landscape architecture and public art
Project design 2024-Present
Breaking ground in 2026
Working closely with the Menil, we have created a new pocket park that stitches together outdoor gathering spaces and enhances the gateway and renovated buildings of the much-loved Bookstore and Bistro. Custom site elements complement the outdoor dining areas and create lush gardens for reading a book, playing the ukulele, having picnics, and meeting up with friends.
We sourced a specimen Live Oak Tree that has been field grown on the deep Blackland Prairie Soils just northwest of the Houston Metro. The specimen Live Oak will be a placemaking tree that provides shade and beauty, and complements the Menil’s campus urban canopy of large oaks.
Menil Bookstore Renovation Team: KinneyMorrow Architecture, LAM Civil Engineers, Steve Anderson Arborist, Steve Anderson Tree Farm