The Zhongguancun International Innovation Center serves as the permanent venue for the high-end international forums. Under the "Green Hill" concept, a multifunctional green urban space was created to restore ecological and social functions while integrating cultural and technological features. The site harmoniously blends with its surroundings, establishing a symbiotic city-park relationship. The landscape design adheres to height/volume/weight limits while incorporating rainwater management, energy efficiency, carbon reduction, and smart infrastructure. Beyond meeting conference needs, the project provides versatile public activity spaces designed to foster community engagement.

At the heart of Lake Nona Town Center sits an unexpected catalyst for community life and commercial insight. Conceived as a temporary activation, Boxi Park was introduced to create immediate value on prime real estate while market conditions evolved. Constructed in 2019, the project transformed an asphalt parking lot into Orlando’s first container park, repurposing 12 shipping containers within a climate-responsive landscape. Beyond serving as a gathering place, the park functions as a test kitchen, directly informing retail strategy across the Town Center. Its success, reflected in repeat permit extensions, has made Boxi Park a defining part of Lake Nona’s community experience and a model for flexible, value-driven commercial development.

Winter Park Village’s 2024 revitalization reimagines the core of a 35-acre district into a walkable, inclusive public realm serving approximately 4.5 million annual visitors. By elevating streets to resolve ADA conflicts, expanding curbless circulation, and adding flexible park space, the project prioritizes comfort, safety, and community gathering. Native-forward landscapes and long-lasting materials reinforce climate resilience while supporting leasing success and long-term vitality. The result is a lively “third place” where people return to dine, linger, celebrate, and connect.

The Emerald Trail Design Guidelines guide and unify the implementation of the 30-mile Emerald Trail in Jacksonville. Set to catalyze Jacksonville’s environmental, economic, and cultural potential as an urban oasis, the Emerald Trail connects Downtown Jacksonville to its surrounding native ecosystems and historic neighborhoods. The Emerald Trail Design Guidelines establish a strong sense of identity for the entire trail, identifying elements that remain consistent across the network of trails, as well as site-specific features that allow the trail to respond to Jacksonville’s diverse neighborhoods and urban fabrics, ensuring the system is legible, safe, resilient, and implementable.

The LaVilla Neighborhood Development Strategy is a data-driven framework helping to guide the redevelopment of one of Jacksonville’s most historically significant neighborhoods. Led by the City, the Strategy aims to restore the cultural heart of a once-thriving African-American community erased by decades of disinvestment by integrating cultural asset mapping, market analysis, and multimodal mobility planning to structure an implementable public realm and land use vision. The Strategy’s recommendations have already yielded positive outcomes, including Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park, new townhomes, and the University of Florida’s planned graduate campus. The result is a transformative model for healing, heritage, and urban design excellence.

Reserva Río Tenorio (RRT) is planned to be the first low-impact, climate friendly conservation community in Costa Rica. The vision for RRT is to provide rewarding life experiences that are the result of carbon-friendly and biodiversity-enhancing development principles. RRT is envisioned as a “volcano mountain reserve” with a residential conservation-focused community dedicated to family enjoyment though high quality nature-based, low-impact recreational facilities. Endangered dry-forests and primary rain forests are being protected to maintain the rich biodiversity and existing rangelands are being preserved so that they act as agents for climate change correction. And 300 acres of land has been set aside to act as a wildlife corridor.

In response to the increasing challenges facing Cedar Key due to chronic flooding and the threat of future extreme storm events, the Resilient Cedar Key Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan serve as a spatial framework analyzing hazards and outlining practical projects designed to mitigate to these impacts. At its core, the plan aims to minimize the adverse effects of flooding based on strategic objectives, data-driven analyses, and community engagement, and to catalyze investment in impactful actions. As testament to the plan’s effectiveness, several recommended projects have moved forward into design and implementation.

West River Village re-imagines approximately 200 acres at the edge of the Myakka River State Park into a restorative mixed-use community that celebrates Florida’s native ecology. Anchored by water, wellness, and walkability, the plan integrates high-density residential units, hospitality, retail, and commercial radiating around preserved wetlands, green corridors, and a pristine 17-acre lake. The design embraces the environment and reshapes hydrology, restoring 90 acres of habitat to create a timeless series of places rooted in nature and community connection.

