SWA’s design features repeating arcs and circles, beginning with two gently curved paths lined with native foliage that lead to a circular pavilion.

With improved pedestrian access, the park will “re-stitch” the divided North and South Oak Cliff neighborhoods.

The full project, for which SWA is designing the framework plan, will span 1,300 acres of land when completed.

SWA’s Chuck McDaniel, Principal-in-Charge of Southern Gateway Public Green, says the project represents “common ground.”

Southern Gateway Public Green comprises a five-acre park, built to reconnect a community that was divided by highway construction in the 1950s.

SWA’s framework includes the Veteran’s Memorial Park and Gardens, botanical gardens and a 14,000-seat amphitheater.

Following on SWA’s design of the original museum park in 2002, the firm’s Houston studio is now engaged to design a new pedestrian experience.

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park is cited for its inclusion of tidal marshland.

SWA’s Dallas studio is part of the Nieto Sobejano team.

The newly unveiled comprehensive plan includes a botanical garden, museums, and a 22-acre lake system.

SWA’s Laguna Beach studio has released its plans for the 1,200-acre park, developed with planning and urban design firm Kellenberg Studio.

SWA’s master plan for this massive municipal park – one of the world’s largest – is previewed with conceptual drawings in this piece.

SWA Group’s John Wong helped to lead a field session on Stanford University’s Olmsted Plan and Contemporary Design.

SWA’s Yuexiu Grand Mansion is recognized as the Landscape Design of the Year.

The design will honor the 12 victims of the 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach, VA.

SWA’s master plan focuses on “Big Nature,” and includes a cohesive network of streets, walkways, and bikeways.

The project will be the first large public park to be built in Journal Square in decades.

The new three-acre park will be situated on a plot abutting the Beaux Art-style structure.

Rancho Mission Viejo’s Esencia community, master-planned by SWA, makes the grade in this list of notable projects, along with the 2012 project Ward Village.

The nonprofit organization was one of SWA’s clients for Pacific Plaza, which is featured in this announcement.

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park is lauded as “a spectacular urban park (that) anchors the exhibition’s commitment to public space.

The park will both provide much-needed green space and reconnect two long-divided Oak Cliff communities. (For the full backstory, see this recent interview.)

A new exhibition at NYC’s MoMA shows some successful examples of building with nature, exemplified in part by Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park.

Pacific Plaza receives a nod for its colorful play elements, large lawn, and various seating areas. Griggs Park, an older SWA project, is also featured.

The fortified edge of Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park protects emerging wetlands from harsh wave action.

An interview with SWA/Balsley’s Tom Balsley on one of his most celebrated parks’ significance.

This piece gives a comprehensive look at the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial, complete with diagrams created by project co-lead Ben Waldo.

The project, led by SWA Laguna Beach’s Daniel Dobson, was honored with a 2022 Campus and Urban Planning Design Award.

The latest installment of this series brings the story up to early 2020, just before the memorial began construction.

SWA is among the shortlisted firms; Associate Principal Dan Affleck is quoted.

The Bee’s extensive coverage of the Sandy Hook Memorial continues in this article, with reflections from co-designer and SWA Associate Ben Waldo.

SWA is leading the process to redesign eight miles of the L.A. waterfront.

East Evelyn Avenue, for which SWA provided landscape design, was transformed into a thriving, multifunctional campus.

The project team, led by Co-CEO Gerdo Aquino, will work to activate the waterfront area while implementing a comprehensive mobility strategy.

SWA has been an active partner in the region’s continued sustainability efforts via work including the Flewellen Creek Restoration project and Cross Creek Ranch.

Innovation QNS aims to create an inclusive public realm network to enliven public life in the district.

SWA’s efforts for the plan are being led by Leah Hales as the firm’s principal-in-charge.

The former former naval air station site is set for transformation into a mixed-use, mixed-income lakefront development.

The plan, headed by SWA’s Dallas studio, calls for complete streets and alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle lanes to access the site.

Natalia Beard, the SWA team’s principal-in-charge for one of the finalist submissions, is quoted.

The recently opened Sandy Hook Memorial is one reviewer’s most bittersweet project of note for 2022, for its quiet offering of solace and healing.

SWA’s Bao’An Performing Arts Centre was honored in the Best Infrastructure, Community and Civic Building category.

SWA’s Los Angeles studio is heading up the landscape architectural component for this new tower at 9034 Sunset.

