Hannah Jane Brown, PLA, Project Designer

Hannah practices landscape architecture with an abiding interest in the relationships between place and cultural practice. She values the potential of each project to deepen our sense of connection with and responsibility towards our environment and each other.

Towards this purpose, she enjoys using her research and design skills to explore what makes each site particular through a variety of lenses: ecological, historical, and the less tangible language of experience. She believes rich spatial experiences are requisite for inspiring wonder and joy, and values the opportunity to amplify a site’s distinct qualities by crafting immersive and alluring places. 

Hannah holds a Bachelor’s of Sustainable Engineering Design from Stanford University, and a Master’s of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia. She continues to lecture at the University of Virginia, teaching design studios and fundamentals.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

University Avenue Park at UVA, Charlottesville, VA
William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA
Smithsonian Gardens Tree Fence, Washington, D.C.
Riverview Park, Charlottesville, VA

AWARDS

Olmsted Scholar, 2022
ASLA Certificate of Merit, 2022
Virginia ASLA Commendation Award for “Recomposition”, 2020