AWARDS

American Society of Landscape Architects

2017 National Landscape Architecture Firm Award
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

 

Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award

2011 National Design Award, Landscape Architecture
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

 

ASLA National Awards of Excellence

AWARDS
2014 ASLA National Award of Excellence

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus

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2008 ASLA National Award of Excellence

The Lurie Garden at Millennium Park

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2005 ASLA National Award of Excellence

Kreielsheimer Promenade at Marion O. McCaw Hall

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ASLA Council of Fellows

AWARDS
2015 ASLA Council of Fellows

Kathryn Gustafson

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2014 ASLA Council of Fellows

Jennifer Guthrie

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2014 ASLA Council of Fellows

Shannon Nichol

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ASLA National Honor Awards

 

2019 ASLA NATIONAL HONOR AWARD IN GENERAL DESIGN
Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Land Bridge

2014 ASLA NATIONAL HONOR AWARD IN ANALYSIS AND PLANNING
Unified Ground: Union Square – National Mall Competition

 

Tucker Design Awards

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2018 Tucker Design Award, Building Stone Institute

CityCenterDC

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2018 Tucker Design Award, Building Stone Institute

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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2012 Tucker Design Award, Building Stone Institute

North End Parks

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AWARDS
2010 Tucker Design Award, Building Stone Institute

Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard

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2008 Tucker Design Award, Building Stone Institute

Seattle City Hall

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2004 Tucker Design Award, Building Stone Institute

Kreielsheimer Promenade at Marion O. McCaw Hall

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EDRA Great Places Award

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2014 EDRA Great Places Planning Award

Pike-Pine Renaissance Streetscape Design Vision

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2013 EDRA Great Places Planning Award

Unified Ground: Union Square National Mall Competition

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2012 EDRA Great Places Finalist

Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard

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National and International Awards

AWARDS
2022 World Architecture News Awards, Gold Medal, Civic - Libraries & Museums Category

Burke Museum

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2021 American Alliance of Museums, Sustainability Excellence Award for New Facilities

Burke Museum

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2020 Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Awards, Honorable Mention, Cultural

Burke Museum

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2020 FX International Interior Design Awards, Winner, Museum or Exhibition Space

Burke Museum

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2017 SCUP Excellence in Landscape Architecture in General Design

 Lower Rainier Vista

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2016 Pinnacle Award of Merit, Natural Stone Institute

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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2016 The Architect's Newspaper, Best of Design Award for Landscape > Public

Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Land Bridge

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2014 Obayashi Prize, The Obayashi Foundation

Kathryn Gustafson

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2014 Architect Magazine Annual Design Review, Honorable Mention

G8Way DC

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2012 Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters

Kathryn Gustafson

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2009 Green Good Design Award, Chicago Athenaeum

Seattle City Hall Plaza and Civic Center Campus

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2008 ASLA Design Medal

Kathryn Gustafson

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2005 Best Public Space Award, Travel + Leisure Magazine

The Lurie Garden at Millennium Park

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2001 Honorary Royal Designer for Industry

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA), London, UK
Kathryn Gustafson

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2001 Chrysler Design Award

Kathryn Gustafson

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American Institute of Architects Chapter Awards

AWARDS
2024 AIA Seattle, Energy in Design Award

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2023 Oregon AIA Merit Award

adidas North American Headquarters Expansion

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2023 AIA Oregon, Honor Award

adidas North American Headquarters Expansion

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2023 AIA Education Facility Design Award

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2019 AIA Washington Merit Award

University of Washington Life Sciences Building

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2019 AIA Northwest Region Honor Award

University of Washington Life Sciences Building

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2019 AIA Seattle Merit Award

University of Washington Life Sciences Building

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2014 AIA Seattle Honorary Member

Kathryn Gustafson

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2013 AIA Washington Civic Design Award

West Campus Residences & Streetscape

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2013 AIA NW & Pacific Region Citation Award

West Campus Residences & Streetscape

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2011 AIA NW & Pacific Region Educational Merit Award

University of Washington School of Medicine, Phase 2

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2008 AIA Seattle Honorary Member

Shannon Nichol

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2006 Honor Award, AIA Washington Council

Seattle City Hall Plaza and Civic Center Campus

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2005 AIA Seattle Civic Design Honor Award

Seattle City Hall Plaza and Civic Center Campus

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2004 AIA Seattle Honor Award

Kreielsheimer Promenade at Marion O. McCaw Hall

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ASLA Chapter Awards

AWARDS
2018 VA ASLA Honor Award, The Park at CityCenter

The Park at CityCenter

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2018 VA ASLA Presidential Award

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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2016 WASLA Honor Award

Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Bridge

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2014 WASLA Merit Award

West Campus Residences & Streetscape

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2014 WASLA Merit Award

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus

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2012 WASLA Merit Award

University of Washington School of Medicine, Phase 2

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2012 WASLA Award of Merit, Works in Progress

Vancouver Community Connector

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2011 BSLA Honor Award

North End Parks 
with Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge

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2010 WASLA Special Mention

North End Parks

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2008 WASLA Award of Merit

Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard

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2005 WASLA Honor Award

The Lurie Garden at Millennium Park

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2003 WASLA Award of Honor

Seattle City Hall Plaza and Civic Center Campus

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2003 WASLA Merit Award

Kreielsheimer Promenade at Marion O. McCaw Hall

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Singular Awards

AWARDS
2024 SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture, New Building - Honorable Mention

Stanford University Sarafan ChEM-H and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

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2023 AIA National, Education Facility Design Award

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2023 Pacific Horticulture Design Futurist Award

Seattle Residence: Native Gardens

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2023 Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Award, Honorable Mention

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2023 Prix Versailles, World Selection

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2023 Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards, Honorable Mention, Spaces and Places Category

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2023 Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards, Honorable Mention, Learning Category

University of Washington Foster School Expansion

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2020 Chicago Athenaeum/Europe, American Architecture Award

Denning House at Stanford

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2020 Chicago Athenaeum/Europe, American Architecture Award

Brown University Engineering Research Center

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2020 Chicago Athenaeum/Europe, American Architecture Award

Conrad Washington, DC

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2018 Seattle DJC Building of the Year

University of Washington Life Sciences Building

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2017 Umekita Second Development Zone Competition Winner

Grand Green Osaka & Umekita Park

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2017 Gray Award for Landscape Design

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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2016 Outstanding Achievement Award, ASCE Seattle

Lower Rainier Vista

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2016 Special Judges Gold Award for Complexity, Engineering Excellence Awards, ACEC Washington State

Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Land Bridge

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2013 SCUP Honor Award

West Campus Residences & Streetscape

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2012 Section Award, IES Illumination Award

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus

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2011 Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Award

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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2006 Seattle Design Commission Commended Project

Fire Station 10 & Emergency Operations Center

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2006 Seattle Design 100 Honoree, Seattle Homes & Lifestyles Magazine

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd

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2003 Public/Government Honorable Mention

Seattle City Hall Plaza and Civic Center Campus

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