On December 6, in New York City, six jurors convened to parse the merits of the more than 250 projects submitted to AN‘s first annual Best Of Design Awards. The jury included Kate Orff, principal of SCAPE; Thomas Hanrahan, dean of architecture at the Pratt Institute and principal of Hanrahan Meyers Architects; Wes Rozen, principal, Situ Studio; Mic Patterson, partner, Enclos; Dan Wood, principal, WorkAC; and AN‘s own William Menking. Over the next several days we will be posting their selections in six categories, starting with    

“If we’re going to call it landscape of the year it has to be somewhat aspirational. I think this project has great civic aspirations, especially for a neighborhood park.”
—Kate Orff

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Prime Consultant and Infrastructure Designer Steve Lacap   Best Landscape: Honorable Mention The Reserve Urban Acupuncture Santa Monica, California Katherine Spitz Associates Katherine Spitz Associates redesign of the owner’s proposed parking scheme wrested more than an acre of green space from the concrete surface of the industrial site, while adding 180 parking spaces. The resulting open landscape creates a vista that stretches from the landscape’s constructed wetlands to the Santa Monica Mountains on the horizon.   "The parking lot creates an opportunity and the design is quite good." —Wes Rozen   "It’s laudable. One idea changes the whole context." —Kate Orff   Project Resources: General Contractor and Construction Management Courtesy !Melk   Best Landscape: Honorable Mention The Jewelry District Streetscape Master Plan Providence, Rhode Island !Melk The !Melk group has completed the first phase of a plan to redesign the Jewelry District using classic New England motifs to reconnect Brown to downtown Providence. This space is already being used to catalyze change in the area.   "The graphic pattern of the pavers gives this small project a big impact." —Dan Wood   Project Resources: Civil Engineering Maguire Group Structural Engineering Robert Silman Associate Cost Estimating Faithful + Gould Contractors Shawmut Design and Construction   Pavement !Melk Lighting Stan Deutsch Associates Nursery Central Nurseries     Subscribe Information About Contact Advertise Contributors Privacy Policy AN Awards AN Jobs CE Strong Digital Issues Industry Calendar AN Products Library Conferences Facades+ Tech+ TimberCon Trading Notes Outdoor Spaces Reuse + Renewal Subjects Architecture Urbanism Interiors Reviews Design Art Regions National East Southeast Midwest Southwest West International CLOSE AD × × page rendered @ May 30, 2023, 3:25 am UTC httpsGETwww.archpaper.com/2014/01/landscapes/ /index.php