SCAPE was selected to design the landscape for Harvard University’s new Enterprise Research Campus in Allston, on a design team including Tishman Speyer, Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and Utile. Plans for the campus include a mix of research-focused companies, green space, residences, and a hotel and conference center. Phase one, encompassing 14 acres and nearly
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SCAPE honored in The Architect’s Newspaper’s 2019 Best of Design Awards
SCAPE received three honors in The Architect’s Newspaper 2019 Best of Design Awards—an annual awards program recognizing excellence in 49 categories of design including unbuilt and built works of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, product design, and more. This year, our awards spanned three cities across the U.S. Read the official announcement here. The SCAPE
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This year’s ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture was in San Diego, California—SCAPE showed up in full force with a roster of panels, events, and ceremonies throughout the weekend. On Saturday, November 16, Kate signed copies of “Petrochemical America” and “Toward an Urban Ecology” at the ASLA EXPO Bookstore. Later in the day, Elena presented in
Read PostNew York Magazine covers First Avenue Water Plaza
In this week’s New York Magazine, architecture critic Justin Davidson wrote about SCAPE’s First Avenue Water Plaza at the base of the American Copper Buildings—in particular, a sense of “liveliness, mutability, and natural change” flowing down into the Plaza. “With its planted hillocks, artfully placed boulders, and long wood-slat benches resting on bases of weathered
Read PostPublic Sediment for Alameda Creek receives Honor Award in ASLA’s 2019 Professional Awards
Public Sediment for Alameda Creek just received an Honor Award in Analysis and Planning in the American Society of Landscape Architects 2019 Professional Awards. Developed as part of the Resilient by Design: Bay Area Challenge, the project recently received $31.4M in implementation funding from the State of California. Congratulations to the SCAPE-led team, which includes
Read PostThe new Arkansas Arts Center breaks ground
We broke ground on the new Arkansas Arts Center today alongside partners Studio Gang, Nabholz Corporation, Pepper Construction Group, and many others. Kate and Jeanne Gang delivered remarks alongside many others at the morning ceremony, including Little Rock Mayor, Frank Scott, Jr. The transformed AAC designed by Studio Gang and SCAPE aims to foster deeper
Read PostMission Rock Partners releases renderings and an updated design for China Basin Park
After over a decade of community planning, Mission Rock Partners (Tishman Speyer, the San Francisco Giants, and the Port of San Francisco) have released new renderings and an updated design for China Basin Park—a new 5-acre waterfront park showcasing the historic ecologies of the Bay Area, designed by SCAPE. John King wrote about the unveiling
Read PostPublic Sediment for Alameda Creek receives $31.4 million in implementation funding
This week, Public Sediment received $31.4 million in implementation funding from the State of California. Our local team members joined State Senator Bob Wieckowski for the ceremony. Public Sediment for Alameda Creek was developed as part of the year-long Resilient By Design: Bay Area Challenge. SCAPE led the team, which also includes Arcadis, the Dredge
Read PostChattahoochee RiverLands website is live
The Chattahoochee RiverLands website is now live! Go there to find out more about our vision to help reconnect the greater Metro Atlanta area to its River and learn more about our exploration of the River’s access, history, culture, ecology, and community. We also want you to share your vision for the project. Run, don’t
Read PostSCAPE receives Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s 2019 National Design Award
SCAPE is honored to receive Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Award for landscape architecture.
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