MKSK
MKSK is an American landscape architecture and urban design firm. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Attributes[]
MKSK is headquartered in the Brewery District of Columbus, Ohio, and has six regional offices. It has approximately 100 employees.[1]
The company CEO is Brian Kinzelman.[1]
The company's designs aim to create pedestrian-friendly designs, including reconnecting neighborhoods divided by highways.[1]
History[]
MKSK was founded in 2011, from a merger between MSI Design and KKG, both of which were founded in 1990.[2]
In 2019, the company reorganized its ownership from being held between ten partners into an employee stock ownership plan, making its employees the owners of the company.[2]
Designs[]
Since about 2000, the firm or its predecessors have designed or created master plans for nearly every public space in downtown Columbus.[3]
Columbus[]
- Master plan for the Arena District[3]
- Grandview Yard master plan and First Avenue Park[4]
- The Scioto Mile[1][3]
- Dorrian Green park[5]
- Genoa Park
- McFerson Commons
- North Bank Park
- Scioto Audubon Metro Park and Grange Insurance Audubon Center
- Scioto Mile Promenade
- Scioto Peninsula plan[5]
- 12 bridge caps over I-70 and I-71 surrounding Downtown Columbus[3]
- Entryways around the city's Main Library and Columbus Museum of Art[3]
- Livingston Park and green space at Nationwide Children's Hospital[3]
- Oval at the James Cancer Hospital[3]
- Capitol Square streetscape design[3]
- Discovery District streetscape design[3]
- Central quad at the Columbus College of Art & Design[3]
- Quarry Trails Metro Park[3]
- Urban plan for the 15+High development in the University District[3][6]
- City of Columbus municipal campus master plan
- Huntington Park
- Franklin County Courthouse and Government Center grounds
- Burnham Square park
Other cities[]
- Riverside Crossing Park in Dublin, Ohio[3]
- Rose Run Park in New Albany, Ohio[3]
- Rose Music Center in Dayton, Ohio
References[]
- ^ a b c d "This Columbus architecture firm is now owned by its employees". www.bizjournals.com. October 16, 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ a b "MKSK landscape architecture firm to become employee-owned".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Making a full necklace out of disconnected pearls: One landscape architecture firm's vision reshaping Columbus' public spaces". www.bizjournals.com. November 26, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Designing the Grandview Yard Master Plan and Implementation in Grandview Heights, Ohio | CU". June 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Designing The Scioto Peninsula in Columbus, Ohio | CU". May 29, 2021.
- ^ "Designing the 15th and High Urban Framework Plan and Development in Columbus, Ohio | CU". June 12, 2021.
External links[]
- Architects from Columbus, Ohio
- Architecture firms based in Ohio
- 2011 establishments in Ohio
- 21st-century American architects
- Landscape architecture organizations
- Brewery District