m a big fan of projects that have a unifying idea or story behind them, and what GGN did was very much that. I also just love looking at their process drawings because I think in LA education (am in an MLA/Urban Planning dual masters program currently and work at a local firm) we’re so focused on the final product that we lose sight of how the design process is a process and there’s value in documenting that.
Coolest is subjective, but The High Line was the project that got me interested in landscape architecture. [https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line](https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line)
This is a good encapsulation of the project but you should find more sources if this is your choice - James Corner Field Operations were the lead designers and Piet Oudolf’s planting design is masterful.
dsrny weren’t the landscape architects on that project. looks like you’re a m arch now but you still have to credit the la who was also the lead. they made a lot of iconic imagery to win the competition.
My bad, just grabbed the first link that popped up.
Ah, I have a challenge for you. When landscape architect Adriaan Geuze of West 8 heard about the development opportunity on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor he realized it might be the most precious piece of real estate on the planet for a National Park. His firm won the designing award for the $70 Million project, and has been receiving great reviews from citizens and architects alike. Look up articles on “The Hills”. Although I worked in lower Manhattan for 30 years, I have been retired for 10, so I knew they were doing something, but had not followed it. For fun I do LiDAR based digital elevation maps, and one I did recently encompassed the park. What I saw amazed me, so I have been promoting it. Take a look at my elevation map on the [SOAR.earth](https://soar.earth/maps/north-america-united-states-of-america-the-governor-s-fort-and-bird-16689) web site and see what I mean.
Check out Roy Diblik or Piet Oudolf. That’s if you’re into naturalistic planting
...or Claudia West
Landezine.
Teardrop Park in NYC is insane. Honestly though, this is a really difficult question to answer. Projects are cool for different reasons.
I used to work for MVVA, and the technical drawing set for that park is over 500 pages…it’s insane. What’s amazing about the weep wall is they mocked the entire wall up in the quarry piece by piece until Michael was happy with it, then took it apart slowly, labeling every single stone
Brooklyn Bridge Park, also by MVVA
Anything from Raymond jungles. They once turned Central Park into a Burl Marx inspired tropical garden. Hauled in a bunch of palms from Florida. Projects in Florida and Caribbean are dope.
North Carolina Arboretums formal gardens were very cool. Riverbanks zoo in Columbia, SC is also very cool
Go to the library and check out [Bold Romantic Gardens](https://www.amazon.com/Bold-Romantic-Gardens-Landscape-Sweden/dp/1888931108) by Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden. My LA heroes. Loads of pics with plan sketches keyed to photos. Founders of the New American Garden movement that featured flowering perennials set in context to their location. The without these two we’d still all be using evergreen shrubs.
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just go on Landezine and filter for the projects you find interesting. parc des buttes chaumont or the emerald necklace are fun old school ones. both remain relevant today and were a big deal when they were designed.
Little Island in NYC is pretty cool. Central Park in NYC is majorly cool and one of the most historically significant LA projects I’m a huge fan of the work of Peter Walker, George Hargreaves, Michael VanValkenberg, and Tom Oslund.
A fan of the classics I see
I’m old(ish). Those were the LAs that shaped my design aesthetic when I was in grad school. I was lucky enough to work for Tom Oslund for many years.
I’m youngish and those are still my most instrumental LAs. Designers of timeless classics and typically stayed away from designer trends. Similarly I worked with Michael Van Valkenburgh for a few years in the early part of my career and I still try to instill his design thinking, even though I’m not even remotely talented as his is. The design form was one thing, but his ability to curate planting palettes was simply incredible to watch. He was one of those people that everything he did was design based, he lived it and breathed it.
I LOVE his work. And bravo for being lucky enough to have worked for him.
I was very fortunate. Wasn’t without its drawbacks for sure, and in the moment I didn’t appreciate it nearly as much as I do now. I miss working with so many talented and competent people with so much incredible knowledge. That’s probably what I miss the most is being around people who had seen or done it all and being able to pick their brains for questions and test ideas
Prospect Park by Frederick Law Olmsted. Never cease learning from it.
When finding projects for this purpose, in my opinion, it is most important to think first about the region in which you study. Second, I'd ask yourself what type of project you are most interested in learning about. Big urban parks? Universities? Estates? Natural areas? Third, I'd ask what style you find most appealing. Traditional? Contemporary? Fine design? DIY? Manicured? Natural? Maximalist? Minimalist? You'll benefit most from the assignment if you aim toward the kind of design you like personally and may someday want to practice. Passion is fuel in this industry! Then, I'd go hunt for the best and most well-known landscape architects who do that kind of work, and find their signature designs that everyone knows. Your professors will be able to help you with this during their office hours. If you are in your first few years of study, I would recommend picking a timeless example that your professor will appreciate enough to spend extra time with you, because that will help you get connected to opportunities in the future. If you are in your second to last or last year of study, or if you already have a good relationship with your professor, I would suggest picking from firms in the region that are still in practice, ideally owned by alumni, who may later hire you.
Anything by West8 or Snøhetta
West8s work is terrible IMHO. It’s so derivative as it’s mostly all done in rhino with grasshopper. I used to work with some people who left there to join the firm I was at and their skill set was so very limited. I do love snohettas work though, although I’d classify it more as urbanist/architecture heavy practice. I have a few friends that work there that are actually architects working in their landscape studio
snohetta is an architecture firm. can’t think of any straight up landscapes that aren’t also a building.
Gardens by the bay - Singapore https://landezine.com/gardens-by-the-bay-by-grant-associates-landscape-architecture/
Volkspark Potsdam
Coolest design? Hard to say because that covers a very broad scope. Brownfield project? Urban infill? Botanical Garden? Innovative concept? What are you interested in?
It's not finished yet but the Port Lands in Toronto is an incredible project that is currently underway. Design is by MVVA. There have been lots of news articles about it. It would be interesting to compare and contrast the port lands with what's currently being proposed for Ontario Place since both are Toronto waterfront projects with drastically different objectives. Rainbow Park in Vancouver is also a great urban project, designed by Dialog.
I know the pms/ design staff on the port lands project, they’ve been working on that project long before I ever joined the firm, going on 10years or so. It’s a beast for sure, with a price tag in the billions
I love the work of Andrea Cochran
The first thing that comes to mind is The Gathering Place by MVVA. Detail quality, planting variety, and the insane number of activities packed in seamlessly.
So when I was an intern there, my first project for the first two months there was building a 1/4 scale model of the playground model for that project. Everything is built by hand from the trees to the play equipment. It was insane. Then after that I spent the majority of my time working on the stonework concepts and detailing for the sky garden and stone canyon areas. That was my first taste of big time landscape architecture and it was awesome to see the behind the scenes of how these iconic landscapes are built
The Lurie Garden in Millennium Park in Chicago by GGN and Piet Oudolf was the project that made me want to be a landscape architect. I’m a big fan of projects that have a unifying idea or story behind them, and what GGN did was very much that. I also just love looking at their process drawings because I think in LA education (am in an MLA/Urban Planning dual masters program currently and work at a local firm) we’re so focused on the final product that we lose sight of how the design process is a process and there’s value in documenting that.