About

DESIGN UNDER SKY is an award-winning Landscape Architecture studio in Providence, RI with several recent projects—including the National ASLA Honor Award for 10,000 Suns, The Living Edge and the Roger Williams Park Gateway—that have contributed to the transformation of the urban landscape of Providence and beyond. Our work often includes what Founding Principal Anderson refers to as “Participatory Landscapes” where the community at large are invited in the building and maintenance of our projects. Maintenance in our view is seen as a sculptural act, and where possible we build long-term relationships with our clients and built work to continue to shape them over time. Ultimately, we look to create joy, wonder, and curiosity in the living world.

ADAM E. ANDERSON, RLA, LEED AP | FOUNDER/PRINCIPAL

Adam E. Anderson is a registered Landscape Architect and Founder/Principal of Design Under Sky. His twenty years of experience have included hospital healing gardens, residential gardens, master-planning, campus plazas, rooftop gardens, and urban parks, as well as commissioned public art works.

He received his Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA II) from the Rhode Island School of Design where he was an Olmsted Scholar and Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from The Ohio State University. He has taught at RISD in the Graduate Landscape Architect Department since 2014 and currently also at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 2021 he was inducted into the DESIGNXRI Hall of Fame as an emerging designer. Adam also serves on the board of the Downtown Providence Parks Network as well as PVD World Music Organization.

COLLABORATORS:

KITE Architects / Studio LUZ / Jack Ryan Architects / UltraModerne / Payette / CIVIC / INFORM Studio / Providence Planning Dept / Providence Office of Sustainability

PAST TEAM MEMBERS:

Austin Bamford / Yifan Qui / Mo Kong / Corey Watanabe / Jacob Lightman / Yu Pei / Xue Gao / Gavin Zeitz