Our project partners are government agencies, community groups or other nonprofit organizations who look to the Design Trust's long experience engaging multiple stakeholders–and our deep familiarity with how NYC really works–to influence public policy, design practice, or the natural or built environment. 

Interested in partnering on a project? Find out more. 

Past Partners

Added Value

Five Borough Farm: Phase I (2009–12)

Alice Austen House

Art Commission of the City of New York

Designing for Security (1997–02)

Bronx Community Board 3

Housing & Open Space (1999–00)

Bronx Museum of the Arts

Grand Concourse Beyond 100 (2008–10)

Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines (1995–96)

Brownsville Community Justice Center

Children’s Environments Research Group

Designing for Children in Community Gardens (1997–98)

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

Council of Fashion Designers of America

Making Midtown (2011–12)
Made in Midtown (2009–10)

Friends of the High Line

Reclaiming the High Line (1999–02)

Grand Army Plaza Coalition

Reinventing Grand Army Plaza (2008–10)

Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association

Hell's Kitchen South (1999–02)

J. Ember Design

Turnout NYC (2022–24)

Long Island City Cultural Alliance

Connecting the Arts in Long Island City (2003–06)

New York City Department of City Planning

Connecting the Arts in Long Island City (2003–06)

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Connecting the Arts in Long Island City (2003–06)

New York City Department of Design and Construction

Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way (2003–06)
High Performance Building Guidelines (1998–02)
Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines (1995–96)

New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development

Laying the Groundwork (2014–16)

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

The World's Park (2014–16)
Five Borough Farm: Phase II (2012–14)
Park Design for the 21st Century (2008–11)
Threshold of Eib's Pond 2 (2002–02)
Threshold of Eib's Pond 1 (2001–01)

New York City Department of Transportation

Under the Elevated: Phase II (2015–20)
Under the Elevated: Phase I (2013–15)

New York City Office of Environmental Coordination

Sustainable New York City (2005–06)

New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission

Taxi 07 (2006–10)

NYC Department of Small Business Services

Neighborhood Commons (2020–22)

Parsons The New School for Design

Designing the Taxi (2005–06)

Point CDC

Public Housing Community Fund

NYCHA Open Space Toolkit (2024–25)
Green Space Connections (2022–25)

Queensboro Dance Festival

Queens Museum

The World's Park (2014–16)

Regional Plan Association

Alfresco NYC (2021–23)

SITU

Turnout NYC (2022–24)

South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation

Diego Beekman Houses (1996–96)

South Bronx Unite

Power in Place (2018–19)

Staten Island Arts

Future Culture (2016–19)

Tenants United for Better Living

Diego Beekman Houses (1996–96)

Times Square Alliance

Times Square Streetscape Improvement (2003–04)

Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Alfresco NYC (2021–23)

Uptown Grand Central

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance

Design Ideas Lab (2025–26)

Verona Carpenter Architects

The Neurodiverse City (2023–26)

WIP Collaborative

The Neurodiverse City (2023–26)
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