OLIN is proud to announce that the J. Paul Getty Center has been awarded the prestigious Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Each year, the Landmark Award recognizes a single project which has retained its original design integrity and contributes significantly to the public realm of the community in which it is located. The Getty Center was selected from among 465 entries to this year's ASLA awards program, which recognizes the best of landscape architecture in the general design, analysis and planning, communications, research, and residential design categories from the United States and around the world.
The awards ceremony will take place at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Los Angeles on Monday, October 23rd, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. To learn more, please visit ASLA's 2017 Professional Awards page.
Now Open: The Museum of the American Revolution
The Museum of the American Revolution is now open in Philadelphia. OLIN collaborated with museum designer Robert A.M. Stern Architects, leading the design of the museum’s entry plaza, streetscape, and café terrace. The grand opening coincided with the 242nd anniversary of the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” which marked the start of the Revolutionary War. Click here for more information on the museum’s landscape design.
More coverage:
"Grand Opening for Museum of the American Revolution," 6ABC News
"Museum of the American Revolution Opens in Philadelphia," Philly.com
"A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All," The New York Times
The Hills at Vallco wins MIPIM Future Project Award
The Hills at Vallco recently won a MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Award for Mixed Use Development in Cannes, France. The winners of the 16th AR MIPIM Future Project Awards were announced during the largest gathering of architects at MIPIM in Cannes.
The architectural industry elite came together from across the globe for a night of unrivaled networking and celebration of the world’s best future designs. The awards are a celebration of architectural excellence in unbuilt or forthcoming projects spanning 11 categories. All entries were assessed by an international jury chaired by Paul Finch, Editorial Director, The Architectural Review & The Architects’ Journal.
More coverage:
"Cupertino: Unbuilt Hills at Vallco project receives architectural award," The Mercury-News
"Winners of the 2017 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project Awards Announced," Arch Daily