The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Civic Horticulture Confernece, May 17, 2013 in Philadelphia

Elena Brescia RLA

Partner, SCAPE/Landscape Architecture PLLC

Ms. Brescia is a Partner at SCAPE, an award winning urban design and landscape architecture studio based in Manhattan. Her work has explored the spectrum from large public works to small private works. Ms. Brescia has critical project organization experience and a reputation for thoroughness and attention to detail. The firm has received several National and Local ASLA awards, and the work has been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, Shenzhen/HK Biennale, and other international venues. Ms. Brescia is the President of the Fine Arts Federation, and has served as a Board Member, New York State Council of Landscape Architects and the Executive Committee, the Executive Committee of the NY American Society of Landscape Architects. Ms. Brescia earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Fordham University and a Master of Landscape Architecture in 1993 from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received the ASLA Certificate of Honor.

103rd Street Community Garden in East Harlem New York, NY