News

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

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 (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

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

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.

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

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.

Hargreaves Jones will lead the master plan for a new riverfront park on the Hartford-Windsor line, which will incorporate a regional trail extension, a cover for boating, and adjacent development to connect to the park. Working with the community and local stakeholders, the site will be transformed into a unique park that will provide increased connectivity along and to the Connecticut River.

Learn more about the project and sign up for the first public engagement event on December 2 through the Riverfront Recapture site.

Riverfront Recapture’s Press Release

Read more at the Hartford Business Journal

Join us in congratulating Principal Kirt Rieder for being elevated to this year’s ASLA Council of Fellows! Kirt is being recognized for his exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large. The Fellowship in Practice recognizes Kirt’s leadership in creating built landscapes that restore the environment and impact our lives, and is among the highest honors bestowed in our profession.

Congratulations Kirt!

Read more on the 48 new ASLA Fellows

We are excited to announce the start of The Stitch project in Atlanta. This transformative urban project consists of 14-acres of new park space in downtown that will cap interstates 75 and 85 (known as the Downtown Connector). The project will reclaim this once-divided neighborhood to incorporate park and open space, affordable housing, and mix-use development.

See Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens describe The Stitch

Read more at Urbanize-Atlanta