The park and its surrounds were the focus of SWA’s 2018 Summer Student Program. The firm’s vision study video is featured.

The design draws on the meditative qualities of the New England landscape to create a space for reflection and healing.

In recalling unspeakable violence, Sandy Hook memorial offers tranquility.

The B32 Pavilion, for which SWA/Balsley designed the plaza, art carpet, and the whale schematic, is featured.

Immediate survivors of the tragedy gathered at the memorial for a reverent ceremony one day before its public opening.

“New York, New Publics” exhibition features Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park as an example of how public space has changed in the American metropolis.

SWA Dallas’s Sarah Fitzgerald, a member of ASLA’s Climate Action Committee, weighs in on maintenance and stewardship.

The outdoor memorial and garden in Newtown, Connecticut honors the tragedy’s 26 victims, and makes space for a community’s grief.

The tranquil five-acre outdoor reprieve is located a quarter-mile from the school.

The memorial has begun to draw a steady stream of visitors since its private dedication last week.

Interconnected paths bring visitors through woodlands, meadows, and a water feature intended to honor the process of grieving and remembrance.

The design was unanimously selected from among 189 international design submissions, with overwhelming support from the families of the victims.

The newly opened memorial is deemed “worth the wait.”

The sensitive, contemplative SWA-designed memorial is now open to the public

The initiative, led by SWA Houston Managing Principal Kinder Baumgardner, has now engaged more than 50 Ukrainian designers.

SWA Sausalito’s Jonah Susskind weighs in on the challenges of designing for fire, also highlighted by this year’s Summer Student Program.

SWA will provide landscape design for the approximately 30 acres of park space that the project entails.

This page highlights the project’s transformation from an institutional to a gardenesque character.

The park will include five acres of wooded slopes, water features, rocky escarpments, a restaurant/retail complex, and a playground.

The deck over I-35, on which Southern Gateway Public Green will be built, is complete.

SWA’s Dallas studio will be providing landscape architectural services for the project’s 12,000 square meters of outdoor space.

The project transforms a former brownfield site plagued by flooding into a lively stormwater park and cultural asset.

The plaza was part of Expo 2020, for which SWA provided landscape architectural services.

MoMA’s “Architecture Now” exhibition will feature SWA/Balsley’s much-celebrated Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park.

SWA’s enhancements of the Katy Trail continue with a new plaza design.

SWA will prime the renewal of the city’s waterfront, with a focus on connectivity and points of interest.

The evolution of Buffalo Bayou will continue with this generous donation from the Kinder Foundation.

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park will be part of the NYC Museum of Modern Art’s upcoming 2023 exhibition.

This piece, which covers the physical and mental health benefits of the outdoors, features Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park.

SWA’s redesign for the Center’s landscape prioritizes community needs.

SWA’s Exploration Green – a nature preserve that doubles as a massive flood retention project – is the focus of this article and accompanying podcast.

The first phase of this urban forest park, serving Foshan’s Nanhai Distrct, is complete.

SWA/Balsley’s Uptown ATX mixed-use community is the focus of this piece.

The “Support by Design” initiative,  led by SWA principal Kinder Baumgardner, works to employ Ukrainian designers displaced by conflict.

The fifth and final phase of this long-term SWA project is anticipated to be complete in early 2023.

Hear how LinkedIn served as an impromptu platform to forward SWA’s initiative, led by Kinder Baumgardner, to aid displaced Ukrainian designers.

SWA Principal Drew Watkins discusses ways to convert defunct shopping malls into affordable housing.

KRON TV News offers a virtual tour of the Harvey Milk Memorial and Plaza designed by SWA

SWA stands with survivors of gun violence; our work in this realm provides places for grief and healing, and honors victims’ lives.

SWA’s design for expansive outdoor space, which “make the office a much more spatially interesting place to be,” is praised in this piece.

A photo of Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park, by SWA’s David Lloyd, is used to illustrate the project’s integration of tidal marsh elements.

SWA Houston’s Willow Waterhole and Buffalo Bayou efforts are the focus of this piece, which also quotes Scott McCready.

SWA Houston Principal Kinder Baumgardner, a driving force in this effort to assist fellow practitioners abroad, will be speaking at a panel on the topic May 13 at 12 PM EST.

SWA’s Olivia Pinner and Adam Scott contributed to this piece about the recent Green New Deal “superstudio.”

