Omnes

04/08/2026

Bethlehem's "40 in 10" Parks Plan is out now!

12/09/2025

Join us tonight for a presentation of the Bushkill Creek Greenway Master Plan to the Palmer Planning Commission! This meeting will mark the unveiling of plans and concepts for the linear corridor of parks and trails of the historic Bushkill Greenway.

Working with our collaborators at Wildlands Conservancy and AKRF, we’ve studied the Greenway in every season and heard from hundreds of residents & visitors about what they want to see for the future of recreation and resiliency along the Bushkill’s trails and waterways. Join us for a first look at the vision this evening at 7pm – more info: www.palmertwp.com/bushkill-creek-greenway.html

06/17/2025

📣 Good news, Palmer Township! 🏞️

The first Bushkill Creek Survey has been extended through this Friday, June 20th — so there’s still time to share your voice! 💬

👉 Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bushkill

Your input helps shape the future of Bushkill Creek — from conservation to recreation and everything in between. 🌿🌊

This is your chance to share ideas, priorities, and what matters most to you. Let’s work together to keep our community and environment thriving.

📅 Deadline: This Friday – don’t miss it!

02/09/2024

We have been delighted to see the community's tremendous positive feedback since the design for Allentown's Center Square went public yesterday. It's a complex project that's been achievable thanks to our terrific and talented multidisciplinary team. The future is bright for downtown A-Town!

06/09/2023

We are excited to be considered for the prestigious ULI Philadelphia 2023 Award for Excellence for the LANTA Allentown Transportation Center! We invite you to join us on June 15, 2023, at National Museum of American Jewish History for the announcement of this year’s project winners. Read more about our project’s finalist showcase: https://philadelphia.uli.org/lanta-allentown-transportation-center-plaza/

The 1.64-acre plaza was Omnes’ first built project, and as lead designer we’re especially proud that it’s being considered by the ULI jury. The plaza’s standout feature is its origami-inspired bus shelter pavilion, designed by Omnes and expertly engineered by Bernardon and DCI+MacIntosh Engineers. It features an undulating green roof that shelters 3,000 passengers daily while capturing stormwater to offset the necessary impermeable pavement.

With: Allentown Parking Authority, Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority, City Center Allentown, RETTEW, McMahon Associates, Inc., Bernardon, DCI+MacIntosh Engineers, Diversified Group, North Star Construction Management

Read more about this year's 2023 Awards for Excellence finalist: LANTA Allentown Transportation Center Plaza

02/03/2023

Omnes Principal Laura Stedenfeld is in conversation with the Rural Futures Collaborative in the latest edition of their "Rural Dialogues" series. Read the full interview to learn more about Omnes and the values & practices that guide our work:

"Laura Stedenfeld is the founder of Omnes, a women-led design firm established in 2019 and based in the Lehigh Valley. Uniquely situated in the Simon Silk Mill in Easton, PA, Omnes creates beautiful designs that are ecologically-centered and born out of the communities that use them.

The studio's founding ideology of Omnes, meaning 'all, everybody, together' in Latin, rings true to Stedenfeld's work, which pushes past the boundaries between urban and rural to bring thoughtfully crafted designs to a diversity of communities across the country."

Design for All, Everybody, Together

01/31/2023

https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-president-pumping-engine-historical-site-muschick-20230120-z5bmalyz3bdylmz6ejoaqpznke-story.html

We were delighted to see last week’s story from the The Morning Call about the preservation of the President Pumping Engine site at the historic Ueberroth Zinc Mine. Omnes worked alongside Spillman Farmer Architects on the restoration-based landscape design located in Friedensville, Upper Saucon Township. Zinc mining and smelting took place on the site during the second part of the nineteenth century, coinciding with the birth of the U.S. zinc industry. The pump itself was installed in 1872 to extract 17,000 gallons per minute from five mining sites. The pump pulled water from a 300-foot depth, and was once known for being the largest single cylinder rotative steam engine in the world, although only ruins remain today.

The design engages visitors in a museum-like experience, for which the main exhibit is the central industrial ruin of the President Pumping Engine. The accessible space highlights the unique cultural and ecological histories of the site through curated pathways and views of the decommissioned mine pit beyond. Pathways of crushed recycled porcelain form a circular trail that guides visitors in and around the pumping engine building. In the picnic area, poetic stone inlays allude to the historic locations of the boilers that were integral to keeping the pump in operation. This space will also feature the lone remaining original steam boiler (of 22), which was recently recovered by Lehigh University and Manhattan Building Company from the basement of the Buehler furniture factory in Allentown, where it spent the past 122 years as a water tank.

11/04/2021

Join South Whitehall Township Parks and Recreation and Omnes for a site walk of the future Kohler Ridge Park on 11/13 – and right now vote for your favorite design in the Parks Program Concept Survey!: https://www.southwhitehall.com/services/municipal-projects/kohler-ridge-park

Our master plan for Kohler Ridge Park is underway and we're now gathering feedback to guide the in-progress design. Kohler Ridge, a new nature-centered public park, will be developed on 25.7 acres of land recently acquired by the Township, encompassing forest, meadow, and previously developed areas. Get more info and take the Park Program Concepts Survey: www.southwhitehall.com/services/municipal-projects/kohler-ridge-park.

There will also be an opportunity to walk the site with the design team on Saturday, November 13th – join us to learn about the site up close and discuss the in-progress masterplan! Email [email protected] to register for the site walk (or sign up at the end of the survey).