Robin Key, FASLA
Category: Service
RKLA Studio Landscape Architecture, New York, New York

Robin Key, of RKLA Studio Landscape Architecture, received her nomination, in Service, from the New York Chapter. During Key's professional career, she has reimagined iconic sites such as the St. Patrick's Cathedral grounds and Central Park's Tavern on the Green. Beyond her award-winning projects, though, she consistently and generously shares her professional expertise to heighten the experiences of others. Her pro bono contributions include landscape architecture considerations for the Olana State Historic Site, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and designNYC. As the Olana Partnership's first landscape-architect board member, she advocated for a cohesive plan for the 250-acre Hudson Valley mansion grounds. Working pro bono with designNY in 2008, she developed an integrated landscape design for Serviam Gardens, which provides low-income housing to seniors in the Bronx. She proves to all who enter her orbit that good places come from grit, determination, generosity of spirit and design excellence.