2025 Fellows: Lynne Nischwitz, FASLA, Ohio Chapter

Lynne Nischwitz, FASLA, Ohio Chapter
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Lynne Nischwitz's visionary leadership in design is evident in her notably diverse body of award-winning projects that prioritize sustainability while fostering social and environmental connections. Her vast portfolio encompasses many varied scales and project types, including parks, streetscapes, university and corporate campuses, urban plazas, museums, K-12 schools, golf courses, and sport venues-all delivering dynamic impact whether in urban or rural communities. After fostering her design aesthetic at EDAW, she founded a highly successful landscape architecture studio in an engineering firm and, through her creative, transformative leadership, has advanced both fields of landscape architecture and civil engineering. Her perseverance in leading, collaborating, and educating civil engineers about landscape architecture has resulted in innovative solutions that celebrate high design, promote sustainability, and influence regional design standards. Among her transformational high-profile projects are the historic Union Terminal and its plaza restoration, the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame, and her creative master planning that was pivotal in keeping the world-class Cincinnati Open Tennis Tournament in Mason, Ohio. With a passion for creating positive change, she organizes and leads Community Summits in which she convenes regional public administrators, planners, and economic development directors. These design discussions focus on the art, stewardship, sustainability, social equity, and the importance of accessibility to greenspace for all in the urban landscape. Lynne speaks nationally and regionally on design, advocates for legislative affairs, and mentors young professionals. Lynne's unwavering thirty-year commitment to advancing landscape architecture has left an exceptional legacy and a remarkably diverse array of projects that raise the bar for design in the profession.