The inaugural Beijing Garden City International Summit Forum was held at the Wofo Villa within the Beijing National Botanical Garden on June 19th, 2023. Tom Leader, the founder and principal of TLS, was invited as a keynote speaker and delivered a design lecture titled "First Principles: Case Studies from Practice." During the lecture, Tom Leader shared...
Hangzhou Steelworks Park, designed by TLS and Jiakun Architects, set the stage for an extraordinary musical experience as the renowned Strawberry Music Festival took place on June 17-18. Over 5,000 music lovers gathered at the post-industrial park's great lawn area, with the furnaces serving as a stunning backdrop. The festival showcased an eclectic mix of...
TLS is excited to receive two World Landscape awards today! A Merit award went to Grand Bayway, a coastal resilience / sea level rise solution for a large area of San Francisco Bay, part of the recent Resilient by Design competition. An Honor Award went to Jiading Green Ring in China, a proposal for 70...
TLS is excited to announce that three projects were honored during the 2023 American Society of Landscape Architects Northern California (ASLA NCC) Design Awards. Both Richmond Bayway and The Grand Bayway received Merit Award in Analysis and Planning. Baiyangdian Waterfront Park was awarded the DESIGN: PARKS, RECREATION, TRAILS, OPEN SPACE Merit Award which recognizes the project’s...
TLS‘s Baiyangdian Waterfront Park won 2 awards at the 17th Annual IDA(International Design Awards). It is awarded the Silver Award in the Landscape category, and the Bronze Award in the Landmark, memorials, and public space category. Read More… This is the first significant open space component of the Xiong-an New City competition and the first realization of...
On November 15, 2022 Executive Director of the Houston Endowment, Ann Stern convened a discussion panel, associated with the building opening, to share stories and insights from the design and construction process and how the new facility is helping advance the Foundation’s goals . Tom Leader was honored to join Ann Stern, Kevin Daly, of...
Korea 50: Korea Remade is on view at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in the Designing Peace exhibition through September 2023....
TLS was honored to be invited to participate in the "2022 Shanghai New City Design Exhibition", which was held at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall on October 12th....
Tom Leader was honored to serve on an illustrious jury for this major international competition. The project is for a new cultural, athletic, and TOD architectural program and the re-imagining of the People’s Square– the current and future “living room for the city”....
This year’s 20th annual student urban design competition was a redevelopment plan for an Oakland, California site. The challenge brief asked the students to address equity, housing affordability, access to neighborhood services, sustainability, and connectivity to surrounding communities....