Ted Wolff Gallery of Work

Ted Wolff, RLA is a professor of landscape architecture. His firm, Wolff Landscape Architecture, developed the site and landscape design for the new Business Instructional Facility at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. The project received LEED Platinum certification, with landscape contributing to a number of credits through the use of native plants, on-site stormwater retention, green roofs, and no potable water use. 1 of 4

Ted Wolff. The courtyard was designed to be seen from within the building and to be an extension of the multi-story Commons at the center of the interior spaces. 2 of 4

Ted Wolff. The courtyard's strong geometry contrasts with the informal native plantings, including native oak trees, low-profile prairie, and sedge meadow planting in the on-site stormwater detention basin. 3 of 4

Ted Wolff. The project uses no potable water for landscape irrigation, achieved in part by using native plants adapted to the climate of central Illinois. The native grasses and forbs between the sidewalk and building are a profound departure from UIUC's template of bluegrass lawns and shade trees with clipped yew hedge foundation planting. 4 of 4