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Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
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FoundedCharlottesville, Virginia, United States (1985 (1985))
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www.nbwla.com

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW) is an American landscape architecture firm based in New York, Charlottesville, and Houston, founded in 1985 by Warren T. Byrd Jr., and Susan Nelson, and led by Thomas Woltz.[1][2]

History

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Warren Byrd and Susan Nelson founded Nelson Byrd Landscape Architects in 1985 in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1][2] Thomas Woltz became a named partner in 2004 and sole owner of the firm in 2013.[1][2][3]

The firm's work over the past ten years includes restoring damaged ecological landscapes and developing projects that combine agriculture, ecological restoration, and cultural use.[1][3][4][5]

At the Citygarden Sculpture Park, NBW transformed an unused plot within the 1.1-mile-long strip of open space called the Gateway Mall, into a series of meandering paths meant to evoke the nearby Mississippi River. The park features sculptural work from contemporary and modern artists. The park opened in July 2009 and was conceived to be a “sculpture garden, urban park, and urban garden”.[6][7]

The Hudson Yards Plaza project at the Hudson Yards development in New York City is a series of elliptical forms that give shape to landscaped spaces. The attached 5-acre (2 ha) public square has 28,000 plants and 225 trees,[8] located on the platform upon which Hudson Yards is built, which is itself located on top of an active train yard.[9][3][10]

The plaza's southern side includes a canopy of trees, while the southeast entrance also contains a fountain. A "'seasonally expressive' entry garden" stands outside the entrance to the New York City Subway's 34th Street–Hudson Yards station.[11] The plaza also connects to the High Line, an elevated promenade at its south end.[12]

Notable projects

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gordon, Alastair (November 6, 2013). "The Expansive Designs of Landscape Architect Thomas Woltz". The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Hudson, Kath (2019). "LANDSCAPE DESIGN - Thomas Woltz". CLAD. CLAD. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Vanamee, Norman (February 6, 2017). "How Thomas Woltz Is Shifting Landscape Architecture". 1stDibs. Introspective, 1stDibs. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Griswold, Marc (February 2018). "A View of the World - Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects has restored what might have been Frederic Church's greatest work: the landscape of Olana, his upstate New York home". Landscape Architecture Magazine. American Society of Landscape Architects. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Budds, Diana (October 17, 2016). "Landscape Architect Thomas Woltz Is Coming To A Park Near You". Fast Company. Fast Company. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Walker, Alissa (November 19, 2009). "St. Louis Gets Its High Line: Citygarden Sculpture Park". Fast Company. Fast Company. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Spirit of St. Louis". Metropolis Magazine. Metropolis Magazine. November 1, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  8. ^ Dunlap, David W. (July 22, 2015). "A Garden Will Grow With Fans, Concrete, Coolant and 28,000 Plants". New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "Hudson Yards developers give update on project". AM New York. August 21, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  10. ^ Whiteside, Katherine (January 1, 2014). "Thomas L. Woltz's Ecologically Regenerative Landscapes". Architectural Digest. Conde Nast. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  11. ^ "Progress Report: Hudson Yards". Chelsea Now. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ Plitt, Amy (September 14, 2016). "First look at Hudson Yards's enormous, interactive 'public landmark'". Curbed NY. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Booth, N. (2011). Foundations of Landscape Architecture: Integrating Form and Space Using the Language of Site Design. Wiley. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-118-12947-0. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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