French Sensibility

MARIANI LANDSCAPE

MERIT AWARD

TEAM

Mariani Landscape

Sara Furlan

Phil Liederbach

Lightscape Inc

Advanced Sprinkler Systems Inc

Galassini Ori Masonry

Bartlett Tree Experts

CATEGORY

Residential Design

LOCATION

Illinois

The owners of this French-inspired estate wanted a master plan to take advantage of the property’s stunning lake views and mature oak trees and provide a comfortable gathering space for their blended family. The antique granite curb and gravel driveway, Sycamore tree allee, and mix of native shrubs and perennials are a few amenities that define the property. The lake side features picturesque gardens, an open lawn, hundred-year-old oaks, and breathtaking views.

The landscape works in harmony with the reclaimed common-brick home to inform a cohesive palette. Historic and antique containers reinforce an oldworld feel. Garden spaces gradually disintegrate in formality as you move toward the completely restored bluff. Dune grasses and native plants prevent erosion and provide wildlife and migratory bird habitat. The bluff terrace is located strategically to provide seating completely surrounded by nature and allow access to the lake.

Georgian Gem

Culliton Quinn Landscape Architecture

MERIT AWARD

TEAM

Culliton Quinn

Landscape Architecture

Brian Culliton

Tony Quinn

Konstant Architecture & Planning

Eriksen Armstrong Corporation

Greengard, Inc.

Louis Shell Structures

A-1 Contractors

G. Fontana and Sons

Poul’s Landscaping

Boilini Company

HL Stairs

Lightscape

Advanced Sprinkler Systems

Pav Tech

Kaneville Tree Farms

Bartlett Tree

With this Georgian-style home, the homeowners looked to carry the same structure and organization into the landscape. The site is a one-acre corner parcel with approximately five feet of pitch from one corner to the next. The design utilizes this grade change to perch the house on a high central plane overlooking the adjacent private golf course and provide separation from the more public front yard below. Circulation from space to space is a key component celebrating a 360-degree architecture and garden-walking experience.

A fun and challenging aspect to the project was how to soften the rigidness of the formal gardens while keeping with the client’s taste for tidiness. Globe boxwood sited in random bubbles emerge from an organic gravel space in the front garden. Moving away from the house, the borders loosen into large masses of Sesleria grass that contrast against boxwood and hydrangea cloud masses.

A fun and challenging aspect to the project was how to soften the rigidness of the formal gardens while keeping with the client’s taste for tidiness.

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

In 2008, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden sought to reinvent itself as a premier cultural institution to explore, explain, and celebrate plants and horticulture. With this mission as their guide, the organization set out to update its facilities by building a new garden showcasing the site’s natural landscape and making the science of researching, cultivating, and engaging with plants a public experience.

Hoerr Schaudt’s vision for the garden introduced a series of outdoor rooms that bring together the existing geodesic dome, the natural river edge, and the Des Moines skyline to create a destination highlighting horticultural arts. An elegant sequence of spaces unfolds via a network of pathways, a new pond, and a cascading water feature. The chosen plants and artwork interject these spaces with bold shapes, colors, and textures, creating a garden that can be open year-round with blooms and programming happening in all seasons.

Highland Park Downtown Streetscape Plan

Highland Park’s Downtown Streetscape was an award-winning design when it was built in the early 1980s. Having supported the community for 30 years, the City of Highland Park, Illinois, decided that the streetscape needed to be upgraded to respond to the changing lifestyle of its residents. The overall approach to the new design is sensitive to the original Hideo Sasaki plan and aligns with modern ideals and technology.

Creation of the concept designs for streetscape, wayfinding, signage, and the pedestrian arcade evolved from a combination of on-line survey input, in-person workshops, and focus groups with stakeholders. Throughout the process, residents provided input into new designs and defined the key elements to make Highland Park’s downtown successful. The outcomes of these meetings influenced the design of the downtown streetscape as well as proposed programming opportunities to invigorate public spaces within the downtown.

Hobe Garden

Hollander Design Landscape Architects

MERIT AWARD

TEAM

Hollander Design Landscape Architects

Victoria Hagen Interiors

Timothy Bryant Architecture

Affinity Architects

Rood Landscape, LLC

Hedrick Brothers Construction

Almar Jackson Pools

Palm Beach Cast Stone

Coastal Millwork

Hollander Design’s intent for this waterfront home was to reconnect the landscape experiences to the recently renovated house. To do so, the firm realigned garden spaces to be on axis with home entrances and important views, created well-defined garden rooms off of key living areas, and created an allee to direct and focus views at the entrance.

Created as a family compound for multiple generations, this home offers a wide variety of spaces.

Family and guests can enjoy a secluded pool away from harsh ocean winds, watch a game from the tennis court pavilion or from above on the guesthouse roof terrace, and entertain large parties on an expansive lawn. Smaller garden rooms throughout the property allow for more intimate and casual moments and connect indoor functions with outdoor. The result is an elegant home and landscape that feels connected to its geography yet balanced and in relationship to the home’s architecture.