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'The land is full of stories': The landscape architect behind Ismaili Center Houston and Memorial Park

Ismaili Center Houston's building, designed by Farshid Moussavi, is an airy, modern show-stopper, and it's bound to be a favorite gathering place when the building opens in December. But maybe even more astounding, for a city starved for green space, are the Ismaili Center's gardens.

10 things to know about America's first Ismaili Center opening in Houston

As the only Ismaili Center in the United States, and seventh in the world, it joins its international communities in London, Vancouver, Lisbon, Dubai, Dushanbe, and Toronto.

Houston’s Ismaili Center, the first in the U.S., holds opening ceremony

The five-story structure, years in the making, was the site of an opening ceremony Thursday that included Houston Mayor John Whitmire and His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the worldwide spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims.

Houston's stunning new Ismaili Center, the first of its kind in the U.S., opens

Overlooking Buffalo Bayou, Houston's Ismaili Center hosted an opening ceremony Thursday as the first such center in the United States and the seventh worldwide.

LTL + NBW Selected for University of Buffalo International Competition Next Round

The university has finalized teams for The Resilient Campus, an international design competition that seeks to thoughtfully advance, widely disseminate, and purposely promote transdisciplinary and transformative knowledge on designing for resilience.

Massive Muslim religious center nears debut in Houston

The decades-long quest to bring the first-ever U.S. location of a massive religious center to Houston is almost complete. 

Machicomoco State Park | Winner of the Design Excellence and Innovation Award

Machicomoco State Park wins Design Excellence and Innovation in the World Landscape Architecture's TCLF Cultural Landscape Awards

Rice Academic Quad Receives SCUP Award

The Academic Quadrangle at Rice University was recognized with a Merit Award by The Society for College and University Planning. 

Second Studio Podcast Episode: THOMAS WOLTZ, Senior Principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Watch: Thomas Woltz Receives 2025 Frederic Church Award

NBW's Senior Principal and Owner Thomas Woltz is among the 2025 Frederic Church Award honorees 

NBW to reimagine Welsh Fountain Garden in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park

NBW on the ELLE Decor A List 2025

Listening to the Stories a Site has to Tell in "The Land is Full"