Kevin Wolfe

Kevin Wolfe is trained as an architect and a landscape architect and has been practicing both disciplines since 1988. He has been involved with the design and planning of a number of important civic projects and parks in New York City and its suburbs, as well as numerous private landscapes and residences across the country. He is a licensed architect in the New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.

 Kevin is known for his expertise in the renovation of historic buildings and gardens for contemporary uses, for additions to historic buildings and the design of new buildings in New York City's designated historic districts. Active in the city's historic preservation movement, he serves as a member of the Preservation Committee of the Municipal Arts Society, and the Landmarks Committee of Queens Community Board 11. As co-founder of the Douglaston & Little Neck Historical Society, he spearheaded the drive to preserve Douglas Manor in Queens, an enclave of early 20th century houses that became New York City's 70th historic district in 1997. He has had more than 100 projects in the Douglaston Historic district approved by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Before opening his own practice in 1997, Kevin worked for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, where he designed the $2.4 million Marine Park Environmental Center in Brooklyn, which opened to great acclaim in 2000. He also served as project architect for the partial restoration of the Bartow-Pell Mansion in the Bronx, the King Mansion in Queens and the Dyckman Farm House Museum in Manhattan. For the Randall’s Island Sports Foundation, a public-private partnership in Manhattan, he was the project architect for the planning of new sports facilities as well as the renovation and reconstruction of the island’s 400-acre park.

 Kevin has worked at several prestigious architecture and landscape architecture firms in New York, including Rafael Vinoly Architects, Fox & Fowle Architects, Kohn Pedersen & Fox Interior Architects, M. Paul Friedberg & Partners, and Weintraub & diDomenico. He is presently teaching Historic Preservation in the Masters program at The Pratt Institute, and has taught architecture at the New York Institute of Technology and landscape design at The City College of New York. In addition, he has served as a guest critic for the architecture schools at Yale University, Columbia University, and the New York Institute of Technology.

 A former journalist, Kevin regularly contributes articles about architecture, interior design, landscape design and historic preservation to magazines including Garden Design, Metropolis, House Beautiful, Colonial Homes, and Traditional Home. His essays on architecture and landscape design have been featured in several books, including Long Island's Great Estates, 1860-1940, published in 1997 for The Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. He has also written a book, This Salubrious Spot—100 Years at Douglas Manor, published in 2006 by the Douglas Manor Association.

 A graduate of Holy Cross College, Kevin holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from Columbia University, a Master of Arts degree from Clark University and a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from The City College of New York.