Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Emma Mendel is a Lecturer at The University of Virginia School of Architecture and a Landscape Designer at Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, positions held since January 2018 and 2017, respectively. Previously, Emma worked as a Landscape Architect at Janet Rosenberg & Studio and served as a Visiting Instructor at the Architectural Association in June 2016. Teaching experience also includes a role as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto. Emma gained valuable experience as a Landscape Architecture Intern at HOK and North Design Office, and served as a Research Assistant at the University of Hong Kong. Emma holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a Minor in Literary Arts and Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a Master's in Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto.
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Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Founded in 1985, Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) is a 40-person landscape architecture firm with offices in Charlottesville Virginia and New York City. Committed to education and conservation, the firm has been involved in a broad array of public and private projects including botanic gardens and zoos, public parks, private gardens and estates, academic institutions, corporate campuses, and town planning. The firm actively seeks this diversity of project scales and types to cultivate the creativity of the professional staff. The varied backgrounds of the staff include studies in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture, anthropology, biology, economics, ecology, zoology, horticulture, art, art history, and architectural history. This broad knowledge base supports the firm’s collective creativity and ability to respond to diverse client needs. The firm’s work has garnered over 80 national and regional awards and has been widely published. Current projects include Hudson Yards in Manhattan (NY), Memorial Park in Houston (TX), Centennial Park in Nashville (TN), Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Cornwall Park in Auckland (New Zealand), Devonian Botanic Garden in Edmonton (Canada), and Brooklyn Navy Yard Naval Hospital Cemetery Memorial Landscape (NY). The work of the firm has been featured in numerous national and international publications and is the subject of a recently released monograph published by Princeton Architectural Press.