Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC
Michael Koontz is a seasoned professional in landscape architecture and urban design, currently serving as the Senior Urban Design/Waterfront Planning Practice Leader at GEI Consultants, Inc. since November 2021 and as a Senior Landscape Architect at Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC since October 2019. From June 2015 to December 2021, Michael held the position of Principal at Michael Koontz Landscape Architect. Previous experience includes serving as a Senior Associate at Nancy Owens Studio and Thomas Balsley Associates, as well as the Director of Landscape Architecture for Staten Island at the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. Michael Koontz earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Virginia Tech, completing studies from 1985 to 1990.
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Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC
The best site design solutions embody a sense of time and place. Open space management consulting firm Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC works with clients on the basis of this ethos. For 20 years EKLA PLLC has provided landscape planning, design and site management assistance to public and private organizations from offices in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. The firm specializes in landscapes for cultural preservation and green infrastructure. Our approach is very simple and direct: we place the specific needs of our clients within the unique features of site and context to arrive at cost-effective design solutions that are sensitive to place. We do so by continually engaging clients throughout the design process in candid dialogue, to fully understand the issues underlying their goals, and bring richness as well as function to end results. Through ongoing workshops structured to elicit strong responses we demystify the process by which projects evolve, and help clients perceive the full range of opportunities possible through landscape design.