Do opportunities exist to complement retail experiences with housing? SWA Laguna Beach Principal Andrew Watkins shares his thoughts.

SWA Laguna Beach Principal Andrew Watkins is quoted, describing the need for affordable housing and the opportunities presented by redevelopment.

SWA Principal Sean O’Malley contributed to a ULI panel discussion and is extensively quoted.

SWA has led an effort to find work for displaced designers in the region, led by Houston Principal Kinder Baumgarder.

SWA Houston’s MKT Mixed-Use Development, led by Kinder Baumgardner and Clayton Bruner, was recognized for as a landmark adaptive reuse project.

A happy coincidence emerged from a Harris County Flood Control District project that could have been another concrete jungle.

SWA is leading landscape design for the school, which serves students with learning differences including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.

Join SWA Laguna Principal Andrew Watkins on May 6, 2022 for an ASLA/CalPoly Pomona presentation on development and agriculture! Free and open to all: register here.

SWA Houston Managing Principal Kinder Baumgardner discusses a new initiative to engage with Ukrainian designers.

Construction is underway for this 66-acre master-planned community, designed by SWA/Balsley.

SWA’s Houston studio has launched an initiative to connect displaced Ukrainian landscape architects with American firms through a variety of means.

SWA’s Pacific Plaza, designed by Dallas Managing Principal Chuck McDaniel, is featured in this article as one of 10 projects that “give communities breathing room.”

SWA’s landscape design for West Vancouver’s Ambleside Village contributed to a new heart for a well-established neighborhood.

SWA’s landscape design complements striking architecture at a newly opened Virgin Hotel in Dallas, TX.

SWA Dallas Managing Principal Chuck McDaniel led the effort to design “a vast backyard” that is commended as the home’s biggest selling point.

SWA’s Dallas studio provided striking landscape design for this hotel, which is helping to reinvigorate a once-dying district.

SWA’s redesign of Harvey Milk Plaza continues to receive praise in its home city. To learn more from project lead Daniel Cunningham, click here.

Construction is underway on this 66-acre, master-planned Austin neighborhood, whose public realm was designed by SWA/Balsley with Coleman & Associates.

Shanghai Principal Shuyi Chang and senior designer Shi Chen delivered a speech on the relationship between landscape and social media.

SWA’s Los Angeles studio recently presented sketches for public review and commentary.

Parking lots and decorative fountains make way for a pedestrian-focused campus.

The innovative Portland, OR riverfront provides both habitat and recreation for an emerging neighborhood.

SWA’s Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial has a prominent place in ongoing discussions about mass shootings.

SWA’s Rhett Rentrop led the landscape design, part of which involves anchoring trees in a windy corridor.

SWA’s design for this historic site includes a custom play structure, an adult exercise area, and an outdoor event space.

“The Clearing” – SWA’s thoughtful Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial project – is featured.

SWA’s design for the complex takes inspiration from its long, narrow waterfront site.

SWA provided landscape design for the club, which itself features a sensuous play of materials and textures.

Swimmers will soon have a refurbished bathhouse and interior/exterior picnic areas to enjoy.

SWA Co-CEO Gerdo Aquino is quoted regarding plans to develop King Harbor’s Moonstone Park and its surrounds.

The exceptional SWA-designed Sandy Hook Memorial, “The Clearing,” is first on this list of standouts.

SWA provided landscape architectural services for the area.

SWA/Balsley’s Hunter’s Point South project in New York and SWA’s Bao’An Waterfront Park in Shenzhen help to define global design responses to sea level rise.

Video and images of this extraordinary SWA project are linked.

SWA Dallas Managing Principal and his team are assisting in leveraging and modifying the site’s rolling terrain.

A new vision for the city’s waterfront by SWA Dallas and developer Stephen Akins.

SWA Group/SWA/Balsley has finalized a master plan that will transform 100 acres of formerly industrial Jersey City waterfront.

“It’s a place that shows how we can live with nature, hand-in-hand,” says SWA Laguna Beach Managing Principal Sean O’Malley.

Longwing Landing will offer two pools, lawn and event space, and an event hall overlooking a 40-acre lake and butterfly sculpture.

SWA San Francisco’s Mariana Ricker authored the Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) strategy for the property.

One of Rotterdam’s “Big Five” parks projects, the park celebrates the maritime heritage of Rotterdam while harnessing the coast for the benefit of future generations.

