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Nelson Byrd Woltz, Beyer Blinder Belle, and others to lead landscape plan for Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Launches Landmark Estate-Wide Landscape Plan with Internationally Acclaimed Design Firm Nelson Byrd Woltz

The Resilient Campus Design Competition Winners: LTL Architects + Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects + Derive Engineers

Thomas Woltz: All Constraints Inspire Creativity

Zaš Brezar in interview with Thomas Woltz of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

The architect who creates landscapes that forge community

“Belonging,” Mr. Woltz said, “is one of the most empowering emotions a human can have.”

Houston's Ismaili Centre is the most dazzling new building in America.

This sense of boundlessness continues outdoors, where visitors can discover nine acres of gardens by Nelson Byrd Woltz. 

Rothko Chapel dedicates a peaceful new garden for quiet contemplation

Rothko Chapel Dedicates the Kathleen and Chuck Mullenweg Peace and Reflection Garden

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

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.