April 12, 2011 - It was recently announced that North End Parks has won an Honor Award from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects. The awards ceremony will take place on April 28. A full list of winners and more information on the awards ceremony can be found here.
Read MoreApril 4, 2011 - GGN is pleased to announce the beginning of construction of the CityCenterDC development by Hines|Archstone in downtown Washington, DC. A new mixed-use development located on the 10-acre site of the former convention center, CityCenterDC is one of the largest downtown development projects currently underway in any U.S. city. Gustafson Guthrie Nichol participated in developing the master plan for the site with lead architect Foster + Partners, and acted as lead landscape architect. Construction commenced on March 23, 2011 and is expected to reach completion by the fourth quarter of 2013. The CityCenterDC website can be found here.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2011 - GGN's new line of furniture with Landscape Forms was featured in today's Daily Journal of Commerce. The article by Lynn Porter, "GGN and Olson Kundig get into the furniture business," includes excerpts from interviews with GGN principal Rodrigo Abela as well as designers from several Seattle-area architecture firms that have designed furniture and objects. To see the article, please click here.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2011 - GGN is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Next Eco-City symposium on April 7th & 8th. This important event is offered to the public by the University of Washington's Landscape Architecture Department at the College of Built Environments. Next Eco-City's speakers hail from around the world.
Next Eco-City is an interdisciplinary symposium that critically explores the relationships between environment, equity, economy, and design in our rapidly urbanizing world and investigates the dynamics and implications of rapid urban growth in the emerging mega-cities of the global south. For more information, go to this site:http://larch.be.washington.edu/ecocity/
Next Eco-City is an interdisciplinary symposium that critically explores the relationships between environment, equity, economy, and design in our rapidly urbanizing world and investigates the dynamics and implications of rapid urban growth in the emerging mega-cities of the global south. For more information, go to this site:http://larch.be.washington.edu/ecocity/
February 18, 2011 - The terraces, grand stairs, and other features of GGN's Seattle City Hall Plaza are featured in the flagship match of JumpCity: Seattle, a parkour series that is airing on the sports cable channel, G4. City Hall Plaza serves as the main course in Episode 1 of G4's JumpCity: Seattle series. The entire episode can be downloaded on iTunes.
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2011 - GGN and Landscape Forms will be hosting a small launch party and get-together on March 3, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m., in GGN's Seattle office. Please visit us during your First Thursday art walk! Get a first look at the Maggie Bench and Charlie Table, part of GGN's new furniture line with Landscape Forms. One lucky guest will leave with a free iTouch, courtesy of Landscape Forms!
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2011 - Kathryn Gustafson will be lecturing on her recent work at the University of California at Berkeley on Tuesday, March 15th.
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2011 - Jennifer Guthrie will be lecturing at OTIS College of Arts and Design in Los Angeles on March 31st. More information can be found on the OTIS website.
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2011 - Shannon Nichol has joined the steering committee for AIA Seattle's planned urban center for architecture and design. The center will be: "...a laboratory of ideas and action for a better city, providing a highly visible place of common ground for the region’s business, government, and citizen leaders to come together in fruitful, forward-thinking conversation. Through programs, exhibitions, research, and publications, the center will serve as the place for information and resources on the built environment, promoting innovation in our region and setting the international standard for civic engagement in shaping community."
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2011 - Today's Plain Dealer features GGN's work for Cleveland's Group Plan Commission, presented to Mayor Jackson at a public meeting yesterday. GGN worked with LMN architects, Parkworks, and with the Commission to develop a prioritized master plan to revitalize the monumental Group Plan district (1903, Burnham) and streets connecting to the surrounding downtown core. Cleveland's downtown core is rich in well-preserved, historic architecture. The master plan is developed as a series of modular projects that can be implemented over time to restore the complete functions and beauty of downtown's compact network of streets, squares, and parks.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2011 - Gustafson Guthrie Nichol is pleased to announce that Jennifer Guthrie and Shannon Nichol will be delivering this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecture for the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.
Dean Daniel Friedman will lead a discussion after the lecture. The lecture is part of the 2010 - 2011 Built Environments Lecture Series.
