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Hargreaves Associates, as part of the Ennead Architects team, received Honorable Mention in the Urban Design Concept Category of the 2014 Re-Thinking the Future Sustainability Awards. The ideas competition project F.R.E.D. (Fostering Resilient Ecological Development) proposed an integrated system of dunes, piers, and housing clusters, offering a solution that is not only practical given the economic and physical constraints of the Rockaways, but also replicable for low-lying coastal communities up and down the Atlantic seaboard. Re-thinking the Future is about envisioning a future that aims to meet human ‘needs’ while preserving the environment so that these ‘needs’ can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. Read more

Denver Union Station Transit Improvements has been awarded a National Award of Merit for Transportation from the Design-Build Institute of America, and is a nominee for a National Award of Excellence in that category. Hargreaves Associates was recognized as a key team member on this project. This award celebrates the important role of effective team performance as a best practice in design-build project delivery. All players, including the owner, engaged collaboratively, interacting throughout the design and construction phases. This team effort has resulted in the hugely successful transformation of former railyards in downtown Denver into a vibrant multi-modal, mixed-use destination. Read more

The design team for the United States Courthouse in Austin, Texas has been recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Excellence in Federal Design. The General Services Administration Awards celebrate accomplishments of professional designers who create and safeguard the nation’s landmarks. The Design Excellence Program is conducted on a biennial basis with the mission to attract top-quality design talent for Federal clients.

The Foundation for Landscape Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize for recently published books that have made significant contributions to the study and understanding of garden history and landscape studies.

In Unearthed Karen M’Closkey uses Hargreaves Associates portfolio to illustrate the challenges and opportunities of designing public spaces. Founded by George Hargreaves in 1983, this landscape architectural firm has transformed numerous abandoned sites into topographically and functionally diverse parks. Its body of work reflects the socioeconomic and legislative changes that have impacted landscape architecture over the past three decades. The firm’s longstanding interest in transforming industrial sites has necessitated frequent contact with communities and local authorities. As political, social, and economic terrains, these landscapes offer the opportunity to reflect on larger issues in urban redevelopment. Read more

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Chattanooga Renaissance Park was selected by the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) for the 2014 Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. CSI is a unique research collaboration that matches LAF-funded faculty-student research teams with leading practitioners to document the benefits of exemplary high-performing landscape projects. Hargreaves Associate will be working with the CSI Research Fellow team from the University of Tennessee. Read more

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) selected the Denver Union Station Neighborhood Transformation to receive a 2014 Institute Honor Award for Regional & Urban Design, recognizing excellence in urban design, regional and city planning, and community development. The redevelopment of the former rail yards at Denver Union Station transforms 14 blocks in downtown Denver into a showcase for the power of transit-oriented urban design. The 42-acre master plan knits together light rail, commuter rail, and buses into a unified and cohesive intermodal transportation hub. The public realm further facilitates connectivity, including promenades and streetscapes, plazas, urban gardens, and expanded bike facilities. Significant new public spaces include Wynkoop Plaza, the 17th Street Promenade and Gardens, and the Light Rail Plaza. Integrated land use and transportation infrastructure support more than 4 million square feet of mixed-use urban infill. This substantial public investment has catalyzed an unprecedented wave of private-sector activity, with over $1 billion in new projects shaping a transit-oriented precinct and new urban neighborhood.

Hargreaves Associates In The News: Red Square Rounded

Hargreaves Associates and Diller Scofidio + Renfro design a dramatic new park in Moscow. Read more

Hargreaves Associates in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Citymakers and an international team of experts is thrilled to have been selected to help realize Zaryadye Park. Zaryadye represents a historic transformation of Russia’s capital that will demonstrate Moscow’s commitment to innovative design for 21st century civic spaces. After being closed to the public for ten years, the very heart of the city will be given back to the people to become a park for Moscow, Russia and the World.

The design is based on the principle of Wild Urbanism, a hybrid landscape where the natural and the built cohabit to create a new type of public space. Characteristic elements of the historic district of Kitay-Gorod and the cobblestone paving of Red Square are combined with the lush gardens of the Kremlin to create a new park that is both urban and green. Zaryadye Park is the missing link that completes the collection of world-famous monuments and urban districts forming central Moscow.

Rebuild by Design: Innovating Together to Create a Resilient Region

Hargreaves Associates is part of the HR&A Advisors and Cooper, Robertson & Partners team – one of the ten teams selected to participate in the Rebuild by Design Competition. The competition is now in phase two of four phases and is an initiative of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and HUD, aimed at addressing structural and environmental vulnerabilities that Hurricane Sandy exposed in communities throughout the region and developing fundable solutions to better protect residents from future climate events. The teams focus on the most-affected and most-vulnerable areas of the Sandy-affected region within Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.

The ULI Urban Open Space Award recognizes outstanding examples of transformative and vibrant public open space -large and small- that have spurred economic and social regeneration of their adjacent communities. Read more