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Includes foreword by James Corner, an essay by Ian Volner, and a biographical sketch of Thomas Balsley by Jane Gilette.;Includes bibliographical references.;The studio -- In his words -- Foreword / James Corner -- Essay: Ian Volner -- Waterfront planning and design : Riverside South open space masterplan, New York -- Riverside Park South, New York -- Queens West open space masterplan, New York -- Gantry Plaza State Park at Queens West, New York -- Hunters Point South open space masterplan, New York -- Hunters Point South Park phase I, New York -- Ferry Point Waterfront Park, New York, Bronx -- Candlestick/Hunters Point Shipyard, open space masterplan, San Francisco -- South Waterfront Greenway masterplan, Portland, OR -- West Shore Park, Baltimore MD -- Urban parks : Chelsea Waterside Park, New York -- Balsley Park, New York -- Silver Park, New York -- Macombs Dam Park at Yankee Stadium, New York -- Perk Park, Cleveland -- Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa -- Skyline Park, Denver -- Main Street Garden Park, Dallas -- Gateway Mall masterplan and Arch connector, St. Louis -- Plazas : 51 Astor Place, New York -- Capitol Plaza, New York -- 325 5th Avenue, New York -- Park Row, Chatham Square, New York -- Gate City, Tokyo -- J-City, Tokyo -- Institutional : Peggy Rockefeller Plaza at Rockefeller University, New York -- SUNY Albany Campus, Albany -- Columbia University landscape masterplan, New York -- Leeun Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul -- Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi -- Private and commercial : Intercontinental Hotel courtyard, New York -- Flushing Commons, New York -- Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood -- Lanchi Garden Hotel, Wi'an, China -- World Trade Center, Osaka -- Samsung Electronic Training Center, Seoul -- Next C Lake masterplan, Tianjin, China -- Kasumigaseki Place, Tokyo -- Residential : Gotham West, New York -- 101 Warren Pine Forest, New York -- 200 Chambers, New York -- Tokyo Park Tower, Tokyo -- Competitions : Magok Waterfront, Seoul -- NY Times Capsule, New York -- Cornerstone Festival of Gardens, New York -- Digital City Central Park, Seoul -- Elements of the craft -- Awards and competitions -- Thomas Balsley: the urban landscape / Jane Gilette. Thomas Balsley's work consists of public and private parks, plazas, campuses, and waterfronts and attests to the extraordinary level of design excellence that has defined his international reputation and that of his studio. Working in the margins of the city grid, scraps of land and post-industrial waterfronts, his unique fusion of nature, culture and process have produced vibrant public spaces, urban miracles both large and small, provocative and sublime, and has established himself as a leader in his field and champion of the sustainable and livable urban environment. His award-winning and iconic designs can be found in Dallas Main Street Garden, Cleveland's Perk Park, Tampa's Curtis Hixon Park, Tokyo's Gate City and World Trade Centers in Osaka and Guiyang, China. In NYC alone, his robust portfolio of over one hundred landscapes includes 13 blocks along the Hudson River called Riverside Park South, Gantry Park, Hunter's Point South along the East River across from the United Nations, Peggy Rockefeller Plaza, and Balsley Park on Manhattan's 57th Street, named in his honour. His teaching and speaking engagements at Harvard's GSD, University of Pennsylvania, the National Building Museum, Seoul National University, etc., together with a wealth of media exposure and publications, including Thomas Balsley: The Urban Landscape, have exposed his work to a broader international audience.
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A renowned American landscape architect whose New York City based studio is responsible for some of the most notable and awarded spaces internationally and throughout the United States. Thomas Balsley: Uncommon Ground is a collection of selected projects that display the sweeping range of his work over the past twenty-five years.
Public and private parks, plazas, campuses, and waterfronts attest to the extraordinary level of design excellence that has defined his international reputation and that of his studio, Thomas Balsley Associates.
Working within the margins of the city grids on scraps of land and post-industrial waterfronts, his unique fusion of nature, culture, and process have produced vibrant public spaces, urban miracles both large and small, provocative and sublime, and have established him as a leader and champion of the sustainable and livable urban environment. Balsley Park on Manhattan's 57th Street has been named in his honor, a testament to his substantial work in metropolises around the world. Along with popular and cultural acclaim, Balsley has also recently been selected to become the thirteenth recipient of the coveted ASLA Design Medal, in recognition of exceptional design work at a sustained and professional level.