The Nicklaus Children’s Garden reimagines a former vehicular drop-off and bus stop into a restorative garden as a compliment to their new surgical tower. A modest plaza in size, the sinuous pavement, curved benches and water feature are embraced by a rich and layered garden. Three distinct rooms are carved from the garden, emerging as spaces for both respite and play. The transformation of a once-utilitarian space into a shaded and welcoming courtyard is profound.

Camp Creek Inn & Resort is a landmark project that seamlessly blends exciting amenities with environmental stewardship. This award-worthy initiative showcases a project designed to protect and enhance natural resources, including forested conservation areas and freshwater wetlands. By preserving these natural assets, the project reflects the unique Gulf Coast region's character. The design features a central garden, with an inn on the west end and a range of outdoor amenities, including a fitness center, resort-style pool, children's camp, playground, and racquet sports complex to the east. Camp Creek exemplifies commitment to contextual development while providing exceptional experience for guests and club members.

Jinsheng Square, located in the Yongqing Fang historic neighborhood, Guangzhou, had previously been a thriving cultural hub before falling into obscurity. Its revitalization was catalyzed by the restoration of the Jinsheng Grand Theater. By meticulously identifying design objectives and extracting key elements, the renovation preserves the historical fabric while introducing new vitality through micro-renovation techniques. The circulation was also reorganized to enhance connectivity and spacial permeability. This revitalized urban public space not only enhances residents’ quality of life but also maximizes commercial vitality, achieving this by integrating captivating historic buildings with traditional and folk activities.

Pier 66 redefines the iconic Fort Lauderdale waterfront as a “social harbor” — transforming a once-private marina into a vibrant, resilient destination that connects city and sea. Framed by lush tropical gardens, shaded promenades, and reimagined public spaces, the design balances legacy with innovation. Elevated landscapes address coastal conditions, while native plantings and ecological systems enhance biodiversity and sustainability. The result is a contemporary waterfront community that celebrates place, history, and the evolving identity of South Florida’s coastal landscape.

Bruce Beach: Interpretive Signage shares the rich history of Bruce Beach. Placed along the path to the water’s edge at Bruce Beach, a series of five double-sided signs walks visitors through the narrative of the site, sharing the evolution of the site’s usage, from its marshy beginnings to its opening today, and significance of the site for Black, Indigenous, and Creole members of the Pensacola community. Having undergone many transformations, the site has an industrial and recreational past. A key influence on the city of Pensacola, the site was utilized during periods of economic growth and fought for by many community activists to be a waterfront space of recreational use for the Black community in Pensacola during segregation.

This collaborative set of design guidelines translates ecological urgency into actionable strategies for planners, developers, and communities within Florida’s 18-million-acre Wildlife Corridor. Created through a multiyear, multisector effort led by landscape architects and informed by scientists, nonprofit leaders, and policy advocates, the Design Guidelines for Corridor Compatible Communities offer a pioneering framework for balancing growth and conservation. This living document is rich in visuals, resources, and most importantly, participatory input. It serves as both a planning tool and a public engagement platform, advancing landscape architecture’s imperative role in shaping a resilient future.

Guangming Science Park, following a “One Core, Two Wings” layout, is a world-class open space integrating ecological restoration, cultural expression, recreation, and education. Through biodiversity assessments, habitat creation, low-carbon planting, and a 50-meter ecological corridor, the design rehabilitated a vital migratory bird sanctuary while enhancing ecosystem resilience. Three Science Trails and six Nature Theaters translate scientific knowledge into interactive and educational experiences. The park now serves as a dynamic public open space, connecting communities and fostering environmental awareness in northern Shenzhen.

Bayshore Park is a public park reclaimed from an abandoned historic golf course. For decades, the landscape architect advocated for preserving the land against development pressures. Realized through community-driven design, the park balances active and passive uses while addressing Miami Beach’s climate challenges. Through a stormwater retention lake and elevated levee path, it functions as green infrastructure managing runoff for an 85-acre watershed improving water quality. Through innovative soil remediation, preservation of over 200 mature trees, native planting, and material reuse, the project demonstrates the landscape architect’s role as advocate, steward, and visionary, transforming underutilized land into a resilient civic asset.

