Category Archives: News
World Food Prize Hall & Garden Achieve LEED Platinum
In the good news category: The World Food Prize announced this week that the Hall of Laureates and Garden has received LEED Platinum certification. The platinum rating is the highest possible certification for energy efficiency and conservation. We’ve posted a few times about the development of the garden and highlighted photos… Read More >
Tulip Mania
Chicagoans know better than to rely on the proclamations of groundhogs. Each year it is the tulips on the Magnificent Mile that announce to a winter-worn city that spring in all its splendor, has finally arrived. Yet much like a Chicago spring, the blooms last only a few short weeks… Read More >
Gardens and Walkways in the University of Chicago’s Main Quad
Last week we received the great news that our work at the University of Chicago will be given a Design Excellence Award by the Society of College and University Planners (SCUP) at their national conference this year. The award commends several projects we completed within the University’s Main quad that… Read More >
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates Garden Blooms
It’s Spring in Des Moines, Iowa. Last autumn, Nick Fobes posted a bit on what it took to complete the World Food Prize garden. Last weekend, we sent a photographer back to capture what it looks like in a new season. photo Jack Coyier The… Read More >
Urban Garden Design for a Historic Home
We’re very pleased that the Illinois Chapter of the ASLA will give an honor award next month to the redesigned garden at a historic urban property in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. As a five-parcel lot, this property could easily have become over-programmed with dozens of vogue landscape amenities like a… Read More >
A Green Roof Threesome
We’re excited that the Illinois Chapter of the ASLA just awarded its highest honor for our design of three green roofs at one of the largest mixed-use complexes on Michigan Avenue. Green roofs in Chicago are hardly a new phenomenon. The city has been at the forefront… Read More >
Uptown Normal Wins Smart Growth Achievement Award from U.S. EPA
We are very pleased to announce that our firm’s project, Uptown Normal Circle, has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a Smart Growth Achievement award, which identifies the Uptown Normal project as a national model for urban development that respects the environment, fosters economic vitality, and… Read More >
Realigned: How to ‘Move’ Architecture with Landscape Design
Historic campus quads require careful and often subtle design responses to balance heritage with contemporary demands. Earlier this fall, we completed a careful landscape ‘edit’ to the University of Chicago’s Harper Quad, a historic quad south of the main quad that features Harper Library as its anchor. The project… Read More >
News: Bradley University Campus Landscape Creates New Campus Quad
We are pleased to announce the opening of another completed project: The Bradley University Alumni Quadrangle, a new, 3-acre campus Quad situated among several recreation facilities on campus. The Quad compliments a new addition to Bradley Hall (The Hayden Clark Alumni Center ) while visually knitting together the contemporary… Read More >
News: World Food Prize Foundation Garden Opens to Public
News: World Food Prize Foundation Garden Opens to Public This weekend, the World Food Prize Foundation opens the doors of the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates and its two-acre formal garden to the public. The former Des Moines, IA public library is the new home of… Read More >
New Designs and Landscape Emphasis for Buckhead Atlanta Development
Several weeks ago we posted about what makes a great urban street. This week, partner Douglas Hoerr had the chance to show some of these ideas to press gathered to hear about designs for the new six-block, eight-acre luxury mixed-use project located in the heart of Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead… Read More >
At GreenBuild: Landscapes that Promote Health and Well-Being
Hoerr Schaudt partner Peter Schaudt will be at the GreenBuild conference in Toronto next week for a lively panel discussion with Zolna Russell, Director of Sustainability at Hord Coplan Macht, and Naomi Sachs, Founding Director of the Therapeutic Landscapes Network to present “The Human Connection: Landscapes that Promote Health… Read More >