January 12, 2011 - Today's Seattle Times features coverage of this afternoon's public presentation by GGN's Bernie Alonzo about the University of Washington's Lower Rainier Vista design.
GGN's design for extending and strengthening the historic Vista integrates dramatic views and multi-modal, active circulation between the campus and the city. The design is part of a multi-agency project for making the Montlake Triangle into a major mobility center for light-rail riders, bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists on Montlake and Pacific Avenues.
GGN coordinated with Sound Transit's station architects, LMN, to integrate their design for a new pedestrian-bridge over Montlake Boulevard into the Vista landscape design.
December 6, 2010 - In a public meeting today, GGN presented final plans and recommendations to Nashville's Centennial Park Master Plan Committee. Mayor Karl Dean created the Committee to revitalize the city's historic, central park.
GGN led the multi-disciplinary team that, with public input, formulated the long-range plan. The plan acknowledges past and future simultaneously, respecting the tradition of Centennial Park while transforming the park into a model of sustainable ecological practice and horticultural excellence. Centennial Park is on the National Register of Historic Places. The park was the site of the 1897 Centennial Exposition.
November 11, 2010 - Landscape Forms announces the Maggie Bench and Charlie Table, designs from Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN). Both were originally designed for Millennium Park and are now available for use in sites around the world.
The Maggie Bench expresses the form and gesture of the human body, with a light stance and a minimal use of materials.
The Charlie Table re-imagines the traditional picnic table as a fluid and ergonomic piece of furniture. Charlie's open ends provide integrated wheelchair access.
November 11, 2010 - GGN, Mithun, and SvR Design are co-hosting a Landscape Architecture Foundation event on November 30th at 4:30 p.m. at the Seattle Central Library Microsoft Auditorium. The event will introduce LAF's Landscape Performance Series – an online interactive set of resources showing the value of sustainable landscape solutions with tools to quantify benefits and make the case for sustainable landscapes. www.lafoundation.org
Following the event, please join us at a benefit reception to support the Landscape Architecture Foundation at Mithun, Pier 56 at 6:30 pm.
Sponsored by: Valley Crest Nursery, Iron Age Designs, Hewitt, Poulsen, Cedar Grove, Landscape Forms, KPFF, Cold Spring Granite, CMS Collaborative, Krekow Jennings, Urban Accessories, Architecreation, and Planting Design.
November 8, 2010 - Kathryn Gustafson joined the World Architecture Foundation's Super Jury over the weekend in Barcelona. Kathryn stepped in to replace Benedetta Tagliabue who had to recuse herself at the last minute due to a conflict of interest.
Other jury members include Arata Isozaki, Barry Bergdoll, who is the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Enrique Norten, founder of TEN Arquitectos, and Hanif Kara of engineer Adams Kara Taylor.
October 4, 2010 - A Garden Grows Up: Six-Year-Old Lurie Garden Continues to Amaze Visitors (click to go to article) appears in today's edition of the Chicago Tribune. The article interviews the Lurie Garden's new executive director, Jennifer Davit, and discusses the success of the Garden in creating habitat for birds, bees, and butterflies in the heart of downtown Chicago.
Read MoreOctober 1, 2010 - GGN has been retained by Cleveland's Group Plan Commission to produce urban-design recommendations for the network of streets and open spaces in Cleveland's historic core and waterfront. LMN Architects is GGN's partner in this project, evaluating architectural development and the important built fabric of the project area. The GGN/LMN plan is a first step in the Commission's initiative to revitalize the landmark Group Plan civic district and mall, designed by Daniel Burnham and collaborators in 1903. For additional information about Cleveland's Group Plan Commission, please click here.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2010 - GGN Associate Emily Pizzuto will be one of the jurors for this year's Landscape Architecture Magazine Awards, also known as the Lammies. Other jurors include Jeffrey Carbo of Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects, Susan Van Atta of Van Atta Associates, Chris Della Vedova of Confluence, and Susannah Ross of Sasaki Associates.
The awards will be presented at a special ceremony on Friday, September 10th, part of the ASLA annual meeting in Washington, DC.
August 10, 2010 - AIA Seattle's New Edge | New Blood opening reception is tonight from 5-7 p.m. in the AIA Seattle Gallery at 1911 First Avenue. 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. More information can be found here.
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