David Zielnicki, PLA, Announced as Principal

Unknown Studio is pleased to announce the promotion of David Zielnicki to Principal Landscape Architect. As a founding team member, David’s intelligence, rigor, creativity, and collaborative spirit have been foundational to the culture and design at Unknown Studio. As designers and inhabitants of the landscape, we rely on passion, comfort with complexity, and an empathetic spirit. Dave is emblematic of all the above and we welcome him to the leadership team with great enthusiasm for the collaborations that lie ahead.

David received his post-professional MLAII degree with distinction from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and his BSLA from Cornell University. David’s professional and academic work is built on his experience as a landscape architect with West 8 urban design & landscape architecture as well as his position as a faculty member at the School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture (SALA) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In practice David has worked on such notable projects as Governors Island Parks & Public Spaces and Longwood Gardens Master Plan.