Chris Reed

Biography

A.B. cum laude in Urban Studies, Harvard College (1991)
M.L.A., University of Pennsylvania (1995)

Chris Reed is the principal and founder of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, a Boston-based strategic design and planning practice. Stoss has distinguished itself internationally for a hybridized approach to public works projects rooted in infrastructure, functionality, and ecology. Stoss has been named finalist and winner in a number of international open space design and planning competitions, including the Erie Street Plaza in Milwaukee, the Lower Don Lands in Toronto, and the Safe Zone garden installation at Grand-Metis, Quebec, Canada. Most recently, Stoss was honored by being named one of two Finalists in the Landscape Design category of the Smithsonian / Cooper Hewitt Museum's National Design Awards. Stoss was also named a 2008 Emerging Voice by the Architectural League of New York, and its proposal for the Lower Don Lands in Toronto received a planning award from EDRA/Places/Metropolis. The firm's work has just been published in a volume published by C3 Publishers of Korea. Current and recent work includes public waterfronts, brownfield reclamation projects, interim landscapes, and large-scale infrastructures and open spaces in the United States, Canada, Asia, and the Middle East.

Reed has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University of Toronto, the University of Virginia, Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and Florida International University. He is a registered landscape architect.

SELECT AWARDS
- National Design Awards Finalist for Landscape Design, Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, 2008
- EDRA/Places/Metropolis Planning Award Lower Don Lands, Toronto, 2008
- Emerging Voices 2008, The Architectural League of New York, Juried Portfolio Selection, 2008
- Selected Participant, Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, Bat Yam, Israel, 2007-2008
- Finalist, Lower Don Lands Innovative Design Competition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2007
- First Place, Erie Street Plaza International Design Competition, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2006
- Juried Selection, International Garden Festival, Reford Gardens, Grand-Métis, Québec, Canada, 2006
- Merit Award for Analysis + Planning, American Society of Landscape Architects, Silresim Superfund Redevelopment Study, 2004
- Urban Design Citation, Progressive Architecture Awards, Silresim Superfund Redevelopment Study, 2004
- Finalist, NYC2012 Olympic Village Design Competition, Queens, New York, (MVRDV team), 2003