August 6, 2010 - The Lurie Garden in Chicago is profiled in the July/August edition of Garden Design Magazine. The article includes a profile of GGN Partner Shannon Nichol.
A pdf of the article can be viewed here.
July 27, 2010 - GGN Associate Amy Cragg will be participating in a tour of Seattle green roof projects organized by Seattle Public Utilities on July 30th and August 3rd. Amy will be speaking about the Seattle Center’s 5th Avenue North Garage from the vantage point of the Space Needle. The Garage is located adjacent to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s new campus. Twelve acres of surface parking was consolidated into the Garage which is covered with a 1.5 acre green roof. Amy was the GGN Project Manager for the project and NBBJ was the architect.
For more information on the tours click here.
June 25, 2010 - AIA Seattle's New Edge | New Blood will be opening on August 10th and running through October 1st. New Edge | New Blood explores not just great design but how to get there. The curatorial team included GGN partner Shannon Nichol, Jay Deguchi, Rick Sundberg, and David Spiker. The curatorial team selected firms for their innovative use of interdisciplinary talent, unique methods of project delivery, and for pushing the boundaries of architectural design while operating within economic realities. The opening reception will be August 10th from 5-7 p.m. in the AIA Seattle Gallery. More information can be found here.
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June 15, 2010 - Theater Commons at Seattle Center opened to the public today. This afternoon's dedication included site tours by GGN designers Shannon Nichol and Amy Cragg. Theater Commons transforms what was a small parking lot into a lush new entrance to Seattle Center, that serves both the Seattle Repertory Theater and the Intiman Theater. Theater Commons is an example of sustainable site development, as all site surface water and run-off from adjacent roofs will be collected and filtered in rain gardens.
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May 21, 2010 - GGN Principal Keith McPeters will be delivering the keynote address at the ASLA Oregon Symposium and Design Awards on Saturday, June 5th.
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On May 19th, GGN Associate Bernie Alonzo was a guest lecturer for the University of Washington Extension School's Implementing Low Impact Development for Civil Engineers course. Bernie's lecture was entitled "Implementing LID: Green Roof Detailing Considerations.
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May 10, 2010 - GGN has been selected as the landscape architect for the Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center project. GGN is collaborating with local landscape architecture firm McKnight Associates, Ltd of Cleveland. LMN Architects of Seattle is the Design Architect on the project. More information about the project can be found here.
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May 4 , 2010 - Kathryn Gustafson was recently interviewed by the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her interview may be read here.
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April 27, 2010 - The American Society of Landscape Architects announced today the 2010 recipients of its prestigious Honor Awards and Awards of Excellence. GGN Partner Shannon Nichol served on the 2010 Honor Awards jury which was responsible for selecting this year's award recipients, from a record-setting field of high-quality entries from around the world.
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April 24, 2010 - A recent article in the Green Bay Press-Gazette includes an interview with new Lurie Garden Chief Horticulturalist Jennifer Davit as she explains sustainable principles incorporated in the Lurie Garden. The Lurie Garden website, also includes a detailed sustainability description.
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April 12, 2010 - A group of University of Washington students studying architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning have organized a two part event to explore the role of the design professions in Seattle's vibrant urban food movement. GGN Principal Keith McPeters will be part of the panel discussion that kicks off the event. The panel will be Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m. in Architecture Hall, Room 147. Additional information on this two day event can be found here.
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March 24 , 2010 - Shannon Nichol will be lecturing tomorrow evening at Landscape Architecture Days, an annual event held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. More information on LA Days and the 2010 speakers can be found here.
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March 1, 2010 - GGN Principal Rodrigo Abela was joined by fellow panelist Lisa Green, Assistant Director, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and Moderator Eric Kramer, Associate, ReedHilderbrand Landscape Architecture Inc. to participate in "Shaping Cultural Landscapes: Linking Institutions and People Through Landscape" panel at the Building Museum Symposium in New York. The panel explored how institutions can work with landscape architects more effectively.
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February 15, 2010 - On Wednesday, February 17th at 4 p.m. AIA Seattle will kick off "YOUR CITY Outside", the first in a year-long series of four discussions on the future of Seattle's spaces. This first event features GGN director Shannon Nichol and Ray Gastil, the recent head of Seattle's Department of Planning and Development. Shannon and Ray will be discussing their ideas, impressions, and passions for the transformation of our city’s urban spaces, and the city as a whole. They will each present a twenty minute presentation then an hour and a half of dialog and discussion with the audience will follow. The salon will take place at Henrybuilt at 997 Western Avenue
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February 4, 2010 - Mayor Karl Dean and The Conservancy for the Parthenon & Centennial Park announced today that Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) has been selected to lead the design team for the Centennial Park Master Plan.
“Gustafson Guthrie Nichol designs have enhanced signature public spaces across the country,” Dean said. “I am thrilled they will be working here in Nashville on Centennial Park.”
February 3, 2010 - On Friday, February 5th, an unusually large Big Leaf Maple will be planted at the future entry to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus. This specimen has a trunk diameter of almost 8 inches and weighs approximately 10,000 pounds, so a large crane will be used to move the tree into place. With its charismatic, giant leaves, the native Big Leaf Maple is a signature feature of Seattle’s unique, natural landscape, so it will be used throughout the new campus. Big Leaf Maple hosts a special community of other native plants, birds, and beneficial insects within its high canopy, and it will enhance the urban habitat value of the campus.
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February 2, 2010 – The Building Stone Institute announced today that the prestigious Tucker Design Award was awarded to the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The award-winning Courtyard was designed by landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, within an architectural renovation by Foster + Partners architects. This is Gustafson Guthrie Nichol’s third Tucker Design Award. Since its inception in 1977, the Tucker Design Award has been recognized as one of the most prestigious architectural design awards in the country. The award honors those who have achieved excellence in design through the incorporation and use of natural stone in their building or landscape project.
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January 26, 2010 - GGN Partner Shannon Nichol participated in the "Trail to Treasure" design workshop on Saturday, January 30th. The workshop was a component of a planning project to prepare a conceptual plan for a recreational and interpretive trail through Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood called "Trail to Treasure". The project is sponsored by the Pioneer Square Community Association in collaboration with the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. A Public Meeting was held at the conclusion of the workshop to present and discuss the workshop results.
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