Web DesignSite & CMS MigrationWeb Ops Landscape Architecture

Sixty-five years of
landscape architecture
that shapes cities, finally online at the level of the portfolio.

MPFP is a 65-year New York landscape architecture and urban design practice, behind civic landmarks like The Yards Park, Dock 72, the National Medal of Honor Museum, and the NYCFC Stadium grounds at Willets Point. The site had to carry that legacy, let the portfolio lead, and stay easy for the team to update as new work ships.

Client
MPFP
Landscape architecture & urban design · New York, NY
Industry Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
Reach New York, NY · Civic & international projects
Services Web Design (Webflow) · Site & CMS Migration · Web Ops
Launched Feb 2024 · Ongoing
The National Medal of Honor Museum lakeside approach, one of the civic landscape projects MPFP leads. Used on the rebuilt Webflow homepage.

Results at a glance

65+ yrs Of practice, now presented at the level of the work
WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility conformance across the portfolio
2+ yrs Ongoing Web Ops since the February 2024 launch
The Challenge

The firm shapes public space. The site didn't show it.
A 65-year practice with an internationally recognized portfolio, presented on a legacy CMS that underplayed the scale and craft of the work.

MPFP shapes public space. The firm behind The Yards Park, Dock 72, Deutsche Bank Place, and the National Medal of Honor Museum has been practicing landscape architecture and urban design for more than 65 years. The old site didn’t show it.

We treated the rebuild as a portfolio problem first. The projects are the proof, so every layout decision had to let project photography lead, let the content model match how the firm organizes work, and let the team publish new projects themselves as work ships. The move to Webflow and the accompanying CMS migration were the means. The result is a site that carries the weight of a 65-year practice and keeps pace with the next one.

Before we started — what we found
  • Outdated presentation the portfolio behind The Yards Park, Dock 72, and Deutsche Bank's civic spaces sat inside a template that couldn't carry project photography at the scale MPFP's work deserves.
  • Legacy CMS publishing a new project or case study meant waiting on outside developers, which slowed the team's ability to surface work in progress like the National Medal of Honor Museum and NYCFC Stadium.
  • Accessibility gaps colour contrast, keyboard paths, and semantic structure didn't meet the ADA expectations MPFP's civic, government, and institutional clients now check by default.
  • Mobile experience project photography collapsed on phones, where partners and clients often review work between meetings and site walkthroughs.
What We Did

We treated the portfolio as the hero,
and built the rest of the site around it.

Three moves. Rebuild on Webflow so MPFP's team could run the site themselves, restructure the experience around the projects, and bring the whole thing up to ADA and mobile standards.

01 —

Webflow rebuild on brand

Custom Webflow design tuned to MPFP's voice and identity, with typography and layout decisions that let project photography lead every page instead of competing with decoration.

Applied: Brand system → Webflow components
02 —

Site & CMS migration

Moved MPFP off a legacy CMS and onto Webflow, with a project content model built for how the firm actually structures work. New projects now publish without a developer queue, which matters as work like the Medal of Honor Museum and NYCFC Stadium moves from concept to launch.

Applied: Content model → CMS migration
03 —

ADA & mobile rebuild

Raised the site to WCAG 2.1 AA on colour, keyboard, and semantics, and rebuilt every project page to hold its composition on phones, where partners often review work between meetings and site visits.

Applied: Accessibility audit · mobile composition
The Work

What we built

Aerial night rendering of the NYCFC Stadium and surrounding Willets Point development, presented on the rebuilt Webflow project page. Project page, NYCFC Stadium at Willets Point New project template, Webflow rebuild
Park and plaza project photography used in the rebuilt portfolio index. Project index, civic spaces Portfolio-led information architecture
Deutsche Bank Place civic landscape project photograph. Deutsche Bank Place Project detail page
98 Front Street streetscape project photograph. 98 Front Street Project detail page
Banner Lane public realm project photograph. Banner Lane Mobile composition preserved
The Results

A site that finally carries
the weight of 65 years of work.

65+ yrs Of landscape architecture Now presented on a site that matches the craft of the practice, from civic plazas to stadium districts.
WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility conformance Colour, keyboard, and semantics raised to standard for civic, government, and institutional clients.
2+ yrs Ongoing Web Ops MPFP's team ships new project pages (Medal of Honor Museum, NYCFC Stadium) without waiting on outside developers.
Portfolio-first information architecture

The project catalog now leads every navigation path, so developers, architects, and civic partners find the proof fastest.

Clean migration off a legacy CMS

The new content model matches how MPFP actually structures projects, which is why the team can publish work as it ships.

A site for on-site review

Project photography holds its composition on mobile, which matters when partners review work between meetings and walkthroughs.

What Happened Next

The portfolio keeps growing, and the site keeps pace.

We have stayed on as MPFP's ongoing Web Ops partner since the February 2024 launch. That means new project pages as work ships (the National Medal of Honor Museum, NYCFC Stadium, and the Willets Point Development have all landed on the new site since launch), routine accessibility checks, and platform updates that keep the foundation current.

For a firm that works at the scale of entire neighbourhoods, the site has to be as steady as the practice. Two years in, it has been.

Web Ops
Webflow Web Ops partnership
Ongoing maintenance, new project page builds, and accessibility checks as MPFP's portfolio continues to grow.

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