Joey Hays is a seasoned Project Designer at Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects since March 2017, with a robust background in landscape architecture that includes experience as a Landscape Designer at ASPECT and Olin Partnership. Notable projects include Yagan Square in Perth, City Walk Park in Dubai, and the Ohio Veterans Memorial & Museum in Columbus. Educational credentials include a Master's in Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia, an MFA in Fine/Studio Arts from Carnegie Mellon University, and dual Bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Fine Arts from Winthrop University. Hays has also contributed to various roles, such as Lead Editor for the Lunch Student Journal of Architecture and interned at Mia Lehrer + Associates.
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.