by: Camila Schaulson Frenz
The American Society of Landscape Architects’ 2014 Professional Design Awards winners include NYC-based firms Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates for Segment 5 of Hudson River Park, Monk’s Garden: A Visual Record of Design Thinking and Landscape Making, and Exhuming the Modern: The Lost Bench of James C. Rose; Thomas Balsley Associates and Weiss/Manfredi for Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park; and Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects for Garden, Park, Community, Farm, …The finalists for the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s 2015 Fuller Challenge include “Living Breakwaters” by SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE…The 2014 North American Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction honored David Benjamin, The Living for Hy-Fi (Bronze Medal); BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group for the firm’s Rebuild by Design entry, the Big U (Silver Medal); and Debbie Chen for her project Trash for Use: Harvesting Utility from Waste (Next Generation 1st Prize).The Professional Women in Construction (PWC) National Association’s Salute to Women of Achievement Luncheon on 10.15.14will honor Michelle Bernstein, Project Manager, Alexander Wolf & Son; Stephanie Cesario, LEED AP BD+C, Project Executive, Hunter Roberts Construction Group; Zaria Demarchi, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Airport Engineer, The Port Authority of NY & NJ; Marianne Egri, Vice President, NYC School Construction Authority; Nicole Hunter, Project Manager, HNTB Corporation; Carolyn S. Kurth, CPA, CFE, Senior Manager, CohnReznick and President of PWC-CT; Carolyn G. Pugaczewski, CIC, CRIS, President, M. Adams & Associates and President of PWC-NJ; and Sylvia J. Smith, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Partner, FXFOWLE Architects…
After five years of connecting civic-minded designers with non-profits for pro-bono design projects, desigNYC has announced that the organization will be coming to a close…
Jon Kaufman, former Partner at Bain & Co., has been appointed the NYC City Planning Commission’s first Chief Operating Officer…
The Regional Plan Association has named Robert Freudenberg as Director of Energy and Environment; Courtenay Mercer,New Jersey Director; Jane Simoni Cooke, Director of the Fourth Regional Plan Campaign; and former Metro-North President Howard Permut, Senior Fellow…
Laguarda.Low Architects’ New York Office has promoted Marco Salcedo and Ken Shigematsu to Associate Principals; Gabriel Bunea and Michelle Lo to Senior Associates; and Sebastian Grogaard, Peng Hong, Wonshok Lee, and Christopher Powers to Associates…