About the Landscape Architect

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, P.C., (MVVA)
is known across North America and internationally for innovative landscapes that address contemporary social and environmental issues while also achieving, as with the George W. Bush Presidential Center, a timeless style that appeals to a broad range of the American public. MVVA has previously worked with First Lady Laura W. Bush on the redesign of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, a project completed during the first term of George W. Bush's presidency.

MVVA’s design approach begins with a careful consideration and the multi-layered context that has evolved through a history of natural and urban processes. In grappling with the challenges and opportunities that each project presents, MVVA works to create urban spaces, landscapes and gardens that are exciting and provocative to experience. The firm’s body of work ranges from public parks in Toronto, Charleston, New York, Pittsburgh and Boston, to University campuses, including master planning projects at the University of Washington, Cornell, Yale, Penn, Harvard, Princeton, Wellesley and Vassar.