Registrations
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President
Marion Pressley RLA FASLA
Pressley Associates is a professional landscape architecture consulting firm established in 1977 by William Pressley, FASLA. Located in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, but operating nationally, Pressley Associates prides itself as a responsive and creative team organized to meet our clients' landscape architecture, planning, and preservation needs. Our experienced personnel bring attention to detail, the ability to manage large multidisciplinary teams, and provide strong communication skills that make Pressley Associates well qualified to take on complex projects. Our office produces high quality illustrative visual materials that effectively communicate design ideas and issues to the public at large. Our portfolio of projects illustrates both the depth of our experience and the quality of our work.
Expertise
Brownfield Reclamation
Green Roof Design
Recreation Field Planning & Design
Historic Landscapes Restoration
Cultural Landscape Reports (CLR)
Medical Planning & Design
Commercial Planning & Design
Retail Planning & Design
Public Housing Planning & Design
Private Residence Planning & Design
Client Base
City of Boston
MBTA
Massachusetts DCR
Massachusetts Port Authority
National Park Service
Friends of the Public Garden
Maine Historical Society
Museum of Fine Art
Northeastern University
Harvard Business School
Rochester Institute of Technology
Boston Properties
Fidelity Investments
Boston Medical Center
Newton Wellesley Hospital
Awards
Point State Park PA
2017 International Excellence
on the Waterfront
2014 BSLA Merit Award
Women in Preservation
2016 Preservation Massachusetts Paul& Nicki Tsongas Award
CLR Washington Square PA
2012 BSLA Honor Award
CLR Beatrix Farrand Garland Farm ME
2010 BSLA Award of Excellence
Legacy
William Pressley, FASLA RLA
Bill dedicated his life to bringing sophisticated landscape design nationwide in urban and waterfront, academic, corporate and medical campuses, and commercial development. His early years of practice included the current footprints of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Marketplace Center in Boston, for which he received special recognition at the White House. Bill’s vision and passion will be carried on into the future.