Starts!

Posted by on Apr 20, 2016
Starts!

We’ve started our starts! Giant sunflowers, torch sunflowers, sayamsume soybeans, scarlet runner beans, popcorn, and genovese basil. All these seeds were saved from various sources (farmers, seed libraries, etc.) in […]

Original Hudson Theater Light Restoration and Installation

Posted by on Mar 10, 2016
Original Hudson Theater Light Restoration and Installation

In anticipation of the Hudson Theater’s Centennial Celebration, we present the renovated and refurbished the original theater lights that once graced these theater walls. We are calling on anyone with […]

Newburgh Historical Structural Renovation

Posted by on Jan 26, 2016
Newburgh Historical Structural Renovation

The historic renovation in Newburgh is progressing well, with structural reinforcements in place and the overall structure sound.

Happy Holidays from TFG Studio!

Posted by on Dec 16, 2015
Happy Holidays from TFG Studio!

In these dark days as we await the winter solstice and the return of the sun, we’ve lit up Main Street here in Cold Spring with a Holiday celebration of […]

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 […]

Daniel Ninham and the Nochpeem

Posted by on Nov 13, 2015
Daniel Ninham and the Nochpeem

As we move into the holiday season, I followed Paul Chaat Smith’s admonition in Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong to “[look] for the Indian history beneath your own feet.”

Garage Accessory Apartment Progress

Posted by on Nov 10, 2015
Garage Accessory Apartment Progress

This garage accessory apartment (which replaced an existing, crumbling garage) was designed to fit seamlessly with the existing house. By simulating a gambrel roof with dormers on a conventional gable […]

Boo! Happy Halloween!

Posted by on Oct 31, 2015
Boo! Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the Figure Ground Studio. These spooky paper mache eyeballs graced Main Street in Cold Spring for Halloween 2015.

La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ants)

Posted by on Oct 20, 2015
La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ants)

The Figure Ground Studio’s fall window took a literary turn, reminding passersby to work diligently (like the ants) to prepare for the coming Winter.  

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.