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The Donoe Redevelopment in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands delivers 84 units of hurricane-resilient, energy-independent affordable housing designed around long-term community wellbeing.

After Hurricanes Marilyn, Irma, and Maria, WRT led the master planning and design of this 11-acre neighborhood to help displaced residents return to homes built for the realities of a changing climate.

With passive ventilation, shaded balconies, and an on-site solar microgrid with battery storage, the project responds to the Caribbean environment while supporting long-term affordability. Resilience is not only about weathering the next storm. It is about helping communities endure, recover, and thrive.

A partnership made possible by Pennrose, Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority, Jackson Development Company, LLC, J. Benton Construction, LLC, and Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

The Berkeley waterfront has a long history of passionate advocates. Ensuring that history includes everyone took intentional work.

WRT partnered with public engagement consultant Susan Moffat to design the New Voices Partnership - a program that recruited and trained community members who are often left out of park planning processes to participate alongside established stakeholders in shaping the future of North Basin Strip, a 20-acre shoreline site on the Berkeley waterfront and the last major undeveloped parcel in McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.

What made this effort distinct was its scope beyond a single site. Participants left with the skills and confidence to engage in future planning processes - not just this one.

Grateful to the organizations whose trust and partnership made this work possible: , , , , , , , , , and . Grant funding provided by . Project managed by .

Schools are not isolated buildings. They are living systems shaped by ecology, pedagogy, and community.

At Wilmington Friends School, we approached the Lower School renovation as a learning ecology, strengthening connections between classrooms and landscape, aligning space with child centered teaching, and advancing climate responsibility through adaptive reuse.

We believe landscape architects and designers shape more than campuses. We shape the environments where curiosity, belonging, and resilience take root for a lifetime.

Hope grows when people come together. As we enter 2026, we’re guided by collaboration, care, and possibility. Happy new year from all of us at WRT!