Toronto’s Waterfront Design Review Panel has voted in support of the Bentway Islands — a bold new chapter for The Bentway in Toronto. The Bentway Islands will transform 125,000 square feet beneath the Gardiner Expressway into a new destination for year-round recreation, play, and cultural programming. The project builds on the Bentway’s Phase 1 vivid graphics, material and color palette, while incorporating new approaches to deliver performative landscapes that filter stormwater, create more comfortable microclimates, and root the experience in native Southern Ontario plantings and Indigenous botanical knowledge.
The Bentway Islands is a design collaboration between Field Operations and Brook McIlroy.
Field Operations has received two AIANY + ASLANY Transportation and Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards, a biannual program recognizing exceptional infrastructure design across the United States.
Together, Presidio Tunnel Tops and Seattle’s Waterfront Park demonstrate how highway infrastructure can be transformed into vital public space — in San Francisco, reclaiming 14 acres above tunneled parkway lanes to reconnect historic parklands, and in Seattle, restoring the city’s relationship with Elliott Bay for the first time since 1949.
Waterfront Park received the Open Space: Honor Award, and Presidio Tunnel Tops was recognized with the Open Space: Merit Award.
Learn more about these transformative projects at the link in bio.
Photography by Field Operations, Seth Rodewald-Bates (@sethmrb ) and Erik Holsather (@erikholsather ).
Field Operations is leading landscape architecture for the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art's landmark expansion, transforming its current 15-acre campus into a 325-acre public preserve and garden.
The design features an expansive trail network connecting two museum buildings through the landscapes of the Brandywine Valley, including wetland boardwalks, native meadow trails, restored stands of forest, and stormwater collection ponds. In concourse with a new museum building by Kengo Kuma & Associates, the expanded campus becomes a learning landscape that strengthens visitors' connection to the land and the mission of the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art.
Construction is planned to begin Spring 2027, with the new museum building opening Fall 2029. Visit the link in bio to learn more.
The 2026 Monocle Design Awards have named Seattle’s Waterfront Park “Best in Urbanism.” In the May 2026 issue, the Monocle team meets with Field Operations founding partner James Corner to explore how the firm transformed Seattle’s former Alaskan Way Viaduct into one of the most celebrated new public spaces in the US.
Learn more at the link in bio.
Photography by Caitlin Atkinson (@caitlinatkinson_photography ) and Alana Paterson (@alanapaterson ).
Two of our campus projects have earned PA-DE ASLA (@padeasla ) recognition: Los Angeles' NBCUniversal Campus and Arlington's Metropolitan Park. Each design draws from its distinct natural context to create environments where collaboration and innovation can take root.
Visit the link in bio to learn more.
Photography by Caitlin Atkinson (@caitlinatkinson_photography ) and Barrett Doherty (@barrettdoherty ).
Two transformative projects just opened in Downtown Pittsburgh: Arts Landing and Market Square. With both projects complete just in time for the NFL Draft, their openings mark a major milestone in the collective effort of public and private partners to revitalize Downtown Pittsburgh.
Suspended above the Allegheny River, Arts Landing transforms a vacant lot into a vibrant community asset for festivals, performances, public art, and everyday recreation. Nearby, Market Square is entering its next chapter, reimagined as a more accessible, pedestrian-friendly space. At its heart, a glass-canopied structure called “The Anchor” will serve as a dynamic new focal point.
This Earth Day, we’re celebrating built landscapes that support biodiversity at every scale: restoring habitats, reconnecting ecological systems, establishing native plants, and integrating resilient design from parks to waterfronts. Swipe through to learn more about the strategies behind our work.
This Earth Day, we honor the humble Honey Bee, probably one of the most important species on the planet for the food security for people around the world, biodiversity, and ecological health.
More than one-third of the world’s food supply is dependent on the pollination of crops and habitat. Unfortunately, bees and other pollinators such as butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds are increasingly under threat from pesticides, habitat loss, and pollution. Building new landscapes that are not only useful and beautiful, but that also provide rich habitat for pollinators is critical for human health and wellbeing. Besides, who doesn’t love honey!
We’re embarking on an effort to create one of Atlanta’s most compelling free destinations: an experience that draws people in and makes them want to stay.
The working title? Midtown Green.
This is a rare opportunity to shape one of the city’s next great civic landmarks. Not just a place you pass through, but one you go out of your way to be in. A cultural destination without walls: alive with energy, creativity and everyday moments. A place where something is always happening, where the city comes alive -- and no two visits feel the same.
We're not aware of any other improvement district in the region that has taken on an effort like this to acquire land and build a premier cultural attraction that is for everyone. Forever.
Project costs and timeline are still being developed. Midtown Alliance will advance final design, engineering, and cost planning while preparing to launch a capital campaign. Meanwhile, temporary site improvements are happening out at 98 14th Street to grade and level the landm and make it usable this summer for community events.
But we know this big, long-term idea can't happen without people who *believe* Atlanta should have a place like this. If that's you, then you’re exactly who we need to help make it happen.
Meet us at Midtown Green. See more at the link in our bio.
@fieldoperations@gresham_smith@thomasphiferandpartners@fluidity_design_consultants@thresholdacoustics@historianinheelsofficial@dvdl.co
We're excited to share that two Field Operations projects have been recognized in the 2026 @asla_ny Design Awards: Domino Square and Seattle's Waterfront Park.
From Seattle to Brooklyn, both projects embody a commitment to transforming post-industrial waterfronts into public destinations. Each site has been reimagined as a civic space that welcomes outdoor gatherings, activates year-round programming, and restores connection to the water's edge.
Visit the link in bio to learn more.
Photography by @radhikachalasani and @caitlinatkinson_photography
At Oyster Point, Field Operations is transforming 50 acres of underutilized bayfront into a life sciences campus, waterfront park, and vibrant marina in South San Francisco.
The project integrates public open space through the entire development, connecting the city to the Bay and opening the waterfront to everyone.
Photography by @caitlinatkinson_photography and Field Operations.
