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Hargreaves Jones receives BSLA Award for Riverfront Recapture’s Future New Park
The BSLA jury praised the project as “an exciting missing link along the Connecticut River,” noting the design team’s conscientious approach to the Connecticut River Valley landscape. The jury was particularly impressed by the beautiful and poetic imagery presented in the project’s plans, aerial renderings, and eye-level perspectives, which demonstrate a clear understanding of the regional context.
The Eight featured in Architectural Record Magazine
We’re pleased to share that our work on The Eight in downtown Bellevue is featured in the May issue of Architectural Record as part of their annual Tall Buildings showcase. The article highlights the 25-story, LEED Platinum office tower, a standout addition to Bellevue’s evolving skyline.
Our successful collaboration with the project team, led by Pickard Chilton Architects, is recognized through our landscape design, which supports the building’s innovative outdoor amenity spaces—including a 10,200-square-foot deck above the plaza-level retail, accessible to all building occupants. The project’s integration of “balconies interwoven with greenery to knit the building together” illustrates how thoughtful landscape design can elevate both architectural expression and user experience in contemporary office environments.
Read the article from Architectural Record here
Landscape as Setting for Art & Culture
Hargreaves Jones President Mary Margaret Jones will present at UT Austin School of Architecture conference, “Landscape First: Unearthing the Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions.” Mary Margaret will explore how urban landscapes elevate cultural values by serving as settings for public art and cultural offerings.
The event is free and open to the public with prior registration – including an online simulcast.
Conference link here
April 4 at 2PM
Conference: Thu-Fri / April 3-4
UT Austin School of Architecture
Crum Auditorium, Robert Rowling Hall
26 Landscape Architecture CEOs: We Will Be a Zero-Emission Profession by 2040
Hargreaves Jones joins leaders across the landscape architecture industry as a call to action to incorporate climate solutions across the field. This is just the start!
Read the press release from ASLA here
Rural Studio lecture series presents Mary Margaret Jones
The Rural Studio Lecture & Workshop Series at Auburn University begins this week! Mary Margaret will kick off the lecture and workshop series with her lecture at Morrisette House in Newbern this Friday, September 6 at 12pm. Come by to say hi!
Rural Studio here
Google Gradient Canopy LEED Platinum Certified
Google Gradient Canopy (formerly known as Charleston East) has achieved LEED Platinum Certification, as well as the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Living Building Challenge (LBC) Materials Petal Certification. Congratulations to the whole team!
Information on the larger project and building here
We celebrate the opening of Abolitionist Place
Abolitionist Place is a new public space in Downtown Brooklyn that includes a children’s play area, lawn, dog run, water play feature, and seating areas. The park provides much needed open space to the neighborhood and commemorates Brooklyn’s ties to the 19th-century Abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad.
NYC EDC’s press release
See local coverage here
AIA in the News
ASLA Florida Merit Award | I-395 Underdeck: Miami Heritage Trail & Public Open Space project
Hargreaves Jones is excited to announce that the I-395 Underdeck: Miami Heritage Trail & Public Open Space project was awarded the 2024 ASLA – Florida chapter Merit Award in the Unbuilt Category.
MIT/Kendall Open Space is featured in Architectural Record
The urban open space at MIT/Kendall was completed in coordination with multiple architecture teams, including Perkins+Will, NADAAA, Weiss/Manfredi, and Elkus Manfredi Architects. The extensive landscape transformed surface parking lots into an iconic destination for a wide array of users including MIT students, local residents, Kendall Square workers and visitors.
Read more at Architectural Record
RIT Campus Plan is selected for the 2023 Outstanding Design Award
The RIT Campus Plan has been selected as an Outstanding Design for the 2023 American School & University Architectural Portfolio. The Plan supports the strategic plan mission – a place that will support academic excellence, foster diverse student life, exemplify environmental and social sustainability, and be welcoming, inclusive, and accessible for all.