SWA/Balsley’s master plan was recognized with an ASLA-NY 2021 Design Award.

SWA and MEI’s planned redesign of the Square re-envisions the park without the Kearny Street Pedestrian Bridge.

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park strategically uses both green and gray shoreline design techniques  — and serves as a great model for coastal development in urban areas.

2019 Innovation by Design winner Hunter’s Point South is mentioned as a standout in visionary thinking.

SWA/Balsley’s award-winning design for the park’s master plan is celebrated as an “active, multi-cultural” catalyst for the urban district.

SWA is partnering with Gamble Associates, as well as a community engagement firm in Minnesota and a signage and wayfinding group in Boston, for the effort.

Committee members praised the new design as a “breath of fresh air.”

Counting down the days until the SWA-designed landscape opens to the public.

SWA Co-CEO Gerdo Aquino designed the landscape for this luxury development in Gurugram.

SWA has implemented fire prevention strategies for the 23,000-acre development.

The expansive SWA-designed landscape for Expo 2020 complements thoughtful architecture and water features.

SWA is providing landscape architectural services for the 33.6-million-square-foot integrated housing development in Egypt.

SWA’s lush, tropical design for La Pelago boosts the development’s “private island” atmosphere.

Houston Managing Principal Kinder Baumgardner on the benefits of the outdoors.

SWA’s design and renderings are featured.

SWA/Balsley’s master plan promises to transform an underused harbor into urban green space.

A fresh look at a classic, award-winning SWA resort.

A post-industrial 177-acre site has been transformed by a 700-foot-long, 18-foot-high wooden walkway.

SWA’s design includes a picnic area as well as a series of gated areas for dogs, with exercise equipment for the animals.

After eight years of discussion and planning, SWA’s design will soon break ground.

The five-acre park will span Interstate 35E between Ewing and Marsalis Avenues, across from the Dallas Zoo.

With Oak Cliff Park, Dallas is listening to local communities when planning major public infrastructure investments.

SWA Associate and ASLA member Masako Ikegami shares her review of Shigemori’s seminal work.

The green space will symbolically mend the Dallas neighborhoods that were split by highway construction more than 60 years ago.

SWA’s design works with the bones of the station but expands the plaza by eliminating the recessed Metro entrance as it exists now.

The SWA-designed Pacific Plaza is just one piece of a park-building boom that is reshaping downtown Dallas.

SWA’s design for San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Plaza is poised to succeed where others have fallen short.

SWA’s 17,000 sf design will transform an underused and undercelebrated memorial into a bustling gathering space.

Like its namesake, the memorial will welcome and represent all visitors as their authentic selves.

The project’s elevated, 700-foot-long affords birdwatchers a literal “bird’s-eye view” of migratory species.

The redesign of San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood, for which SWA recently provided conceptual drawings, is featured.

The mixed-use complex, for which SWA’s Los Angeles studio provided landscape architectural services, is at the intersection of Melrose and Santa Monica Boulevard.

SWA provided conceptual design for the mixed-use tower, which as of 2021 is the tallest detached-core building in the world.

Reimagining a historic plaza honoring the late LGBTQ+ hero.

The two-acre site was designed by SWA San Francisco’s Daniel Affleck and Ben Waldo.

SWA and Sasaki are the planners of Egypt’s “first green smart city.”

The ambitious plan addresses storm surges and includes a 15-acre public park.

The ambitious Riverfront Jacksonville project will feature 15 acres of public green space.

SWA was part of the master planning effort, which embraces the region’s natural resources and positions Jacksonville as a city on the rise.

SWA is creating a new public plaza for the development.

SWA’s trail, the latest addition to Buffalo Bayou, is lauded as “quintessentially Houston.”

SWA’s canopy walk gives a literal lift to a birdwatchers’ haven.

SWA is the landscape architect for this outdoor-amenity-focused effort.

SWA Los Angeles’ Masako Ikegami on how landscape architecture – and personal narratives – contribute to social justice.

Pacific Plaza is cited as part of “one of the region’s most walkable neighborhoods.”

SWA Houston’s Jieru He discusses her experiences practicing in the United States.

SWA’s Anya Domlesky advocates for shade equity.

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park is offered as an example of environmentally responsive design.

Upgrades to North Beach Trail include a strong graphic identity as well as safety improvements.

