Throughout this year, our focus has been on the nuanced design considerations for neurodiversity within landscape architecture and urban environments. We’ve been investigating the delicate relationship between emotional systems and the sensory aspects of our surroundings. This exploration has led us into the realm of affective neuroscience,...

Landscape architect and artist Mikyoung Kim created a Cor-ten steel fence to enclose a three-acre site in Lincoln, Massachusetts. “The entire fence is made using just seven lengths of modular, precut Cor-Ten steel bars, with widths being anywhere from two...

Jumpstart Spring with a conversation around play and restoration with Mikyoung as a part of Next Generation of Parks Event Series, offered by Minneapolis Parks Foundation This Thursday March 30th, Mikyoung will dive into the role public spaces play in crafting and reconnection...

Mikyoung was recently featured in CODAworx’s 25 Creative Revolutionaries of 2023. This list spotlights a group of trailblazing leaders in the field of commissioned art who create works that are at the forefront of affecting change. To read more about...

Mikyoung is featured in February’s issue of Harvard Magazine, Restored to Nature. In the article, she discusses with Lydialyle Gibson the many ways in which landscapes are a tapestry of culture, history and resiliency. MYKD’s project with Ford’s Michigan Central 14-acre park in...

Last month, Mikyoung, Bryan, and Ian accepted the Firm of the Year Award at the American Society of Landscape Architect’s annual President’s dinner in San Francisco. The highest honor given to a landscape architecture firm, the ASLA bestowed this award...

Mikyoung recently spoke to Grant Welker at the Boston Business Journal sharing the process of building a startup design firm  and the formative influences of nature, music and design in her studio’s work. To read the full article, follow the...

Boston’s Children’s Hospital will soon have seven new wellness gardens, each with unique moments for healing. Inspired by the dawn redwood trees that once graced the project site, the interior gardens evoke wonderment with custom resting benches and magical play...

This Fall, Mikyoung was excited to give a lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design as part of their 2022 Landscape Now lecture series. During her talk, Mikyoung unpacks one of the key drivers for the MYKD...

Mikyoung Kim Design is this year’s recipient of the Firm of the Year Award from the ASLA which is the “highest honor that the ASLA bestows on a landscape architecture firm”. The criteria for this award includes the impact of Mikyoung Kim Design’s...