The LaVilla Link transforms Jacksonville’s car-centric streets into a dynamic public realm connecting people, neighborhoods, and opportunity. As the first built segment of the planned 30+ mile Emerald Trail network, it redefines urban mobility and equity by safely linking historic communities to downtown, transit, parks, schools, and jobs. More than a trail, it’s a civic catalyst for social connection, cultural expression, environmental resilience, and economic investment and vitality, restoring pride in LaVilla and setting a lasting precedent for how thoughtful urban design can shape a more inclusive, resilient, and connected Jacksonville for generations to come.

The I-75 Northbound Rest Area landscape transforms a routine stop into an engaging, educational, and ecologically rich experience. The design celebrates Florida’s native ecology through strategic cypress groupings, majestic Live Oaks, and vibrant native plantings that enhance safety, comfort, and sense of place. Obsidian boulders and thoughtful spatial composition add visual impact, while maintenance-aware planning ensures long-term sustainability. This project is award-worthy for its balance of beauty, function, and environmental stewardship.

Unity Park is a landmark initiative by the City of Ocoee. As the first major implementation project from the Downtown Master Plan, the park sets a precedent for sustainable urban development and environmental stewardship. Spanning 5 acres, the created wetland park seamlessly integrates into its urban context, while managing stormwater from over 40 acres of redevelopment sites downtown. The park’s design includes a 0.25-mile walking loop, biofiltration marsh, boardwalks, a shade pavilion, naturalized stream, and native landscape—enhancing local biodiversity and community well-being. A 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Florida Stormwater Association also affirms Unity Park as a premier model for innovative environmental projects.

Sunbridge has made significant strides in implementing alternative landscapes by focusing on residential gardens and eliminating irrigated lawns. The project team realized early on that the biggest obstacle to achieving their environmental goals and creating a true “naturehood” was the standard residential landscape industry delivery system. The team set about changing that paradigm by creating a robust set of residential landscape standards. The results are coming into focus through continuous collaboration and notable successes in sustainability, resident engagement, and design innovation. With more than 400 homes built in the first neighborhood, this initiative represents a groundbreaking shift in landscape development in Florida.

Healing and Wellness Gardens for Aging in Place is a thoughtfully crafted series of interlinked landscapes designed to foster holistic well-being for senior residents at an assisted living community. Sensory rich garden zones, supportive gathering spaces and restorative features for memory support and pet companionship showcase nature-based design promoting connection, calm, curiosity and belonging for all stages of senior care

Set on a quiet canal in the Lyford Cay community in the Bahamas, Iroko is a private residence surrounded by gardens that embrace the rhythms of the Caribbean. Architecture and landscape come together to create a secluded refuge defined by light, texture, and native vegetation.

Located in Homestead, Florida, Paradise Farms demonstrates how landscape architecture can enhance agricultural productivity while creating legible, human-scaled public space within a working regenerative farm. The design supports farming, education, tours, harvesting, and gathering through a restrained framework of walkable circulation and a series of connected, singular formal gestures embedded throughout the site. These interventions harmonize agricultural systems with functioning native ecologies, responding directly to South Florida’s climate and soils. The project is award-worthy for proving that landscape architecture can strengthen productivity, ecology, and community through site-specific, enduring design restraint.

The context is 400 acres of private land dedicated to forest conservation and equestrian recreation. This multi-year, phased project focused on stabilizing steep cut slopes, enhancing biodiversity with 79 native and endemic species. It provided outdoor spaces, horse stables, Paso Fino riding trails, and the residence’s landscape grounds. Untrained staff from the nearby “barrio” were engaged, empowering them through hands-on learning. Together with the landscape architect, they implemented low-impact solutions for drainage, erosion, and flood control, while regenerating soil and forest in all disturbed areas. Plant growth thrived, even as Hurricane Maria (Category Five) directly struck, testing the site's resilience and methodology used.

Fronting the Gulf on a barrier island, this three-acre site occupies a volatile ecological threshold shaped by wind, salt, and water. The landscape architecture responds to the island's gulf ridge—a critical transition between inland freshwater systems and exposed dune environment—using disturbance as a primary design driver. Existing topography, hydrology, and vegetation were carefully mapped to define distinct ecozones: hardwood hammock, seasonal wet meadow and dynamic dune system. Repeated hurricanes required adaptive, iterative design, with native, salt-tolerant plant communities to restore canopy, stabilize soils, and absorb floodwaters. The project demonstrates landscape architecture as an ongoing climate-adaptive practice.