Thomas L. Woltz, FASLA, is the owner and Senior Principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), where he leads the firm in the creation and revitalization of public landscapes across the United States, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. The NBW offices are located in Charlottesville, Virginia and New York City. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture and landscape architecture from the University of Virginia, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from the State University of New York, Environmental Science and Forestry. He and NBW’s work have been recognized with honors including induction into the ASLA Council of Fellows, the Wall Street Journal Design Innovator of the Year, Fast Company’s most creative people in business, the Trust for Public Land’s Land for People Award, and the Frederic Church Award. Woltz also serves on the Board of Directors of The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
We spoke with Thomas Woltz about landscape architecture as a fusion of art, science, history, and long-term stewardship, and about the institutional, political, and ecological forces that shape public space.
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