Pratt Institute

Education

B.A., Smith College;
B.L.Arch., City College of New York;
B.S., Pratt Institute

Biography

Signe Nielsen is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architecture and has been principal of her firm, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, PC since 1979. She has taught landscape architecture, urban design and environmental planning at City College of NY, NJ Institute of Technology and Pratt Institute. She is currently a Full Professor and has been a faculty member since 1980. Ms. Nielsen is the Vice President of the NYC Art Commission and is a registered landscape architect in 5 states. Her work has been published and exhibited extensively. Ms. Nielsen’s professional practice specializes in public projects throughout the East Coast and includes large scale master planning, urban design and landscape architecture. Her work focuses on brownfields, public open spaces, waterfronts and infusing all projects with sustainable initiatives. Since the firm’s founding, Ms. Nielsen has received more than 2 dozen national awards and her work has been published extensively in national and international publications. Ms. Nielsen has authored a number of books including Sky Gardens, High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines (with Hilary brown), Cool and Green Roofs and Sustainable Site Design Manual. Currently, Ms. Nielsen is the Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Green Codes Task Force for Site and Stormwater which will be submitting recommendations for revisions to NYC codes and ordinances in December 2008. Pratt Libraries Learn more about Pratt’s Libraries Pratt Center Learn more about the Pratt Center CCPS Certificate Programs Learn more about CCPS certificate programs