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MVLA's careful site analysis resulted in the adjustment of the building site for the Gannett USA Today headquarters from a healthy wooded hilltop to the more open landscape below. The change preserved the hilltop as an ecological and recreational ame
Emerald-green sedum-covered roofs of the Gutmann College House work to absorb stormwater and reduce urban heat on the Penn campus. Named in honor of Penn's former President Amy Gutmann, the College House was designed by Bohlin-Cywinski Jackson Archit
The Rosslyn Central Place Plaza offers a bustling urban setting in which to meet, people watch, and relax. Home to concerts, rotating art installations, and other year-round civic engagements, it serves as a social hub that knits its busy community t
A conceptual sketch for the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Baltimore, Maryland. The park is a Living Classrooms Foundation campus and a national heritage site that celebrates the contributions of African Americans in the development
Fort Worthians enjoy a blue-skyed morning at the heart of downtown, Sundance Square, designed by MVLA. ​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Photo: Craig Kuhner​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #LandscapeArchitecture #FortWorth #MorningLight #LandscapeArchitecture #Umbrellas
Freshly-molded, high performance concrete benches await their final finishes at Fine Concrete in Waynesboro, VA. These segments (and their many counterparts) were designed in collaboration with LSM Studio. In a few weeks, they'll head to their final
Concept sketch for a residential fire-pit, to be built with reclaimed granite plank pavers and field stone walls - by @mvla.ltd Landscape Architect, K. Thomas Baker. Drawn on the airplane on the way to visit the site in coastal Rhode island. ​​​​​​​
A bee inspects MVLA's planting of Allium cernuum (Nodding onion) in front of the Kemper Art Museum's mirrored facade at WUSTL. ​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Photo: @cazody84 of @yourfocalpointe​​​​​​​​ . #LandscapeArchitecture #Architecture #WUSTL #MVLA #Allium
The courtyard at Monticello's visitor center provides spaces for resting between adventures. Here, Hydrangeas, ferns and Honeylocust frame a shady place to sit, reflect, and look out into the landscape beyond.​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #MVLA #ASG #AyersSaint
The Aquatic Pool will be the largest of three new fountains designed as part of the new Gateway to the Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden. This new feature is currently under construction at the intersection between the new lobby axis and the S
Summer days have us dreaming of cool fountains in shady places. This series of stepped pools and runnels was at one of our earliest residential projects. Fond memories and fun details.​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #LandscapeArchitecture #Pool #Runnel #Fountain
A lotus in the Blue Ridge - soaking up the summer sun at one of our favorite residences. ​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #Nelumbo #MVLA #LandscapeArchitecture #Summer #Lotus
Perspective + Plan + Elevation - a sketchbook study for masonry bench details at @episcopalhs in Alexandria, VA.​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #MVLA #LandscapeArchitecture #EpiscopalHS #AlexandriaVA #HandDrawing
A sunny, summer afternoon in the meadow. Set within the geologic folds of northeastern Pennsylvania, this home augments the rural landscape with a series of restrained interventions that build upon a framework of existing dry-laid walls. With several
MVLA's Recreation Pier at the Wharf is a great place to visit in all seasons (but especially during kayak season!)​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ Photo: Matthew Borkoski​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #MVLA #LandscapeArchitecture #Pier #WharfDC #Kayak
Dreaming of a summer spent splashing in the Park River at Bushnell Park. As a part of Hartford, Connecticut's iQuilt Plan (2010), MVLA and Suisman Urban Design helped the city to imagine restored connections between the park, the river, and the city'
The VTS Chapel garden sits on the site of the Seminary’s 1881 chapel that was destroyed by fire in 2010 and is enclosed by the remains of the chapel’s walls. Today, the garden is used for worship, baptisms, weddings, funerals, and other c
These plants are ready for the new Emerson Conservatory at the Missouri Botanical Garden!  On Tuesday, Andrew Wyatt, Senior VP of Horticulture & Living Collections introduced MVLA and our collaborators at Arbolope and JBC to the Mediterranea
MVLA designed this stepped bioretention garden below a pedestrian bridge for a lobby entrance at @cityridgedc. An elevated garden passage between streetscape and building, rendered in pencil on trace. ​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #MVLA #LandscapeArchitecture
Summertime shadows under the Wisteria arbor at a beloved MVLA residential project.​​​​​​​​ .​​​​​​​​ #LandscapeArchitecture #Wisteria #Arbor #MVLA #Stone #Masonry