Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Thomas Woltz, principal at Nelson Bryd Woltz (NBW) Landscape Architects, is known as the Frederic Law Olmstead of our times. Over the past two decades of practice, Woltz and his team have infused narratives of the land into the places where people live, work and play, engendering stewardship and inspiring connections between people and the natural world. Woltz sits down with photographer Joel Caldwell to talk about NBW’s body of work that integrates the beauty and function of built forms with an understanding of complex biological systems and restoration, deepening the public’s enjoyment of the natural world and inspiring environmental stewardship.
Thomas Woltz, principal at Nelson Bryd Woltz (NBW) Landscape Architects, is known as the Frederic Law Olmstead of our times. Over the past two decades of practice, Woltz and his team have infused narratives of the land into the places where people live, work and play, engendering stewardship and inspiring connections between people and the natural world. Woltz sits down with photographer Joel Caldwell to talk about NBW’s body of work that integrates the beauty and function of built forms with an understanding of complex biological systems and restoration, deepening the public’s enjoyment of the natural world and inspiring environmental stewardship.
