Billie Cohen has 40 years of landscape design experience, giving her a comprehensive understanding of the ecological, architectural, and programmatic elements of each site.
Her artistic vision, horticultural expertise, attention to detail, and thorough understanding of the landscape as an evolving process inform every design and support sustainability.
Each landscape is perceived as an opportunity to connect one to the local ecology and the restorative power of nature.
Education:
Landscape Architecture B.A., The City College of New York,
Certificate of Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden. (Full two-year program).
Fine Arts Studies, Pratt Institute.
Selected Clients:
Architects
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo
Perkins+ Will Architects
Platt Byard Dovell White
Polshek Partnership Architects
Sage & Coombe Architects
WXY Architecture
Lee H. Skolnick
Architecture+ Design Partnership
Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects
Glenn Gissler Design
Chandler Pierce Architect
Plain Space, Inc
Larson & Paul Architects
Organizations
Chinatown Partnership
City Parks Foundation
Clinton Housing Development Co.
Heckscher Foundation
New York Restoration Project
Noguchi Museum
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
Rodale Press
Roosevelt Island Operating Coop.
United Nations Development Corp.
Government Agencies
Dept. of Parks & Recreation
Dept. of Parks & Recreation – Newtown, CT
NYC Economic Development Corporation
NYS Dept. of Parks & Recreation
NYC DOT
LEED Accredited Projects
Discovery Health Center LEED
Poly Prep Lower School – First NYC School to receive LEED Silver
Campus
Barnard College, NYC
Barnard College Department of Biology
Poly Prep Lower School
Poly Prep Country Day School
Educational
Museum of the City of New York (Neighborhood Explorers)
New York Restoration Project
The NYU Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education