February 2013
Transportation: Roads and Bridge. How should NYC adapt its streets, roads and bridges for pedestrians, bikes, or transit? Which infrastructure systems need immediate attention, and how can they be financed?s
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February 2013
Metropolis Magazine included dlandstudio's Come Highwater research project as one of the feature stories for the February 2013 issue. The article looks at new strategies for coastal cities in an age of extreme storms and rising sea levels.
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Progettare Architettura, “Voci Emergenti 2013”
Feb. 5, 2013
Architect Magazine, “2013 Emerging Voices Awards”
Feb. 4, 2013
New York Times, “ Architectural League Names Winners of Emerging Voices Competition”
Feb. 1, 2013
January 2013
The Young Architects Award is given to individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession in an early stage of their architectural career. Susannah Drake, principal of dlandstudio was selected to receive this honor in January of 2013
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January 2013
The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design “voices” that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. The jury reviews significant bodies of realized work that represent the best of their kind, and address larger issues of architecture, landscape, and the built environment.
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Architect Magazine, “SOM Leads the 2013 Young Architects Award”
Jan. 28, 2013
The Villager, “Urban planners home in on Zone A and its future; ‘The city needs to connect better with communities’”
Jan. 17, 2013
Architects Newspaper 01, “Water Wash”
Jan. 16, 2013
Policy Shop, “Should New York Be Developing its Waterfront in the Age of Climate Change?”
Jan. 15, 2013
The New Yorker, “Save New York By Making it ‘Soft’”
Jan. 15, 2013
WNYC News, “New Ideas for Protecting New York Harbor”
Jan. 4, 2013
January 4, 2013
dlandstudio was featured in the February 4th issue of the Wall Street Journal. Read the article under the "Manufacturing Islands" headline.
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The Atlantic Cities, “The 5 Most Important Sustainability Stories of 2013”
Jan. 2, 2013
Landscape Architecture China, “Sponge Park™: Remediation and Open
Space Strategy for the Gowanus Canal”
Winter 2012
Italia Oggi, “Le paludi salveranno New York dagli uragani”
Dec. 21, 2012
Le Monde, “Après Sandy, New York cherche comment faire barrage aux ouragans”
Dec. 17, 2012
The Huffington Post, “2012’s Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture”
Dec. 17, 2012
Associated Press, “AP IMPACT: Will NYC Act to Block Future Surges”
Nov. 25, 2012
Public Radio International, “Architect Proposes Natural-Inspired Rethink of
New York City Waterfront”
Nov. 23, 2012
New York Times, “After Storm, Dry Floors Prove Value of Exceeding City Code”
Nov. 23, 2012
Bloomberg, “Sponge Parks, Sand Dunes May Boost Resilience to Storms”
Nov. 21, 2012
ArchDaily, “Post-Hurricane Sandy: Solutions for a Resilient City”
Nov. 14, 2012
Metro New York, “What Will It Take to Save New York Watefronts?”
Nov. 14, 2012
The Epoch Times, “Improving NYC’s Infrastructure in Sandy’s Wake”
Nov. 13, 2012
The Wall Street Journal, “Between a Soft and a Hard Place”
Nov. 12, 2012
Heritage Radio Network, “Burning Down The House - Episode 122 -
Urban Resilience with Susannah Drake”
Nov. 11, 2012
New York Times, “The Real Luxury: A Way Out”
Nov. 3, 2012
November 4, 2012
Susannah Drake, princial of dlandstudio wrote a letter to the editor this week following hurricane sandy. Read the article under the "Voices in the Storm" headline.
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November 2, 2012
After super-storm Sandy the New York based landscape architect Susannah C. Drake explored her neighbourhoods, thinking of how planners can prepare our cities for similar weather events in the future.
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November 2, 2012
Susannah Drake, princial of dlandstudio wrote a letter to the editor this week following hurricane sandy. Read the article under the "Voices in the Storm" headline.
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The Huffington Post, “Sandy’s Wake-up Call: The Future Is Here Early”
Nov. 2, 2012
Landscape Architecture Magazine, “In New York, Drying Out”
Nov. 1, 2012
November 2, 2012
Susannah Drake, princial of dlandstudio wrote a letter to the editor this week following hurricane sandy. Read the article under the "Voices in the Storm" headline.
