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Seen in Philadelphia: Unknown Studio’s Nick Glase and Claire Agre served as invited design critics at The University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design’s final reviews. The first-year core landscape studio explored the design of a Path and a Garden within the context of the Upper Roxborough Reservoir north of Philadelphia. Explorations of transect, bodily experience, mapping and application of precedent yielded an incredibly impressive array of projects. Thanks to Studio coordinator and Assistant Professor Sean Burkholder for the invitation, and a pleasure as always to see friends from TENxTEN and Reed Hilderbrand out and about. Many thanks to the faculty and students of the Department of Landscape Architecture for having us.

Unknown Studio’s Claire Agre is honored to be speaking alongside Coen+Partners’ Robin Ganser and Design Workshop’s Mike Albert at this year’s American Society of Landscape Architects National Conference in San Diego. Their panel, entitled “Extending the Invitation: Revitalizing Public Landscapes for the 21st Century” will take a critical look at striking the difficult balance between past and future on historic sites. The panel views this as an increasingly relevant topic as landscape architects more frequently work within the footprints of our distant and living forebears.

Unknown Studio is honored to participate in Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and Planning Fall Lecture series. On Wednesday, November 6 at 5:30, Nick Glase and Claire Agre will be presenting recent works inspired by the launch of their landscape architecture studio in Baltimore, MD. Their lecture, “Manifestographs,” will explore lessons learned over 35 years of practice, in addition to specific provocations for the built environment in their hometown of Baltimore.

Unknown Studio is delighted to share that the first phase of The Duke University Sculpture Park opened to the public on Saturday. This elegant new landscape connects the Nasher Museum of Art to Campus Drive and The Rubenstein Arts Center through a contemporary material palette realized for the Arts District at Duke. As Principal at West 8, Unknown Studio’s Claire Agre won the Sculpture Park commission, and together with the West 8 design team, led vision, feasibility and detailed design of the Sculpture Park over a four-year period (2015-2019).

Unknown Studio’s Claire Agre has been elected to the Board of Directors for The Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes (FMOPL). A member of the National Association for Olmsted Parks, FMOPL is committed to advancing the Olmsted legacy and its relevance in Maryland through accessible public parks, sustainable landscapes, and livable communities—respecting and protecting the accomplishments of the past and seeking relevant solutions for the challenges of today.

ASK + and Unknown Studio are thrilled to have been selected for the design of Parcel 2—a critical node and open space on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. We look forward to working with Boston Planning and Development Agency, Mass DOT, the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, and the community on the design of this keystone site.

Unknown Studio has been accepted to prestigious Walton Family Foundation’s Northwest Design Excellence Program. We are honored to be among the 2019 honorees including our peers at JCFO, Hoerr Schaudt, Coen + Partners, and others.

Be among the first to see and comment on Middle Branch Waterfront Design Competition entries.

The details:

May 29, 2019, 6-8 PM
Middle Branch Boathouse, 3301 Waterview Ave,
Baltimore 21230

Unknown Studio’s Meg Baldwin has been invited to participate in Undoing Racism, a workshop facilitated by The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, a national multiracial, antiracist network dedicated to ending racism and institutional oppression. Through dialogue, reflection, strategic planning and presentations, this intensive process will challenge participants to analyze the structures of power and privilege that hinder social equity and will prepare them to be effective organizers for justice.

In the late 1970’s, the Rouse Company revolutionized waterfront planning with the revitalization and development of Baltimore’s renowned Inner Harbor. The next 50 years and the future of 21st century waterfront design might just emerge here in Baltimore on the Middle Branch, Baltimore’s other waterfront.

Unknown Studio is delighted to share that Mixed-Use Development Essex Crossing was recipient of the New York Urban Land Institute’s Excellence in Mixed Use Development Award on Thursday Evening.

On Monday, January 28, Unknown Studio Principal and West 8 Consulting Principal Claire Agre will kick off the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture’s 2019 Spring Lecture Series. Claire will be presenting a lecture entitled “New World,” a sampling of recent work, glimpses into her design approach, and thoughts on wearing many hats and staying flexible in order to realize world-class landscape designs that fundamentally improve the life and liveliness of the public realm.