Check out Martin Pedersen‘s interview for Common Edge with David Waggonner about the Claiborne Expressway entitled, “The Claiborne Expressway: David Waggonner on New Orleans’ “Hulking Mess”.” “If you don’t want to move water, you have to let it be where it is. It costs less to let it be where it wants to be. And then to develop […]

We’re thrilled to welcome Sydney to the W&B team. Sydney is a recent graduate of the MLA program at The Ohio State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree for the University of Vermont in Environmental Science with minors in Geography and Chemistry. She applies her long-held passion for design, respect for local histories, and curiosity […]

We are pleased to announce Charleston City Plan: Land & Water Analysis has been awarded a 2022 AIA New Orleans Master Plan & Urban Design Merit Award. Jury Comments included, “This project is a thorough investigation into the impact that flood hazards present to the City of Charleston. The detailed attention to environmental impact is an […]

This Earth Day we are honored the Louisiana Children’s Museum has received a 2022 AIA COTE Top Ten Plus Award! Annually, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recognizes ten innovative projects for sustainable design excellence. The “Plus” designation indicates the building’s exemplary performance data and post occupancy lessons. You can read more about the award here. Congratulations to the […]

Gretna City Park is a window in time to Louisiana’s natural history. Working with Carbo Landscape Architecture and Batture, we are pleased to announce Gretna City Park has been awarded a 2021  ASLA Louisiana Honor Award. Gretna City Park’s huge cypress stumps and still-standing native trees reveal the pre-development landscape, and seasonal change is marked by blackberry and wildflower […]

We are proud to announce that Waggonner & Ball is among the recipients for the AIA LA ’21 Merit Awards for our work on Resilient Hampton! Waggonner & Ball is the prime consultant for Resilient Hampton, which builds upon earlier work from the Dutch Dialogues® Virginia: Life at Sea Level workshop. The City is committed to […]

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, David Waggonner sat down with Martin Pedersen to discuss New Orleans and the way forward. Here are David’s thoughts on the long-term implications for New Orleans post-Ida: “Where we should be is in a more robust implementation of the Water Plan, which followed from the Dutch Dialogues®. The plan was finished in […]

Published in the wake of Hurricane Ida’s devastating Louisiana landfall and continued national impacts, Founding Principal David Waggonner was featured in the article New Orleans by Martin Pedersen for Architectural Record. “The reliance on engineering systems and concrete has to be broken,” Waggonner says. “We have to let gravity and nature work. We have to let water be where it […]

As our city spends the next few weeks recovering from Hurricane Ida, Waggonner & Ball is prioritizing the safety of our team and working remotely until our local government determines it safe to return. We are fully operational and digitally accessible to our clients and partners.  The WBAE office managed the storm with minimal damage but unfortunately the […]

Founding Partner David Waggonner has been named a keynote speaker at the American Water Resources Association’s 2021 Annual Water Resources Conference. His lecture entitled In Concord with Nature: planning, building and adapting our coasts, watersheds, and developed landscapes will highlight the firm’s environmental work focused on the infrastructure and spatial identity of water.   More information on the November […]