MLK Living Lab

Atlanta, USA, Ongoing

A winning entry in Atlanta’s Green Infrastructure Design Challenge, MLK Living Lab combines resilient, educational, and social strategies...

Empire State Trail

USA, Ongoing

In 2017, Starr Whitehouse teamed with C+G Partners and ALTA Planning + Design to create design guidelines for New York State’s ambitious ...

Compass Residences

The Bronx, USA, Ongoing

With 41,000 SF of outdoor space, the initial phase of the Compass Residences presents a unique opportunity to create a journey through lo...

Randall's Island Hell Gate Pathway

New York, NY, USA, Ongoing

Threading under the strong sweep of the Hell Gate Bridge, the pedestrian and cycling pathway provides Randall’s Island with a circulation...

The Battery

New York, New York, USA, Ongoing

Starr Whitehouse’s work at The Battery is transforming a non-descript lot at the foot of New York City into a world-class urban park. In ...

Starlight Park / Bronx River House

Bronx, NY, USA, 2019

A collaboration with Kiss + Cathcart Architectsand, the Bronx River House supports the programs and environmental mission of the Bronx Ri...

A Vision for a Resilient East Harlem

New York, USA, 2018

A Vision for a Resilient East Harlem is a year-long visioning project with NYC Parks and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency to...

Hoboken Southwest Park

Hoboken, USA, 2017

In a flood-prone corner of Hoboken, Starr Whitehouse led an interdisciplinary team of engineers, designers, and cost estimators to craft ...

VIA 57 West

New York, USA, 2016

The courtyard at VIA 57 West is a park within a pyramid—a space that works in concert and in contrast with the building that surrounds it...

Shelter Island Residence

USA, 2015

Human habitation and wildlife habitat nestle side by side in this 18.5-acre residential retreat on Shelter Island, NY. Activity areas cen...

Hunters Point South Affordable Housing

Queens, USA, 2015

Starr Whitehouse designed four terraces for an affordable housing development offering 925 low-rent units in Queens. The main amenity ter...

The Big U: Rebuild by Design

New York, New York, USA, 2014

Starr Whitehouse teamed with BIG Architects for HUD’s Rebuild by Design competition. The Big U, the team’s mega-scaled vision for protect...

Bushwick Inlet Park

Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2013

Bushwick Inlet Park reclaims the abandoned East River shore of Brooklyn for recreation and nature. The first phase of the park, designed ...

Williamsburg High-Rise Green Roof

Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2012

Starr Whitehouse designed the outdoor spaces for a new mixed-use building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, with dramatic vie...

United Nations International School

New York, NY, USA, 2011

UNIS, a K-12 private school, is embarking on a major expansion resulting in the reconfiguration of the outdoor spaces at its unusual camp...