SWA provided design concepts that take a light touch toward new construction.

The 1.1-acre green space sits at the intersection of Venice and Culver.

The SWA project blends Spanish-Mediterranean style with the modernity of the Buffalo Bayou corridor.

SWA’s Houston studio collaborated with BIG on the design of the rooftop spaces.

The conceptual plan provides much-needed central neighborhood and civic open space in the city’s South Maashaven district.

SWA Los Angeles Associate Principal Tony Lopez is quoted.

True Worth Place in Fort Worth, Texas (an SWA Dallas project) won a Merit Award in the Public Good/DEI category.

SWA’s redesign of San Jacinto Plaza is a “state-of-the-art urban open space.”

SWA’s Gerdo Aquino, Ying-yu Hung, and Jana Wehby describe the design intent for this ambitious project in a brief video.

SWA’s proposed designs were presented by San Francisco’s Daniel Cunningham in a spirited public meeting.

High Island features a 700-foot-long elevated boardwalk described as a “birder’s paradise.”

SWA Houston’s Adam Scott’s review of “Houston Genetic City” by Peter Jay Zweig, Matthew Johnson, and Jason Logan.

After more than seven years of planning, Newtown residents have a chance to move the project forward.

An upcoming forum may be a deciding factor in moving SWA’s sensitive memorial design forward.

SWA’s Kinder Baumgardner and Natalia Beard examine how to revive the retail experience.

The SWA-designed Guangming OCT Trail is featured.

A flowering forest in the Congressman’s honor is part of SWA’s master plan for Freedom Park.

An in-depth look at SWA/Balsley’s award-winning park.

Milk’s legacy of activism will inform SWA’s design.

SWA will lead a highly accomplished Bay Area team.

The new design team will by led by SWA.

The design, by SWA/Balsley and 5+design, won an international competition and fuses retail and park experiences.

The Weyerhaeuser site is at the center of a battle between conservationists and a developer.

SWA’s Dan Affleck, one of the project’s lead designers, is quoted.

Transforming a downtown street into a safe outdoor gathering space.

The Peter Walker/SOM project is a precursor to the sustainability-focused campuses of tech giants like Google.

SWA’s René Bihan and founder Peter Walker offer an alternative to proposed development that would require clear-cutting.

The legacy Peter Walker project is under threat of deforestation for warehouse development.

SWA’s “Promenade on Forest” effort provides safe and significant outdoor spaces during COVID-19.

SWA’s renderings illustrate the vision for the ambitious redevelopment.

Stakeholder input will inform SWA’s conceptual plan.

SWA prepared the conceptual plan for the revitalization of this popular park.

SWA/Balsley’s Steven Lee is quoted.

SWA’s Los Angeles studio is heading the $18.5 million makeover.

SWA’s design focuses on a dynamic dialogue between  ultra-modern architecture and the landscape’s softer, more fluid natural qualities.

SWA provided landscape design for the project, which is the largest adaptive reuse project in Texas’ history.

The street conversion is one of several undertaken by SWA to provide safer, accessible space during the pandemic.

Ground level work on this sunken plaza is now complete.

The popular Civic Center won a People’s Choice award in the Design Excellence in Equitable Communities and Ecosystem category.

The SWA/Balsley project was recognized for “Excellence in Civic Development.”

Phase 2 of SWA/Balsley’s Hunters Point Park South received a Special Recognition Award.

SWA/Balsley Principal Tom Balsley on ways to listen and engage… even during a pandemic.

Extensive and equitable access to green space has been bolstered by SWA’s Houston practice.

SWA Principal Shuyi Chang‘s groundbreaking work on Guangming Trail gets a deep-dive treatment.

Designing for resilience… and creating places for people and the planet.

SWA’s concepts for community gathering and inclusion drive this collection of shops and eateries.

Congratulations to SWA partners HKS Line on their 2020 AIA Award for Pacific Plaza Pavilion!

SWA/Balsley’s new vision transforms one of Washington D.C.’s most dangerous intersections into a celebrated entry at the heart of the city.

SWA Principal Elizabeth Shreeve offers thoughts on strategies and trends.

Vital, vibrant new trail connects Buffalo Bayou Park to outdoor attractions and green spaces east of Downtown Houston.

SWA’s Dallas practice is set to re-imagine the 738-acre former Naval yard.

