Balmori Associates / Diana Balmori

Balmori Associates, a New York City based urban and landscape design firm, was founded by Diana Balmori in 1990. The practice is recognized worldwide for its creative interfacing of landscape and architecture. Through research, collaboration and innovation Balmori Associates explore and expand the boundaries between nature and structure.
Our firm's approach is rooted in coupling design ideas with an understanding of environmental, social and physical needs.
Whether developing new parks, redesigning existing open spaces, or creating recreational venues that integrate architecture and landscape, we seek to produce ‘green infrastructures' with designs that invite community interaction while revealing the constructed and natural operations of a site.
Sustainability is a central concern in all our work. In 1998, Balmori Associates' Master Plan won the international competition for the waterfront development of the Abondiobarra district of Bilbao, Spain. We provided design leadership on the greenroof at Silvercup Studios in Queens, New York, the largest scientifically monitored green roof in the United States, and the New York City Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, completed in 1998 and restored in 2002. Currently, we are in the first design phase of Sejong Administrative Town, a zero-waste urban plan in South Korea.