Canada's Globe and Mail notes that the latest project by Hoerr Schaudt "catapults Toronto into a category of cities hard at work to become among the greenest on the planet." Designed in collaboration with PLANT Architect, Shore Tilbe Irwin, and Adrian Blackwell, the 40,000 square foot green roof garden transforms the wind-swept podium of the city's modernist city hall into a new urban park.
Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin recently reviewed downtown Chicago's Trump Plaza, saying "Trump and his design team for the Trump International Hotel & Tower - the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, former SOM partner Adrian Smith (now at his own firm) and landscape architect Peter Schaudt - have given the city a genuine gift."
Click here to read Kamin's review in-full at the Tribune's website.
The American Association for Landscape Architecture announced the winners of the 2010 ASLA Professional Awards this week, honoring Hoerr Schaudt for its design of the Gary Comer Youth Center. The Honor Award winning rooftop garden was designed as a outdoor learning space for youth and seniors and produces over 1,000 pounds of organic food each year. Visit the ASLA website to learn more about the award or read Chicago architecture critic Blair Kamin's Chicago Tribune article about the garden.
We were excited to see Forbes' list of beautiful higher education campuses this week and particularly like this quote: "A powerful landscape can play a significant role in establishing a campus' character." Read the article here.