Towards a New Vision for the old Dutchess Mall Site and the lower Clove Creek Watershed

Posted by on Jul 22, 2024
Towards a New Vision for the old Dutchess Mall Site and the lower Clove Creek Watershed

While all eyes and dollars are focused on creating even more amenities to draw more people and more human development to the eastern edges of the Hudson Highlands State Park […]

Organic Lawn Care in the Northeast

Posted by on May 11, 2017

You are right to be upset about the lawn care chemicals being dumped on the lawns of your community – or anywhere for that matter. the Figure Ground Studio cares […]

PDX Backyard Habitat featured in Green Builder Magazine

Posted by on Jun 6, 2016
PDX Backyard Habitat featured in Green Builder Magazine

The Figure Ground Studio’s PDX Backyard Habitat , located in southwest hills of Portland, Oregon, was recently featured in the March-April 2016 issue of Green Builder magazine. Our very own […]

URI Landscape Architecture Lecture: Erin Muir

Posted by on Dec 3, 2015

URI alumni Erin Muir of The Figure Ground Studio and Nicholas Healy of the CRJA/IBI Group, on Covering Ground from Portland to Abu Dhabi: Young Practitioners Reflect on Water, Resilience […]

Hudson Mohawk Watershed

Posted by on Aug 6, 2015
Hudson Mohawk Watershed

The Figure Ground Studio’s Hudson Mohawk River Watershed installation in celebration of summer and a clean river.

Soak it Up: Understanding Stormwater, Rain Gardens and Lawn Care

Posted by on Jun 25, 2015

Erin will be speaking to the Salt Pond Coalition in Rhode Island on Thursday, June 25, 7PM at Kettle Pond Visitors Center in Charlestown, RI. She will discuss how your yard […]

A Celebration Of Ecological Systems In Architecture

Posted by on Mar 2, 2015
A Celebration Of Ecological Systems In Architecture

[THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2006] WATER-BASED TECHNOLOGIES BEAUTIFY A NEW MEXICAN RESORT BY ETHAN TIMM EL MONTE SAGRADO RESORT IN TAOS, N.M., exemplifies a comprehensive ecological design solution for a high-desert development, […]