March 26, 2012 – Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) is pleased to announce that Kathryn Gustafson is the recipient of the annual Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This honor is given to a preeminent architect from any country who has made a significant contribution to architecture as an art. Gustafson is only the third landscape architect in 57 years to be awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2012 – On March 29, 2012 Bernie Alonzo will present two case-studies at the 2012 WASLA Conference based on his experience on two of GGN’s current projects. The first is “The University of Washington Montlake Triangle: Landscape Architects Leading Large-scale, Complex, Site Development Projects.” In the afternoon he will present “Large Scale Rainwater Harvesting to Eliminate Potable Water Use in the Landscape on an Urban Campus.” The conference will be at the Lynnwood Convention Center. The theme is Changing Convention – more information is available online.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2012 – Kathryn Gustafson spoke February 29 at Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Her presentation, “Being Local When You’re Not,” is an overview of her design work and process. The YouTube video is the complete lecture with images.
Read MoreFebruary 29, 2012 - Gustafson Guthrie Nichol is pleased to announce that Stacy Day Vayanos and Kara Weaver have been promoted to Associates.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2012 - Jennifer Guthrie, a founding partner and director of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, will join an international jury of designers for AZURE’s AZ Awards 2012, an international competition for design excellence. In keeping with AZURE magazine’s vision, the AZ awards are multi-disciplinary and recognize the inter-connectedness of architecture, landscape, interiors and product design. Find out more about their awards here.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2012 - The Groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) took place today in Washington, DC. Gustafson Guthrie Nichol is designing the landscape for the museum’s grounds, including the water feature described in this illustrated article by The Washington Post. Find out more about the NMAAHC here.
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2012 - The landscape design of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus by GGN is profiled on ASLA’s blog, The Dirt.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2012 - Gustafson Guthrie Nichol's landscape design for the new Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus is featured in Azure magazine's January/February 2012 issue.
Shannon Nichol, partner in charge, explains: “The materials and functions of the landscape are informed by the site’s distinct natural history.”
January 6, 2012 - Next week, GGN's Keith McPeters will be in Burbank, where he and the rest of the jury will convene to select the winning entries for the William Turnbull Drylands Competition. The winners will be announced on January 17th, 2012, as recipients of the “2011 William Turnbull Prize." The California Architectural Foundation, in partnership with the Arid Lands Institute at Woodbury University and the AIACC Academy for Emerging Professionals, organized the competition.
Read MoreDecember 20, 2011 - Huei-Ming Juang and Rebecca Fuchs, designers at GGN, created a paper-cut collage for this year's holiday greeting. Image is of the boardwalks that GGN designed for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus. You can see a larger version of this image here.
Read MoreDecember 15, 2011 – Gustafson Guthrie Nichol & Davis Brody Bond team has been selected to advance to Stage III of the National Design Competition for Union Square. GGN and Davis Brody Bond will lead the team that includes Robinson & Associates, Space Syntax, Tillotson Design Associates, CMS Collaborative, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, WSP Flack + Kurtz, Robert Silman Associates, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, Poulin + Morris, Gorove/Slade Associates, and Faithful+Gould. The team’s Design Concept for Union Square will be presented to the public in April, 2012.
Read MoreDecember 3, 2011 - Shannon Nichol served on the Advisory Committee for this exciting new competition, to re-imagine a 9-acre site at Seattle Center. A "missing link" between several downtown neighborhoods, the site is framed by the Space Needle and Experience Music Project, the Seattle Opera House, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus. GGN will not be participating in this competition. Download the full brief at this link.
Read MoreNovember 23, 2011 - In the second half of 2011, a talented group has been added to GGN: Kara Weaver, Jessie Calder, Rebecca Fuchs, Huei-Ming Juang, Liz Martini, Yuichiro Tsutsumi, and Emily Ang.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2011 - Perkins + Will received the 2011 AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Merit Award this week for the University of Washington, School of Medicine Phase 2 project in Seattle. GGN, led by Jennifer Guthrie, were landscape architects on this multi-phased, urban bio-tech campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The mid-block walkways and pedestrian alleys create informal gathering spaces.
Read MoreNovember 8, 2011 - An article in today's Seattle Times, "Seattle Firm Finalist to Redo Part of National Mall," features GGN as being shortlisted for the Union Square portion of the National Mall Design Competition. The article also covers GGN's receipt of the 2011 National Design Award in landscape architecture.
Read MoreOctober 26, 2011 - GGN's team has been shortlisted, with five other teams, for stage two of the National Mall Design Competition for Union Square. Union Square, the competition site that GGN opted to pursue, is the portion of the National Mall that fronts the U.S. Capitol Building. GGN is teamed with AEDAS, architects.
Read MoreOctober 21, 2011 - GGN has been shortlisted for Phase 2 of Chicago's Pierscape at Navy Pier Design Competition. The Phase 2 shortlist of 11 teams was selected from a total of 52 teams that had submitted qualifications. The GGN team includes collaborators Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Pentagram, and Tillotson Design Associates.
Read MoreOctober 7, 2011 - During Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Week, October 15-23, come see GGN and other National Design Awards recipients at the NDA Winners’ Panel on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
The winners of the 2011 National Design Awards will share their insights at this special panel discussion.
Location: The Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011
