Completed in 1967, the Ford Foundation Headquarters is a testament to mid-century design. SiteWorks served as local landscape architect for an expansive renovation of the building’s celebrated Atrium garden, where the original design intent had degraded due to pests and other difficult site conditions. 

During the design and construction phases, we attended construction meetings, supplied on-site construction administration, and provided technical consulting on interior environmental conditions, tree procurement and contract growing, and site-specific challenges like steep slopes.

After project completion in 2018, SiteWorks compiled an M+O manual for use by the building and garden maintenance teams and has continued working closely with Alpine Construction & Landscaping Corp. and the Ford Foundation to ensure renovation interventions last.