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PUSH studio is one of three design teams featured in the Architects Newspaper. Each design team was selected by Swords Into Plowshare to reimagine and reclaim Public space and memory in Charlottesville, VA after the removal and melting down of the Robert E Lee Statue.

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This Black History Month, ASLA honors not only the legacies that shape our field, but the Black landscape designers who continue to redefine how history is interpreted and experienced in the public realm.

PUSH studio, LLC is proud to celebrate our co-founder, Glenn LaRue Smith, FASLA, who is featured in ASLA LAND for his selection as the American Academy in Rome – Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence for the 2025 cohort. This highly competitive fellowship recognizes practitioners whose work advances cultural storytelling, collective memory, and the role of design in shaping more equitable public spaces. ASLA LAND

Glenn’s selection reflects a career dedicated to preserving Black history, elevating community narratives, and expanding the possibilities of landscape architecture as a cultural practice. We’re honored to see his leadership recognized on an international stage.
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Designing Across Continents Meet Glenn LaRue Smith, FASLA, who has been chosen for a prestigious industry honor. 

A New Chapter in Public Memory is taking shape:

The Swords Into Plowshares: Recast | Reclaim exhibition brings together photographs documenting the years 2020–2023, when the democratic process behind Swords first emerged. Additional displays explore the histories of the five public parks under consideration as future sites for the work. The exhibition culminates in a presentation of PUSH studio’s concept drawings, one of three selected finalist design teams.

Opening March 14 and running through May 30, 2026, the exhibition invites community feedback as Charlottesville contributes to the selection of the design team and considers how to transform the former Lee statue into a new expression of shared values.

SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES Swords into Plowshares Phase II: Recast/Reclaim Learn more Photo Credit: © Eze Amos Photography Swords Into Plowshares: Recast | Reclaim Swords Into Plowshares: Recast | Reclaim presents concept drawings by three semi-finalist teams for a project that transforms the material and meaning of the form...

Honoring History in Newburgh: A Step Toward Remembrance
The City of Newburgh has approved a $1.9M capital reserve fund to create an African American Burial Ground Memorial and reinterment site in Downing Park. This initiative will respectfully reinter the remains of 114 individuals of African ancestry discovered beneath the former Broadway School site in 2008.
The memorial will feature: ✅ A central reinterment lawn
✅ Educational and contemplative spaces
✅ Granite markers sharing the story of the “Colored Burial Ground on Broadway”
The design honors the original Olmsted & Vaux vision for Downing Park, using regionally sourced materials to create a space for reflection and learning.
PUSH studio, LLC is proud to collaborate with Studio HIP and partners on this meaningful project—bringing design expertise to ensure the memorial reflects dignity, history, and community.
This is more than a park—it’s a promise to remember, educate, and honor those who came before us.
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Newburgh Creates Fund For African American Burial Ground Memorial, Reinterment Site The memorial will honor people whose remains were found at a former school site in 2008, officials said.

Congratulations to on accepting the invitation to the Residence Program for Landscape Architecture. The 2025-2026 Rome Prize Fellows and invited residents will have the opportunity to rethink and expand the boundaries of their discipline, challenge assumptions, and cultivate ideas that resonate far beyond the institution's walls. Wishing my friend and co-founder of a fruitful and inspiring experience during this prestigious program.

Wonderful opportunity for DMV designers to promote the importance of design at any project scale! Come see us Thank you for this great opportunity.

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc, Centennial Monument designed by PUSH studio and installed by Kline Memorials in 2014 highlighted in Watch The Yard back in 2024.

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Discovering Phi Beta Sigma History: Iconic Places to Visit at Howard University Howard University, the birthplace of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., holds a rich history deeply intertwined with the fraternity's legacy. For members of

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New Reservoir Park Recreation & Aquatic Center. Located on the former McMillan Sand Filtration Site. Portions of the Sand filtration infrastructure are revealed and incorporated into the open space design. Decades in the making, the vision plan and concept was designed by .washington and .