MKSK
MKSK is an American landscape architecture and urban design firm. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Attributes
MKSK is headquartered in the Brewery District of Columbus, Ohio, and has six regional offices. It has approximately 100 employees.[1]
The company CEO is Brian Kinzelman.[1]
The company's designs aim to create pedestrian-friendly designs, including reconnecting neighborhoods divided by highways.[1]
History
MKSK was founded in 2011, from a merger between MSI Design and KKG, both of which were founded in 1990.[2]
In 2019, the company reorganized its ownership from being held between ten partners into an employee stock ownership plan, making its employees the owners of the company.[2]
Designs
Since about 2000, the firm or its predecessors have designed or created master plans for nearly every public space in downtown Columbus.[3]
Columbus
- Master plan for the Arena District[3]
- Grandview Yard master plan and First Avenue Park[4]
- The Scioto Mile[1][3]
- Dorrian Green park[5]
- Genoa Park
- McFerson Commons
- North Bank Park
- Scioto Audubon Metro Park and Grange Insurance Audubon Center
- Scioto Mile Promenade
- Scioto Peninsula plan[5]
- 12 bridge caps over I-70 and I-71 surrounding Downtown Columbus[3]
- Entryways around the city's Main Library and Columbus Museum of Art[3]
- Livingston Park and green space at Nationwide Children's Hospital[3]
- Oval at the James Cancer Hospital[3]
- Capitol Square streetscape design[3]
- Discovery District streetscape design[3]
- Central quad at the Columbus College of Art & Design[3]
- Quarry Trails Metro Park[3]
- Urban plan for the 15+High development in the University District[3][6]
- City of Columbus municipal campus master plan
- Huntington Park
- Franklin County Courthouse and Government Center grounds
- Burnham Square park
Other cities
- Riverside Crossing Park in Dublin, Ohio[3]
- Rose Run Park in New Albany, Ohio[3]
- Rose Music Center in Dayton, Ohio
References
- "This Columbus architecture firm is now owned by its employees". www.bizjournals.com. October 16, 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- "MKSK landscape architecture firm to become employee-owned".
- "Making a full necklace out of disconnected pearls: One landscape architecture firm's vision reshaping Columbus' public spaces". www.bizjournals.com. November 26, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- "Designing the Grandview Yard Master Plan and Implementation in Grandview Heights, Ohio | CU". June 26, 2021.
- "Designing The Scioto Peninsula in Columbus, Ohio | CU". May 29, 2021.
- "Designing the 15th and High Urban Framework Plan and Development in Columbus, Ohio | CU". June 12, 2021.