Three lessons from the campus, historic, and energy projects I contributed to while working at The LA Group.
Lessons from planting design work for Empire State University: a cohesive landscape needs more than a list of attractive plants.
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Historic landscapes / Hudson Valley, NYA look at the questions behind landscape design documentation for Fort Montgomery’s Grand and Putnam Battery areas.
5 min read · September 22, 2026
Visual analysis / Solar landscapesVisual simulations can reveal what neighbors may actually see—and turn an abstract screening debate into a more useful design conversation.
6 min read · September 22, 2026