Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
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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]
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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]
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