If you think of landscape architecture, you might conjure gardens and plantings. But in a rapidly changing climate fueled by intense heat, flooding, fires, smoke and hurricanes, architect and designer ...

(Updated at 9:45 a.m. on 7/8/21) Three water “elements” will be the focal points of the planned park space at PenPlace, the second phase of proposed Amazon’s HQ2. And Kate Orff, the landscape ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Circular. About Kate Orff's TED Talk Oysters filter water, their shells form protective reefs and habitats, and regenerate into more oyster shells. Kate Orff uses ...

Historically, landscape architecture was concerned with the composition of private gardens, but Kate Orff is a landscape architect who’s never been hemmed in by garden walls—seeking instead to ...

In the seven years since Hurricane Sandy, the conversation about how cities must address climate change has changed. It’s no longer a question if the built environment will have to adapt, but how.

Kate Orff and Jennifer Baichwal will present the 2018/19 Jeffrey Cook Memorial Lecture. Registration will be required for this event. Reserve your ticket on the registration page. This event is part ...

This story appears in the July 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Making places beautiful is not enough for Kate Orff. The landscape architect also wants to make them adaptable to climate ...

Oysters filter water, their shells form protective reefs and habitats, and regenerate into more oyster shells. Kate Orff uses oysters to revive depleted ecosystems — like those around New York City.

Oysters filter water, their shells form protective reefs and habitats, and regenerate into more oyster shells. Kate Orff uses oysters to revive... Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Circular. About ...

Kate Orff uses landscape architecture to address climate change and environmental degradation. She is the founder of the architecture studio SCAPE. In 2017, Orff became the first to win a MacArthur ...