Joseph Sikora, RLA, ASLA
President
As president of Sikora Wells Appel, Joe brings over 25 years of experience in planning, landscape architecture, and urban design. He has been involved in various project types in both the public and private sectors including campus planning for universities, institutions, and corporations; parks, greenways, and recreation facilities; and gardens, urban plazas, and streetscapes. His work strives for innovative and timeless solutions focusing on creating socially and ecologically sustainable places. He has taught senior and graduate landscape architectural design studios at Temple University and Rutgers University, and is President of the Haddonfield Outdoor Sculpture Trust. He also serves as a board member on the Pinelands Preservation Alliance. Joe is a frequently invited guest speaker at professional conferences including World Urban Parks Congress (Kazan, Russia), Creative Placemaking Week (Amsterdam), regional and national ASLA, AIA, APA, and EDRA.
Planning, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Experience:
PPMC Campus Connect, Philadelphia, PA
GSK Entrance Courtyard, Collegeville, PA
ReCap, East Windsor, NJ
UPENN Class of 1920 Commons Renovation, Philadelphia, PA
Rahway Park, Rahway, NJ
Rutgers University Memorial, New Brunswick, NJ
NJIT Master Plan, Newark, NJ
Rowan West Campus, Glassboro, NJ
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Trail, New Brunswick
ASD Summit, Odessa, DE
NJEDA MIHIC, Trenton, NJ
Heiden Road, Catskills, NY
Mission Rock, Hammonton, NJ
Parkside, Camden, NJ
Kent Place, Summit, NJ
Villanova-Cabrini Landscape Master Plan, Radnor, PA
Penn State Palmer, State College, PA
Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, PA
Bay Avenue North, Ocean City, NJ
The Philadelphian Landscape Master Plan, Philadelphia, PA
Pinelands Preservation Alliance, Southampton Township, NJ
Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, PA
Princeton Plasma Innovative Center, Princeton, NJ
Cohn Residence, Harvey Cedars, NJ
Norristown State Hospital, Norristown, PA
Barrington 9/11 Memorial Garden, Barrington, NJ
Camden Water Trail Vision Plan, Camden County, NJ
Somers Point Marina & Paddle Club, Somers Point, NJ
Temple University Health Science Campus Landscape Master Plan, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania 34th St. Streetscape Improvements, Philadelphia, PA
Brownstones, Rahway, NJ
Spyglass at Lakes Bay Master Plan, Pleasantville, NJ
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Haddonfield Rotary Circle, Haddonfield, NJ
Valley Green Inn, Wissahickon, PA
Chesterbrook Office Campus, Chesterbrook, PA
BAPS Temple Master Plan, Robbinsville, NJ
HOST Garden, Haddonfield, NJ
Brook Haven, Passaic, NJ
Avenue North, Wilmington, DE
Appoquinimink Master Plan, Middletown, DE
Burlington County Lyceum, Morristown, NJ
2100 Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA
STAR Labyrinth, Wilmington, DE
University of Pennsylvania Campus Walkways, Philadelphia, PA
Villanova University Pavilion, Radnor Township, PA
Temple University Lenfest Circle, Philadelphia, PA
Temple University Founder’s Garden, Philadelphia, PA
Trenton Taxation Building, Trenton, PA
Courtyard at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Golden Bear West Palm, Palm Beach, FL
Gardner’s Basin Pier, Atlantic City, NJ
Rutgers School of Business, Camden, NJ
Inspira MOB and Cancer Center, Mullica Hill, NJ
Roosevelt Plaza Park 4, Camden, NJ
Meridia Village, South Orange, NJ
Feastival, Philadelphia, PA
Camden Tower, Camden, NJ
Geary Park, Philadelphia, PA
Christiana Campus, Christiana, DE
MetroPark, Iselin, NJ
Mill Creek Master Plan, Bethlehem Township, PA
University of Pennsylvania 33rd St. Streetscape, Philadelphia, PA
Rowan College at Burlington County Quadrangle, Mt. Laurel, NJ
Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Courtyard, Newark, DE
Villanova University Student Housing, Radnor Township, PA
Inspira Medical Center, Mullica Hill, NJ
Roosevelt Plaza Park H20, Camden, NJ
Roosevelt Plaza Park Pop-up, Camden, NJ
Roosevelt Plaza Park The Healthy Pop-up, Camden, NJ
City of East Orange Parks Master Plan, East Orange, NJ
League Island Park at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
Navy Yard Town Center Master Plan, Philadelphia, PA
Crescent Park at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
High School Park, Elkins Park, PA
The Pop-up Pools Project, Philadelphia, PA
Pencoyd Landing, Bala Cynwyd, PA
William Dick Schoolyard, Philadelphia, PA
Hank Gathers, Philadelphia, PA
Bluford Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Restore Corridors Philadelphia Program, Philadelphia, PA
Chinatown Streetscape Improvements, PIDC, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Building, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania Locust Walk Improvements, Philadelphia, PA
Villanova University Central Campus Transformation, Radnor Township, PA
William Paterson Hunziker Building, Wayne, NJ
William Paterson New Academic Building, Wayne, NJ
The College of New Jersey Student Center, Ewing, NJ
Rutgers University Stormwater & Landscape Master Plan, New Brunswick, NJ
Rutgers University Campus Improvements, Camden, NJ
Education
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture,
Magna Cum Laude
Registrations
Registered Landscape Architect:
NY, PA, NJ, DE
Awards
2026 NJASLA, Merit Award:
Delaware Technical Community College -
Wilmington Courtyard
2025 PA-DE ASLA, Honor Award:
Temple University Founder’s Garden
2025 NJASLA, Honor Award:
Temple University Founder’s Garden
2025 NJASLA, Merit Award:
2100 Hamilton
2023 NJASLA Merit Award:
Barrington 9/11 Memorial
2021 NJASLA Honor Award:
Camden Water Trail Vision Plan
2019 NJASLA Merit Award:
Rowan College at Burlington County Quad Transformation
2018 NJASLA Merit Award:
League Island Park at the Navy Yard
2017 PA-DE ASLA Merit Award:
Delaware Technical Community College -
Stanton Courtyard
2017 NJASLA Honor Award:
Villanova University Central Campus
2016 NJ APA Great Public Spaces:
Roosevelt Plaza Park
2016 PA-DE ASLA Merit Award:
Einstein Medical Center Healing Gardens
2016 NJASLA Chapter Award:
Roosevelt Plaza Park H2O
2015 EDRA Great Places Award:
Roosevelt Plaza Park
2015 NJASLA Chapter Award:
Roosevelt Plaza Park
2013 NJASLA Merit Award:
Capital Health Hospital & Medical Center
Speaking Engagements
World Urban Parks Congress 2019
Kazan, Russia
EDRA 2018
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Project for Public Spaces 2017
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NJ ASLA Keynote 2016
Atlantic City, NJ
Design on the Delaware 2016
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ASLA National 2015
Chicago, Illinois
Montgomery County 2015
East Norriton, PA