About

JONATHAN CECI LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS is a creative team of landscape architects and designers with expertise in the planning and design of campuses, gardens and cities. Our Baltimore-based team works throughout the Mid-Atlantic, the Northeast and the Southeastern United States. Campuses occupy a central position in our practice; we appreciate the broader cultural impact that colleges and universities have in society and are convinced that campus landscapes have a significant role to play in advancing the educational mission. In addition, we are passionate about ecological design and have the breadth of horticultural-knowledge that is needed to work in such diverse habitats as the estuarial landscape of South Carolina’s Low Country and the high desert of Arizona.

Team


  • Founder

    Jonathan launched an independent design practice in 2018. He spent the previous decade leading the landscape architecture studio of a large multi-disciplinary design firm in Baltimore. Since graduating with a masters in landscape architecture from Harvard University, Jonathan has practiced landscape architecture nationally and internationally, cultivating expertise in the design of cultural facilities, civic spaces, academic campuses and public gardens. He recently led campus transformation projects at Clemson University and Grinnell College and a large, multidisciplinary consultant team working to transform the National Aquarium’s waterfront campus in Baltimore.


  • Senior Associate

    Ken is a licensed landscape architect with expertise in site design and master planning. He has extensive experience with a wide range of project types including campus master planning, urban design, residential design, hospitality and waterfront landscapes. Professional expertise includes site analysis, programming, design synthesis and detailing, technical documentation, project management and construction administration. Ken has recently led master planning projects at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and provided technical oversight for a number of park projects in Washington D.C. and Maryland.


  • Associate

    Julie is a seasoned landscape architect with broad management and design expertise. Her work ranges from campus landscapes and civic spaces to private residential gardens. She has managed the design and construction of new landscapes at Princeton, new plazas in New York City, intimate gardens for homeowners in Connecticut and Brooklyn and large private estates in Colorado. Julie also has experience in graphic design, bringing to her landscape design the detailed thinking–and playfulness–that are fundamental to the graphic arts. Julie studied landscape architecture at Harvard University and graphic design at Parsons the New School of Design. She is a licensed landscape architect in the State of New York.

  • Associate Landscape Architect

    Michael finds inspiration in the unexpected adjacencies of naturally occurring and human-made forms. His designs explore the intersection of these two realms—of wildness and control—to yield rich spatial experiences and dynamic ecological outcomes. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Rutgers University, he practiced with Michael Van Valkenburgh in Cambridge, MA, where he designed landscapes at a wide range of scales from intimate gardens to urban-scale framework plans. In 2018, he was awarded the Rome Prize and spent a year as a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome examining the irregular margins and woodlands of Renaissance gardens and studying how these have been adapted to the remediation of post-industrial wastelands. Carrying this research further, Michael embarked on several years of teaching and graduate study at Penn State, where he co-taught landscape architectural design studios and professional practice courses. He is currently finalizing his thesis for a Master of Science in Landscape Architecture. As an Associate with Jonathan Ceci Landscape Architects, Michael helps lead a mix of projects including gardens, parks and campus landscapes.

  • Landscape Designer

    Huiyi An is a landscape designer and brings to every project a passion for the varied media of landscape architecture. Since graduating with her Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania' Stuart Weitzman School of Design, she has been practicing with JCLA. As a child growing up in Beijing, Huiyi observed the profound impact that landscape architecture could have as she saw the everyday, lived experiences of millions of residents transformed by urban redevelopment. While a strong proponent of contemporary landscapes and regenerative design, her favorite landscape architectural complex in her hometown remains Beijing's Summer Palace.

  • Landscape Designer

    Shujing recently graduated from the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania with a dual master's degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Spatial Analytics. Her passion in landscape architecture lies at the intersection of design and data analysis, and she is motivated the mission of creating sustainable landscapes that engage local ecosystems and communities.

    She enjoys finding novel ways of integrating new technologies and media with her design work including the utilization of geospatial data and analytics to support communities and develop more resilient cities. In her prior experience working with other design firms, she was exposed to various sectors and project types, including urban design, parks, campuses, and residential gardens. Shujing also holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture with a minor in Environment & Sustainability from Cornell University.

  • If you want to learn more about becoming a member of our team, please share your resume and portfolio. You can email us at resumes@jonathanceci.com or mail us hard copies at 1400 Greenmount Ave Suite H02, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. We are always on the lookout for talented and passionate candidates.