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Big Step for #LGBTQ Friendly Senior Housing

August, 2021

We’re one step closer to Boston’s first #LGBTQ friendly senior housing development in Hyde Park! Last week the National Parks Service granted our latest amendment and conditional approval for the historic William Barton Rogers School (the Pryde) transformation. The Pryde will convert the former...

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Big Step for #LGBTQ Friendly Senior Housing

Big Step for #LGBTQ Friendly Senior Housing
August 31, 2021

Our Houston Parks have Started

June, 2021

Houston and TMC has begun the transformation of a 37-acres of surface impervious parking to a green resilient oasis within the city.  450 new trees will help to reduce heat island effect, improve air quality and intercept stormwater to create...

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Our Houston Parks have Started

Our Houston Parks have Started
June 24, 2021

Spring Planting is Here

June, 2021

Thanks to the dedicated team of 80 volunteers from Rupert Landscape who donated 5,000 plants to the Children’s National Research Campus in Washington D.C.  CNR at Walter Reed is the nation’s first campus dedicated to pediatric research and innovation.

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Spring Planting is Here

Spring Planting is Here
June 18, 2021

Michigan Central: Lex Zavala with Mikyoung Kim

March, 2021

From the Youth Center Space in Corktown Detroit, Lex Zavala, Director of Programs, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, joins Mikyoung Kim to discuss how MYKD’s design approach at Ford Motor Company’s Michigan Central will engage the community and showcase the site’s...

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Michigan Central: Lex Zavala with Mikyoung Kim

Michigan Central: Meet our Landscape Architect Lex Zavala in Conversation with Mikyoung Kim
March 11, 2021

MYKD is recognized by The Chicago Athenaeum Design Awards for Design Excellence in Environments

January, 2021

The 70th Chicago Athenaeum Design Awards recognizes MYKD’s Boston Children’s Hospital Rooftop Healing Garden, Prudential Exchange Plaza, and Booth Arts Plaza — all in Boston, MA — for leading design excellence in Environments. We’re honored to be acknowledged by the...

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MYKD is recognized by The Chicago Athenaeum Design Awards for Design Excellence in Environments

MYKD is recognized by The Chicago Athenaeum Design Awards for Design Excellence in Environments
January 8, 2021

Landscapes that Heal + Connect

December, 2020

We wanted to share some exciting projects that have expanded our design research in human and ecological health and well being in 2020. With the black lives matter movement and the pandemic, the public landscape has become even more important in helping to...

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Landscapes that Heal + Connect

Landscapes that Heal + Connect
December 29, 2020

2020 State of the Texas Medical Center

December, 2020

In parallel with completion of construction documents for Texas Medical Center’s TMC3 Park in Houston, TX, Mikyoung Kim was pleased to participate in a state-wide presentation of how the world’s largest medical city is battling Covid-19 while looking ahead to...

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2020 State of the Texas Medical Center

2020 State of the Texas Medical Center
December 17, 2020

A|N Best of Design 2020

December, 2020

MYKD is honored to be among the firms recognized by The Architect’s Newspaper in this year’s Best of Design Awards for our work at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Regenstein Learning Campus (Landscape, Honorable Mention) and for the 37 acre park in the...

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A|N Best of Design 2020

A|N Best of Design 2020
December 4, 2020

New Partners HealthCare Centers

June, 2020

With Gensler Architects and Partners HealthCare, MYKD is working to develop three new Partners HealthCare centers in Massachusetts. This $400 million investment aims to provide improved healthcare throughout the state to address widespread disparities within our communities by providing much...

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New Partners HealthCare Centers

New Partners HealthCare Centers
June 23, 2020

Rethinking Urban Spaces

May, 2020

As we adjust to this new way of living and think about what it means as our cities open up again, we wonder what the new normal will be. Featured in Boston Magazine, Mikyoung Kim and other local professionals discuss...

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Rethinking Urban Spaces

Rethinking Urban Spaces
May 27, 2020