Outstanding Landscape Architecture Projects

Every year, the world becomes home to new, innovative projects in landscape architecture. And every year, the designers behind these projects eagerly await recognition for their hard work. Looking at new technology, public attitudes toward the space, and awards received, the following are some that stand out.

Sherbourne Common, Toronto, Ontario — Phillips Farevaag Smalleberg

As a winner of the 2013 ASLA Honor Award for Design, this space has been around for more than a year. However, it continued to make headlines throughout 2014. Sherbourne Common, a formerly neglected brownfield site on Toronto’s waterfront, combines a storm water treatment facility with landscape, architecture, engineering, and public art to provide an outdoor living room for the new residents of the East Bayfront community.

The Park at Lakeshore East: Chicago, IL – The Office of James Burnett

Nicknamed the “village in the heart of the city,” by local developers, this is a park that was built for the people of Chicago and has attributes to attract people from all walks of life. The space lies at the center of a redevelopment that will include residential, commercial and retail space, as well as, an elementary school. It aims to fill the needs of all these different spaces, and it does this while also becoming a centerpiece in the world famous Chicago park system, and a rival for the historic Millennium Park.

Low Maintenance Eco-Campus: Vanke Research Center, Shenzhen, China – Z + T Studio, Landscape Architecture

In a country known for its growing urbanization, the design team for this project wanted to show that sustainability and low maintenance were still possibilities in the urban landscape. Three issues were addressed in the design to achieve sustainability: Storm water management, low-maintenance construction, and planting material all combine here to create an educational and experimental space that is being used to address the numerous environmental concerns of the nation.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus, Seattle, WA – Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

As the recipient of the 2014 ASLA Award of Excellence, this project took a contaminated 12-acre parking lot in the heart of Seattle and transformed it into an ecologically and socially sustainable site where employees can interact while also regenerating the surrounding community. This project falls under the foundation’s principles of having a global mission with local roots and to “help all people lead healthy, productive lives.”

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