Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

The Eastern Glades was the first major project completed in Houston’s Memorial Park from the Landscape Architect’s 2015 Master Plan. The project reclaims 100 acres of previously inaccessible land at the park’s eastern edge for visitors to enjoy. Now, a new formal entrance leads to miles of recreational trails and an established lake with a […]

At the heart one of the largest parks in the United States and Houston’s largest urban wilderness area, the 100-acre Land Bridge & Prairie in Memorial Park is one of the largest and most ambitious projects of its type in Houston, the state of Texas, and the country. The Land Bridge and Prairie is an […]

The House of Flowers landscape bridges the Russian River Valley and the Flowers Winery vineyards along rugged bluffs of the Sonoma Coast. The landscape embodies the ecologies of this transect. It highlights native plant communities that have evolved to respond to specific micro-climates prescribed by elevation, soils, humidity, and other environmental factors between these two […]

The Peabody Essex Museum Garden celebrates the spirit of curiosity, the discovery of the Museum’s origins, and the dynamic works of its collection, which span cultures, eras, and genres. To accompany its building expansion, the Museum commissioned the Landscape Architect to design a 3,700 square foot garden that builds off the Museum’s work of interpreting […]

The EcoCommons at Georgia Institute of Technology is the largest standalone landscape project ever undertaken by the university. The project began as a solution to address the need identified in the 2004 Campus Landscape Master Plan for a series of open landscapes. In addition to creating new amenities for the campus community to gather, relax, […]

In Virginia’s vast and varied landscapes, the earth beneath our feet holds the stories of its Indigenous people. The cultural landscapes of the state are deeply intertwined with those of the Indigenous groups that occupied and stewarded the land for thousands of years. At Machicomoco (meaning Special Meeting Place), the landscape architects, working closely with […]

The new Aga Khan Garden sits at the heart of the University of Alberta Botanical Garden and is the world’s northernmost Islamic Garden. The garden builds from traditional Islamic design principles, forms, and geometries to create a thoughtful and rich design that responds to the context of Alberta’s climate, ecology, and culture. With the support […]

The Naval Cemetery Landscape is the first new public open space to be developed by the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative along the 26-mile Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Historically an unmarked burial ground associated with the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, this project revitalizes an abandoned parcel of the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a culturally and ecologically significant public space. […]

The Eastern Glades is the first major project to be implemented from the 2015 Memorial Park Master Plan developed by the Landscape Architect. Including introducing a formal entrance to the park, miles of recreational trails, and an established lake with surrounding ecology, the Eastern Glades reclaims 100 acres of previously inaccessible land at the park’s […]

The Flight 93 National Memorial is a new 2,200-acre national park in Western Pennsylvania where United Flight 93 crashed on September 11, 2001. The designed memorial landscape commemorates the 40 heroes on Flight 93 who gave their lives thwarting a terrorist attack on the U.S. capital. The design transforms the site – a former reclaimed […]

The Peabody Essex Museum Garden celebrates the spirit of curiosity and discovery of its origins and the character of its collection – dynamic works across cultures, eras, and genres. Situated at the terminus of the gallery atrium, the garden provides a moment of calm reflection. A fundamental design goal was to create a sense of […]

The Hudson Yards Plaza brings vibrancy to the heart of the largest private development in American history, seamlessly stitching newly-minted, innovative architecture with the surrounding urban fabric. A technological achievement that supports a healthy ecosystem on the roof of a working train yard, the Plaza hosts world- class events and art exhibitions, while providing an […]

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects designed the twelve-acre Duke University Water Reclamation Pond site to meet the University’s mission in support of the following criteria: Design Excellence The design balances formal and informal elements to ensure that the pond seamlessly mediates both its natural and cultural contexts. The northern edge of the pond is designed […]

The Landscape Architect designed eight acres of new garden space within the 250-acre property, substantially increasing the horticultural collection of Bok Tower Gardens and providing new programming abilities and educational opportunities. They worked within the 50-acre core of the existing historic gardens to improve circulation throughout and promote access to the 1928 Neo-Gothic Singing Tower, […]