Who
What
How
Why
Where
Who we are
The Firm
Elizabeth J. Kennedy, RLA, Principal
Basil P. Jarrett, RA, Senior Designer
Kenneth A. Keltai, RLA, Senior Landscape Architect
Sigal Ben-Shmuel, Junior Landscape Architect
David Brungard, Art Direction
Sigal Ben-Shmuel brings from Israel her experience in preliminary site analysis and conceptual planning through the design stages to planting design and construction details. She has worked on a wide range of projects, including urban landscapes, public gardens, streetscapes, recreation parks and playgrounds, natural reservation areas and historic sites.

Prior to joining EKLA, Sigal worked on urban design for newly built residential areas, roof gardens and indoor planting. Her experience includes planting designs for harsh shoreline conditions, development of hiking trails, lookouts, and recreation areas in nature reserves and historic sites in the Judean mountains and the Jerusalem surrounds.

Currently Sigal is participating in the work on such projects as the beautification plan for the Van Wyck Expressway; the renovation of the entry plaza at 210 Central Park South, NY; a playground in downtown Manhattan; circulation and parking design for Brooklyn Polyprep High School; a design of the courtyard of Covenant House in Manhattan; and the design of a garden for a residence in Westchester County, New York.

EDUCATION
BLA The Technion -Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel


PROJECT EXPERIENCE OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
R & S Margolin Architects,
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Junior Landscape Architect
November 2000 -September 2002

Mira Yacobson Landscape Architects,
Givataim, Israel
Junior Landscape Architect
August 1999 -September 2000