Author Talk | “The Land Is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects”
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Kinder Building
Drop off at Kinder Building
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Author Talk | “The Land Is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects”
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Kinder Building
Drop off at Kinder Building
November 5, 2025
Author Thomas Woltz presents his latest book, The Land Is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. This newly published collection highlights 12 transformative projects that showcase the power of landscape architecture and its ability to create vibrant public spaces at the heart of communities.
Over the past two decades, Woltz and his team at Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW) have infused narratives of the land into Houston and other cities around the world. Their local projects include the Kinder Land Bridge and Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Prairie at Memorial Park, the Clay Family Eastern Glades at Memorial Park, and the Rothko Chapel Master Plan.
Plan Your Visit
- This program takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.
- Admission to this event is free with your lecture ticket.
- Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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About the Speaker
Thomas L. Woltz, senior principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), is recognized for his innovative approach to public landscapes that blends culture, ecology, and sustainability. Under his guidance, NBW has expanded to include scientists and historians in projects ranging from urban park restoration to post-industrial and educational sites. Woltz was inducted into the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows in 2011 and named Design Innovator of the Year by the Wall Street Journal Magazine.
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All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.