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October 31, 2012
Inhabitat revists dlandstudio + ARO's MoMA "Rising Currents" exhibit; "It's long been known that if the seas rise due to Climate Change, New York City is in trouble. With buildings built right up to the waterfront, the city could be in a soupy mess with just a small increase in water levels."
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October 30, 2012
dlandstudio + ARO's 'Rising Currents' project was featured in an ArchDaily article about Superstorm Sandy and the New York waterfront.
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October 12, 2012
"Willow Residence is a three-story townhouse on a quiet street in Brooklyn Heights. A complete demolition of the interior of the space left a an "empty box" for architect Robert Kahn, which was enhanced by landscape architect Susannah Drake's stunningly designed green space."
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September 2012
An article entitled "A Park Grows in the Gowanus" documents the proposed design for the Gowanus Canal Spone park and the working relationship between dlandstucio and NEIWPCC
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August 8, 2012
Urban Omnibus looks at our proposal for the Two Bridges neigborhood of Manhattan, including new street swales and a rain terrace.
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Urban Omnibus, “Civic Action Charrette”
Jun. 27, 2012
June 22, 2012
The Architect's Newspaper takes a look at our proposal for the Mission Small Business Challenge to bring new plastics recycling possibilities to the Navy Yard.
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Huffington Post, “Gowanus Canal To Feature ‘Sponge Park’ Green Infrastructure”
Feb. 7, 2012
New York Times, “New York Sea Levels”
Oct. 2011
Marie Claire, “The Eco-Urban Designer”
Oct. 2011
International Business Times , “Taking a second look at MoMA’s Rising Currents Exhibit”
Aug. 29, 2011
ArchDaily, “Taking a second look at MoMA’s Rising Currents Exhibit, Zone 0 by
ARO and dlandstudio”
Aug. 29, 2011
“(re)designing nature”
2011
Landscape Architecture Magazine, “Vermont”
Apr. 2011
Architects Newspaper 01, “Park Panacea? Capping BQE Could Mean Greener,
Cleaner, South Williamsburg”
Jan. 17, 2011
Topos. Volume 73, “Lower Manhattan New Urban Ground”
Jan. 2011
Oculus, “Out of Africa”
Winter 2010/2011
Landscape Architecture China, “Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront to Respond to Climate Change - 5 Showcases of MoMA Exhibition by Teams of NYC Architects”
2010
Topos. Volume 71, “Term Definition Identity”
Jul. 2010
Newsweek, “Starchitecture: A Modest Proposal: The trophy building is so over. Welcome to the era of design on a diet.”
Jun. 11, 2010
New York Times, “Imagining a More Watery New York”
Mar. 27, 2010
Garten + Landscaft, “Brooklyn: Vom Industriegebiet zim Parkgürtel”
Mar. 2010
New York Magazine, “When the Water Rises”
Feb. 2010
New York Times, “Architects Plan ‘Amphibious Landscape’ for New York City
Jan. 2010
Landscape Architecture China, “Women Landscape Architects of the World: Susannah C. Drake”
2009
Topos. Volume 68, “Sponge Park, New York City”
Sept. 2009
Architect’s Newspaper. New York. Volume 13, “Up a Creek”
Jul. 2009
WCBS TV News, “Polluted Gowanus Canal Might Get Needed Makeover”
Jul. 2009
Design Trust for Public Space: High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines
Jul. 2009
The Brooklyn Eagle, “ ‘Sponge Park’ for Gowanus Gets Support – but Money?”
Feb. 2009
Oculus. AIANY Volume 70, Issue 4, “Water Fight”
Jan. 2009
United Kingdom Landscape Institute: Vista Magazine
Jan. 2009
United States Army Corps of Engineers Hudson -
Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan
Dec. 2008
Architectural Record, “University Program Fuses Ecology and Design”
Oct. 2008
The New York Sun, “The Smell of Gowanus Canal May Be Sponged Away”
Jul. 2008
New York Daily News, “Cleanup coming for once-popular Oakland Lake pathway,
hit by floods”
Jul. 2008
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “Gowanus Group’s Sponge Parks Honored by AIA, ASLA”
Jul. 2008
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