After Hours: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Sasaki

The League’s monthly After Hours events, formerly called First Fridays, are informal social gatherings that allow members to visit the offices of leading design practices and see work on the boards.

Join us in Brooklyn Heights on Court Street for a double-header After Hours event at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Sasaki.

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) is a landscape architecture firm that works across scales from small gardens to public parks and regional master plans. Founded by its namesake partner in 1982, the firm’s team of over 100 people is led by Michael Van Valkenburgh, Paul Seck, Emily Mueller De Cleis, Laura Solano, Gullivar Shepard, and Matthew Urbanski. With offices in Brooklyn, Cambridge, Denver, and Los Angeles, MVVA collaborates with a range of professionals, from hydrologists and climate scientists to artists and architects, to create landscapes “defined by the qualities of their sites and by the aspirations of people who will use them,” in the firm’s own words.

Sasaki

Global design firm Sasaki offers architecture, interior design, planning and urban design, space planning, landscape architecture, and civil engineering services. Known for its integrated design approach across these disciplines, Sasaki’s projects span education, civic, institutional, and commercial sectors, from master plans focused on accessibility and sustainability to ground up construction. Founded by Hideo Sasaki in 1953 in Boston, the practice’s team of over 300 professionals works across offices in Denver, New York, Shanghai, and Los Angeles.

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Banner images:

Left: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates | Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2021. Image credit: Alex MacLean

Right: Sasaki | Wilmington Waterfront Promenade, Los Angeles, CA, 2024. Image credit: Barrett Doherty

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