Mikyoung Kim, FASLA, Founding Principal of Mikyoung Kim Design (MYK-D) lectures for The Forum on April 3, 2024. The studio has been honored as the American Society of Landscape Architect’s Firm of the Year, and Mikyoung has received the ASLA’s National Design Medal. MYK-D has also been named as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies”. The studio has received over fifty design awards, including numerous ASLA and AIA National Honor Awards for Design. A frequent international speaker, she has lectured at Harvard, RISD, Yale and Stanford. Projects across the US, East Asia and the Middle East include the Seoul Cheonggye River Restoration, Science Hill Wellesley Campus, and Ford’s Michigan Central Park. Recent built work includes Chicago’s Crown Sky Garden and the Regenstein Nature Learning Center. The firm has been widely published, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, Landscape Architecture, Architectural Record, Surface and Dwell.
