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Innovative place-making is news-making. Whether at the scale of a discrete site, a campus or an entire district or community, SWA’s projects are often featured in the press.
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深圳宝安滨海文化公园 – 设计概述—城市自然交汇处,湾区生活的多元呈现
The expansive SWA-designed landscape for Expo 2020 complements thoughtful architecture and water features.
SWA is providing landscape architectural services for the 33.6-million-square-foot integrated housing development in Egypt.
SWA/Balsley’s master plan promises to transform an underused harbor into urban green space.
SWA’s lush, tropical design for La Pelago boosts the development’s “private island” atmosphere.
SWA is pleased to announce Gerdo Aquino and David Thompson will lead the firm as Co-CEOs
SWA’s concepts for community gathering and inclusion drive this collection of shops and eateries.
Congratulations to SWA partners HKS Line on their 2020 AIA Award for Pacific Plaza Pavilion!
SWA/Balsley’s new vision transforms one of Washington D.C.’s most dangerous intersections into a celebrated entry at the heart of the city.
Vital, vibrant new trail connects Buffalo Bayou Park to outdoor attractions and green spaces east of Downtown Houston.
SWA’s Dallas practice is set to re-imagine the 738-acre former Naval yard.
SWA’s “Green Loop” is among the ideas featured in this online exhibition, which will be viewable through April 2021.
:Businesses can find flexible ways to handle the pandemic, says SWA Principal Kinder Baumgardner.
Learn more about the principles and influences driving Tom Balsley’s transformative and provocative spaces.
The project will breathe new life into one of Atlanta, GA’s largest and most unique parks.
This SWA project’s “ample public space,” lawns, and shade are an integral part of its success.
SWA’s Kinder Baumgardner ponders the shapes that open space will take in post-COVID-19 communities.
SWA’s Laguna Beach project is “a step above simple street closures” to improve social distancing.”
SWA CEO Gerdo Aquino looks to the sky – space between and atop buildings – for solutions.
The promenade is now open daily from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.
SWA’s plans for Markham Square include bike lanes, new sidewalks and additional trees.
The SWA-designed street conversion can be enjoyed all summer.
Tom Balsley on harnessing the public’s imagination to reshape social and cultural spaces.
SWA’s Kinder Baumgardner joins other industry leaders to discuss themes and ideas.
The “Promenade on Forest” concept plan was designed by SWA in collaboration with city staff and Choura Events.
Congratulations to SWA Dallas and project partners Parks for Downtown Dallas and HKS LINE!
SWA/Balsley’s design for the park was recognized by two organizations as an example of “progress toward a healthier and more sustainable universe.”
The SWA-designed park includes lighting that responds to all-day conditions.
The SWA-designed park frontage will include seating, water features, and a central lawn.
SWA Principal Elizabeth Shreeve moderated a webinar on the role of the built environment during the pandemic.
SWA Houston Kinder Baumgardner’s perspectives on design after COVID-19.
The research of SWA’s XL Lab, “Plaza Life Revisited,” is featured.
Construction of the much-anticipated, SWA-designed Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial begins.
SWA’s Katy Trail is lauded as “urban design at its very best.”
This interview with SWA’s CEO is also available as a podcast.
Parks along New York City’s vulnerable waterfront, like the one recently completed at Hunter’s Point South, are both amenity and armor.
CEO Gerdo Aquino is quoted in this piece describing how design firms like SWA are handling the COVID-19 situation.
The Cannery, an SWA “farm-to-table” development in Davis, California, is cited in this piece about farming amenities in suburbia.
SWA’s transformation of a 178-acre golf course into a stormwater-management park received a National Recognition Award.
Congratulations to Tom Balsley and our collaborators at Weiss/Manfredi on being recognized for their “forward-looking strategy for the city of New York.”
While Golden State Warriors fans are interested in the action inside the new Chase Center arena, René Bihan has an outward view.
Our San Francisco managing principal is profiled in a piece that highlights some of his most striking work in the Bay Area.
Cleverly integrated entryways make the park inviting to both humans and their pets.
Haden Park, Exploration Green, and Chrysalis Lake were among the efforts recognized for 2019.
SWA’s Sean O’Malley examines the challenges and opportunities of landscape interventions in low-lying, flood-prone areas.
The tower, for which SWA designed landscape, was recognized in the Best Tall Building: 400 Meters and Above category.
SWA contributed to the plan’s 18 goals and 62 actions, which were developed as part of Houston joining the “100 Resilient Cities” Network.
More than a world-class basketball arena, Chase Center is a world-class entertainment center.
The project was recognized as “an 11-acre model of urban ecology and sustainable thinking.”
SWA’s Pacific Plaza Pavilion recognized as one of the decade’s best new buildings in Dallas.
The SWA-designed Chase Center and its broader development reflect the changing economics of sports.
Chase Center is a shining example of a mixed-use venue that invigorates a whole neighborhood.
SWA’s design envisions a place to remember and respect the deep grief the victims’ families have endured.
A scaled-back design preserves the central element of SWA’s winning concept.
Dallas’ latest SWA-designed park receives fresh accolades.
SWA’s amenity redesign includes a bocce ball court, outdoor deck, and coffee bars.
How a forlorn parking lot was transformed into a sophisticated urban park.
SWA’s Sandy Hook Memorial design, featured here, was chosen by the community.
SWA/Balsley’s Hunter’s Point South is one of three parks featured in the “What Goes Into a Park?” series.
SWA Principal Kinder Baumgardner discusses the approach and likely outcomes of the newly-funded Baton Rouge Lakes effort.
Tom Balsley is featured in this video discussing seating at Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park.
Critic John King cites SWA’s Chase Center work “as a genuinely inviting addition to the Mission Bay landscape. That’s no easy task.”
TV news covers the opening of Pacific Plaza, Dallas’ newest urban park designed by SWA
Front page coverage: Dallas’ Park and Recreation Director on why Pacific Plaza will rival parks of other major cities
Read about the elements of Pacific Plaza and what makes it such a great park
A pre-opening primer on Pacific Plaza and its value on fostering social resilience
ASLA advocates nature-based responses to climate change; SWA’s Buffalo Bayou Park shown as example
Tom Balsley and Marion Weiss share the design thinking behind Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park
Tom Balsley talks on site with national news, revealing the park’s features
SWA was the landscape architect for this project, located on a dramatic and historically significant site in Hong Kong
SWA-designed project celebrated for the integration of hardscape and landscape
Outdoor spaces designed by SWA lend connectivity and life to this exciting new housing project in downtown LA
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