Our growing planning practice has an opening for a new team member. Our planning team works to solve some of the most fundamental issues of the day. We use a design-based approach to help our municipal clients answer questions like, how to plan for housing that is attainable, sustainable and makes neighborhoods better places to […]
Dodson & Flinker welcomes Helena Farrell to the team. Helena holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture and a BA in Cultural Geography and Sustainable Human Habitat from the University of Massachusetts. Before joining Dodson & Flinker, she has worked in a range of professional teaching, planning, and design roles building expertise in regenerative landscape design, […]
Shaw Elementary School opened this fall to students, as work continues on Phase II and III of the project, which includes play areas and new ballfields. The children are already enjoying recess and outdoor education in the constructed outdoor classroom spaces. Outdoor Classroom & Amphitheater Seating Waterwheel/Wetland Classroom Pollinator Walk
This month, community members, city and state officials celebrated a ribbon cutting for the new Mt. Tom North Trailhead, designed by Dodson & Flinker. After years of anticipation, we are excited to see this landscape bringing joy to visitors!
Dodson & Flinker welcomes Lee Jennings as a senior associate landscape architect. Lee is a licensed landscape architect with more than ten years of experience in design, planning, and construction. Before joining Dodson & Flinker, she was an integral part of Jordan Honeyman Landscape Architecture in Washington, DC, contributing to a range of projects including […]
The first phase of construction at Eliot Tower and Memorial Bridge is complete, after hardscape construction by Lawrence Lynch Corporation and erosion control seeding by MON Landscaping in summer and fall 2021. These early 20th century structures at the DCR-managed Great Blue Hill Reservation are part of a larger loop trail constructed as a memorial […]
On Saturday, November 6, Town Officials and leaders from the Sippican Historical Society celebrated a ribbon-cutting for work completed in 2021 at the Town House in Marion, MA. This Italianate structure–built in the 19th century with funds from local businesswoman Elizabeth Taber–once housed the Tabor Academy and now serves as town offices. D&F’s involvement in […]
Dodson & Flinker welcomes Jack Sweeney-Taylor as an associate planner. Prior to joining our team, Jack worked as a middle school teacher in western Massachusetts and New York City, which informed his interest in collaborative decision-making processes to address housing, economic development, and access to urban green space. Jack grew up in eastern Massachusetts and […]
Dodson & Flinker welcomes Aishwarya Kulkarni as an associate planner. Prior to joining us, Aishwarya worked with non-profit community development organizations to support their economic justice agenda. At school, her studio projects focused on creating resilient spaces. She also brings over two years of architectural experience prior to graduate school in residential, institutional, and interior design projects. As a […]
Northampton’s City Council adopted innovative zoning to allow two-family houses by-right throughout the City. Dodson & Flinker supported the City’s efforts by drafting the zoning, providing code graphics, documenting the historic patterns of two-family houses throughout the City, and holding a focus group with local architects and developers. The new zoning will expand housing opportunities–a […]
Dodson & Flinker completed the schematic design for a new park on the lower slope of Mount Tom in Easthampton, Massachusetts, and is currently working on the next phases of design, permitting, and construction documentation. The park will include a parking area, a 2,000 foot accessible trail, a meadow-shrubland restoration area, an overlook, and trailheads […]
Dodson & Flinker is seeking a planner/urban designer with 0-4 years of experience. We are looking for a creative, thoughtful, and well-organized person, with strong visual, verbal, and written communication skills, and an ability to work both independently and within a team. Applicants should have interests and skills that range from large-scale planning to site […]
Dodson & Flinker is collaborating with T2 Architecture on the design for a library and community center for the town of Upton, MA. This project builds off of a village center plan that Dodson & Flinker completed in 2019. That project, which included extensive community participation, identified the preferred location for the Community Center and […]
Since 2019, Dodson & Flinker has been working for the Sippican Historical Society to design park improvements for Bicentennial Park in Marion, MA. The project provides a gathering space and sculpture commemorating the life and works of local benefactress Elizabeth Taber. Dodson & Flinker’s design consists of a new stabilized stone dust path and gathering […]
Dodson & Flinker recently hosted the second workshop in a series of workshops with the Town of East Hampton, New York, as part of its Coastal Assessment and Resiliency Plan (CARP). The workshop was conducted through Zoom due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. D&F is collaborating with coastal engineers GZA Geoenvironmental, Inc. and Coastal Ocean […]
We are excited and honored to announce that the Irwin M. Jacobs School in New Bedford, MA was awarded the 2019 William W. Caudill Citation by American School & University’s Architectural Portfolio, a designation indicating the top submission for newly-designed Pre K-12 schools nationwide. Dodson & Flinker collaborated with Turowski2 Architects on the school, which serves […]
Dodson & Flinker is collaborating with T2 Architecture on the design of a library and community center for the town of Upton, MA. The new building will provide needed community gathering space in the heart of Upton’s center, adjacent to the town’s playground and ballfields. This project builds off of a village center […]
Construction is underway for a new bath house and lifeguard building on Swansea, MA’s Town Beach, part of a beachfront revitalization project that Dodson & Flinker worked on with Stephen Kelleher Architects. The master plan was accepted by the Town in October of 2014, and several elements have already been implemented, including beach nourishment, dune […]
The Town of Marion, MA celebrated the opening of the renovated Elizabeth Taber Library this Memorial Day with a grand reopening ceremony and ribbon cutting. Dodson & Flinker collaborated with Turowski2 Architecture on the project, which included a new ADA-accessible entrance for the 19th-century building, as well as custom stone work and new garden […]
Dodson & Flinker is collaborating with T2 Architecture on the design of a new campus for Millbury, MA’s Raymond E. Shaw Elementary School, which will serve 550 students in grades 3-6. The project is now in the final stages of schematic design under the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) program. Dodson & Flinker’s proposed design […]
Dodson & Flinker’s “Montauk Hamlet Master Plan” was recognized at the 2019 BSLA Awards Gala in May with a Merit Award in the Analysis and Planning category. Montauk’s master plan was one of a series Dodson & Flinker completed to envision the economic future of each of East Hampton, New York’s five hamlets. Its pristine […]
Peter Flinker is among 23 ASLA members who have been elevated to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2017.
Plains Elementary School has received a Merit Award from the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Society of Architects.
After more than thirty years in Ashfield, MA, Dodson & Flinker has moved to a new location. Our new address is Suite 101, 40 Main Street, Florence MA 01062.
Residents of East Hampton, Long Island recently participated in a series of charrettes led by Dodson & Flinker as part of the East Hampton Hamlets Study.
Dodson & Flinker welcomes Wenjie Liu as our newest Associate. Wenjie finished her Master’s of Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in May.
Dodson & Flinker welcomes Dan Shaw as an associate landscape designer. Prior to joining us, Dan worked as a designer in the Pacific Northwest on projects that integrated public space and ecological restoration. Dan holds a Master’s in Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington and a Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture from the University of Massachusetts.
Plains Elementary School is set to welcome students to a new building for the fall 2015 semester. D&F designed the surrounding landscape and “nature play” area on a team led by Jones Whitsett Architects.
Working with a design team led by T2 architects, D&F has been working with the Town of New Bedford to explore options for a replacement to John Hannigan Elementary School.
In 2015, D&F has had the opportunity to work with a number of local governments and non-profits to improve the resilience and accessibility of southeastern Massachusetts’ coastal landscape.
