Overview
SCAPE is a landscape architecture firm headquartered at 277 Broadway, Ninth Floor, New York, NY 10007[1][5]. Founded in 2005 by Kate Orff[4], the firm designs urban parks, waterfront spaces, and resilient environmental projects[2]. SCAPE describes its work as inventing "new ways to knit nature into urban life, creating enduring landscapes and a more resilient future for all"[3]. The firm employs over 80 landscape architects, urban planners and ecological advocates, led by five partners: Kate Orff, Gena Wirth, John Donnelly, Alexis Landes and Pippa Brashear[6]. SCAPE maintains offices in New York, New Orleans and San Francisco and focuses on climate adaptation, biodiversity and ecologically restorative public space[9]. Notable projects include Living Breakwaters, Tom Lee Park, China Basin Park, Town Branch Commons, The Chattahoochee RiverLands, the Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center and the Resilient Boston Harbor Vision[7]. The firm received the 2023 Obel Award and the 2019 National Design Award[8]. Founder Kate Orff was the first landscape architect to win a MacArthur Fellowship, in 2017[8].
The company's own site places it in New York: Company address listed as 277 Broadway Suite, Ninth Floor, New York, NY 10007. [1]
SCAPE states it was founded in 2005 by Kate Orff. [4]
SCAPE's headquarters is at 277 Broadway, Ninth Floor, New York, NY 10007, phone 212-462-2628. [5]
SCAPE's named projects include Living Breakwaters, Tom Lee Park, China Basin Park, Town Branch Commons, The Chattahoochee RiverLands, the Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center and the Resilient Boston Harbor Vision. [7]
Growth & traction
SCAPE says it has over 80 landscape architects, urban planners and ecological advocates, led by five partners: Kate Orff, Gena Wirth, John Donnelly, Alexis Landes and Pippa Brashear. [6]
SCAPE received the 2023 Obel Award and the 2019 National Design Award, and founder Kate Orff was the first landscape architect to win a MacArthur Fellowship, in 2017. [8]
Focus
- SCAPE has offices in New York, New Orleans and San Francisco and focuses on climate adaptation, biodiversity and ecologically restorative public space.[9]
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