(Baltimore, MD) Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA), Baltimore based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm, won two awards from the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (MD ASLA) on Friday night at the awards ceremony held at the Vollmer Center at Cylburn Arboretum. In the unbuilt category, MRA received a Merit Award...Read More
Rendering courtesy of client, Forest City. Its exciting to see the Ballston Quarter redevelopment nearing completion and already getting recognized for the forward thinking strategies focusing on the public realm. Brookfield Senior Vice President Will Voegele said it best in the recent Bisnow Washington article, Inside Ballston Quarter, The $330M Mall Redevelopment That Shows Where...Read More
Mahan Rykiel’s Design with Dredge research has been published in Landscape Architecture Frontiers, an international publication out of China. Below is a synopsis of what the article covers: Situated at the water’s edge and in former wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay, the Port of Baltimore is part of a complex estuarine environment where legacies of...Read More
MRA is excited to be a part of the Northgate-Dutra team to explore solutions to sediment build-up at the Conowingo Dam! Managing sediment in the Chesapeake Bay watershed is a critical issue that touches on a range of landscape issues including economic development, environmental stewardship, and community resiliency. Stay tuned! Maryland officials said Monday they...Read More
In the photo above, Mahan Rykiel joins the Turner Station community as they survey Fleming Park site, a project intended to promote community and climate resiliency. Across the water you can see the remnants of the original piles for a boardwalk that served the historically African american community. Today, we are building off of this...Read More
Firm Reorganizes to Maximize Impact in a Changing World As Baltimore landscape architecture and urban design firm Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA) celebrates its 35th year, it aims to increase its impact in an evolving industry and rapidly changing world. Over the last decade, the firm has worked to redefine what it means to practice landscape...Read More
Isaac Hametz is principal and research director at Mahan Rykiel Associates. Isaac came to landscape architecture through urban agriculture and design activism, issues that remain connected to his work today. Through his work, Isaac explores the intersection of ecology, equity, and economic development. Source: Perspectives: Isaac Hametz | Landscape Architecture FoundationRead More
The Washingtonian lists Ballston Quarter as one of the exciting projects coming online in 2019. Arlington’s tired Ballston Common Mall is officially dead. An enormous new destination—Ballston Quarter, from developer Forest City—began to replace it in late 2018 and will continue to grow in the new year. – The Washingtonian Mahan Rykiel worked closely with the...Read More
In the sometimes lonely world of online shopping and social media interactions, how can development provide the meaningful experiences people want and need? This article, by the Washington Post, details some success stories, including our work at Mosaic District in Virginia and Rockville Town Square, Maryland, as well as an exciting new project by Five Squares Development and their deep dive into the...Read More
Eager Park, The community led design project in Baltimore, Maryland, is another great example of how open space and parks can anchor a community and drive economic development. The project area spans the neighborhood formerly known as Middle East and now named for the five-acre park at the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Wolfe Street,...Read More
