Matt Byrd’s laid-back table setting incorporates warm tones, textured patinas, and organic shapes. Fiestaware plates are joined by assorted vessels from Studio Touya and Nulio Ceramics.

The Sustainability tree house is home base for the National Scout Jamboree, a weeklong event that's usually held every four years. The 2013 event was the first held at the new location in the Summit Bechtel Reserve. Seattle-based firm Mithun led the multidisciplinary team that worked on the project. BNIM is the architect of record, Nelson Byrd Woltz masterminded the landscaping, the structural engineering is by by Tipping Mar, and the exhibit design is by Volume, Inc. and Studio Terpeluk.

Framed by weathered wood, Byrd's cozy dining room is perched over a lush garden.

The Orongo Station Homestead Garden consists of seven gardens each of distinct style (English Perennial, Native Bush Reforestation, Earthworks, Conservatory, Endeavour, Timber Garden, Fernery). Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects used the gardens to explore the narrative power of plants and provide a visual introduction to the culture and ecology of New Zealand’s unique landscape. Photo courtesy of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.

Dwell President Michela O'Connor Abrams with Dwell Vision Award Finalist Paul Appleton of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects with Dwell Editor-in-Chief Amanda Dameron and Carey Smith, CEO of Big Ass Fans (corporate sponsor). Photo by Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com.

While the panel will discuss the project broadly, our experts will focus on one specific area: The Plaza and the adjacent 1 million square foot The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards. How do you design a successful-yet-original public space in New York City? Thomas Woltz, Founding Principal of landsacpe architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz, will discuss how his team crafted the Plaza's character, circulation flows (which stretch to the Highline and beyond), and vegetation.

stonework by Matt Byrd