SWA’s “Green Loop” is among the ideas featured in this online exhibition, which will be viewable through April 2021.

:Businesses can find flexible ways to handle the pandemic, says SWA Principal Kinder Baumgardner.

Learn more about the principles and influences driving Tom Balsley’s transformative and provocative spaces.

The project will breathe new life into one of Atlanta, GA’s largest and most unique parks.

This SWA project’s “ample public space,” lawns, and shade are an integral part of its success.

SWA’s Kinder Baumgardner ponders the shapes that open space will take in post-COVID-19 communities.

SWA’s Laguna Beach project is “a step above simple street closures” to improve social distancing.”

SWA CEO Gerdo Aquino looks to the sky – space between and atop buildings – for solutions.

The promenade is now open daily from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.

SWA’s plans for Markham Square include bike lanes, new sidewalks and additional trees.

The SWA-designed street conversion can be enjoyed all summer.

Tom Balsley on harnessing the public’s imagination to reshape social and cultural spaces.

SWA’s Kinder Baumgardner joins other industry leaders to discuss themes and ideas.

The “Promenade on Forest” concept plan was designed by SWA in collaboration with city staff and Choura Events.

Congratulations to SWA Dallas and project partners Parks for Downtown Dallas and HKS LINE!

SWA/Balsley’s design for the park was recognized by two organizations as an example of “progress toward a healthier and more sustainable universe.”

The SWA-designed park includes lighting that responds to all-day conditions.

The SWA-designed park frontage will include seating, water features, and a central lawn.

SWA Principal Elizabeth Shreeve moderated a webinar on the role of the built environment during the pandemic.

SWA Houston Kinder Baumgardner’s perspectives on design after COVID-19.

The research of SWA’s XL Lab, “Plaza Life Revisited,” is featured.

Construction of the much-anticipated, SWA-designed Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial begins.

SWA’s Katy Trail is lauded as “urban design at its very best.”

This interview with SWA’s CEO is also available as a podcast.

Parks along New York City’s vulnerable waterfront, like the one recently completed at Hunter’s Point South, are both amenity and armor.

CEO Gerdo Aquino is quoted in this piece describing how design firms like SWA are handling the COVID-19 situation.

The Cannery, an SWA “farm-to-table” development in Davis, California, is cited in this piece about farming amenities in suburbia.

SWA’s transformation of a 178-acre golf course into a stormwater-management park received a National Recognition Award.

Congratulations to Tom Balsley and our collaborators at Weiss/Manfredi on being recognized for their “forward-looking strategy for the city of New York.”

While Golden State Warriors fans are interested in the action inside the new Chase Center arena, René Bihan has an outward view.

Our San Francisco managing principal is profiled in a piece that highlights some of his most striking work in the Bay Area.

Cleverly integrated entryways make the park inviting to both humans and their pets.

Haden Park, Exploration Green, and Chrysalis Lake were among the efforts recognized for 2019.

SWA’s Sean O’Malley examines the challenges and opportunities of landscape interventions in low-lying, flood-prone areas.

The tower, for which SWA designed landscape, was recognized in the Best Tall Building: 400 Meters and Above category.

SWA contributed to the plan’s 18 goals and 62 actions, which were developed as part of Houston joining the “100 Resilient Cities” Network.

More than a world-class basketball arena, Chase Center is a world-class entertainment center.

The project was recognized as “an 11-acre model of urban ecology and sustainable thinking.”

SWA’s Pacific Plaza Pavilion recognized as one of the decade’s best new buildings in Dallas.

The SWA-designed Chase Center and its broader development reflect the changing economics of sports.

Chase Center is a shining example of a mixed-use venue that invigorates a whole neighborhood.

SWA’s design envisions a place to remember and respect the deep grief the victims’ families have endured.

A scaled-back design preserves the central element of SWA’s winning concept.

Dallas’ latest SWA-designed park receives fresh accolades.

SWA’s amenity redesign includes a bocce ball court, outdoor deck, and coffee bars.

How a forlorn parking lot was transformed into a sophisticated urban park.

SWA’s Sandy Hook Memorial design, featured here, was chosen by the community.

SWA/Balsley’s Hunter’s Point South is one of three parks featured in the “What Goes Into a Park?” series.

SWA Principal Kinder Baumgardner discusses the approach and likely outcomes of the newly-funded Baton Rouge Lakes effort.