Deborah Nevins & Associates. Nevins & Benito Landscape Architecture, D.P.C. Unified landscape plan for the Fayez S. Sarofim Campus Founded in 1991, Deborah Nevins & Associates designs projects all over the world, from institutional projects, including the Pritzker Garden at the Art Institute of Chicago, to large private estates in the Northeast and Texas as well as in the Caribbean and United Kingdom. The firm is noted for exciting visual experiences and a sophisticated use of plants, and for expertise in green-roof technology and plantings. Deborah Nevins’s recent projects include the 40-acre Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and Park in Athens, Greece, in collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, which has earned Platinum LEED certification and a 2018 RIBA Award for International Excellence. Mario Benito is responsible for all aspects of landscape design and construction for residential clients, as well as significant contributions to the firm’s institutional projects. Benito was cited by the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2014 as an emerging Latino American landscape architect. In 2017, Benito and Nevins formed Nevins & Benito Landscape Architecture, D.P.C., which collaborated on the landscape for the MFAH campus redevelopment project.
