And he went south, too – straight to Texas. “Dad grew trees and shrubs, my mother grew flowers and vegetables, so a love of gardening and understanding of botany was instilled at an early age.” After earning a bachelor of science degree in landscape architecture from Iowa State University, he went to work in Minnesota until the economy went south in 1979. After all, he grew up on a farm in Iowa, where both parents gardened. Nor is it surprising that he became a landscape architect. “Lush” and “inviting” characterize gardens designed by David Rolston, so it’s not surprising his work is seen frequently in national shelter magazines. Armstrong Berger has established a presence in the Southwest as well as in New York City, Long Island, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Hawaii. Armstrong Berger was one of the landscape architects for the Meier-designed Rachofsky house and has collaborated with a veritable who’s-who of the architectural world on other projects: Edward Larabee Barnes, Peter Marino, Frank Welch, Oglesby Greene, and James Pratt. A European influence is present in their landscapes with cobblestones or a mix of paving materials softened by tiny-leaf groundcover. Emphasis on natural materials – copper, slate, stone, anything that looks like it’s been there awhile – makes even new jobs look mature. If drainage is not engineered properly, for example, trees might die or water could flood the terrace. Landscape architects and planners John Armstrong and Bruce Berger say they have been credited with possessing “an uncanny ability to empathize with, and understand, what a client wants and needs and to interpret that into a cogent architectural landscape plan.” To them, hardscape is as important as softscape in practicality of design and respect for the elements. If the answer was yes, they appear in the listing that follows. Finally, we checked references and asked ourselves if indeed these were people we’d want to do business with. We contacted the Better Business Bureau to make certain these firms came up clean, with no complaints lodged. Once we managed to compile a list, we researched the services, pricing, company history, and unique selling propositions of the most highly recommended. Our search began with mothers, friends, teachers – even the patients and staff at our dentists’ offices. Now: Hood Design Studio builds crows’ nests at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.NEW THIS ISSUE: THE BEST LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERSįinding good home services is no easy feat.Now: A new atlas will track land restoration and conservation nationwide.Now: A bike-friendly park by Offshoots makes a big impact in a small footprint.Now: North Carolina’s riverfront parks must do more to stay dry.Now: MASS Design Group expands habitat for Rwanda’s mountain gorillas. LAM’s Editorial Advisory Committee selects two Bradford Williams Medal awards each year, one published in LAM and one in a mainstream publication, that demonstrate excellence in writing about landscape architecture.įor writing in LAM, the winner is “Paths Forward,” by Katharine Logan, in LAM’s August 2021 issue, on the work of reconciliation in action in Canada.įor writing in the general media, the winner is “Manufacturing Nature,” by Eric Klinenberg, The New Yorker, August 9, 2021, on the work of Kate Orff, FASLA, and SCAPE.Īs landscape architecture becomes more visible to the public in this era of climate emergency, the ability of journalists to write critically about the role of design and landscape is particularly vital. Jurors were impressed with approaches that asked the right questions and laid a foundation on which other landscape architects could build.Īmong the ASLA Honors is the Bradford Williams Medal. The winning teams vigorously pursued community input, often in inventive ways. In the Professional Awards, look for projects that focus on social justice, climate resilience, site responsiveness, and financial feasibility. Students are clearly looking forward to a future in which landscape interventions can make a real difference on the local and global scales. The efforts of the Student Award winners revealed a growing concern over the impacts of climate change and the need to solve problems with a combination of rigorous research and imaginative designs. Dennis Otsuji, FASLA, chaired the 11-member Professional Awards jury, which reviewed 506 submissions across seven categories and awarded 28. The Student Awards jury, led by Mark Hough, FASLA, reviewed 459 projects in eight categories and named just 19 award winners, including five Awards of Excellence. The October 2022 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine is the annual awards issue devoted to showcasing the ASLA Student and Professional Award winners, as well as the ASLA Honors recipients. “Riverfront Spokane,” a 2022 ASLA Professional Award winner for General Design by Berger Partnership.
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