Last week the City of Seattle announced the shortlist of finalists for the role of lead designer. The four shortlisted teams are led by the following firms:
- Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
- James Corner Field Operations
- Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
- Wallace Roberts & Todd
The shortlist was established through careful consideration of Statements of Qualifications submitted by 30 teams for the project. The team ultimately selected by the City will lead a design process for more than nine acres of new waterfront public space and a new surface street on Alaskan Way.
Public Presentations will be made by the design teams on September 15. More information
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has announced the winners of the 2010 National Awards.
The top honor of Australian Medal for Landscape Architecture was awarded to
James Mather Delaney Design Pty Ltd in partnership with Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects and City of Sydney for Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Paddington, Sydney
AILA 2010 National Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence
DESIGN
Taylor Cullity Lethlean
Darlington Public Domain Stage Two, University of Sydney
LAND MANAGEMENT
AECOM
Rouse Hill Landscape Restoration, Sydney
URBAN DESIGN
Oculus Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
Rouse Hill Town Centre, Sydney
Five additional acres of Brooklyn Bridge Park have been opened to the public, including the first 2,000 feet of the park’s greenway, a 30-foot wide, scenic bikeway and walkway along the East River shoreline. The first section of the new greenway starts at the park entrance at Old Fulton Street and ends at the foot of Pier 2, approximately 2,000 feet to the south.
When complete, Brooklyn Bridge Park will be a sustainably built and operated 85-acre park stretching 1.3 miles along Brooklyn’s East River edge and will include lawns, active recreation fields and courts, a calm water boating basin for non-motorized craft, restored ecological habitats, playgrounds, and a shared bikeway and walkway. Pier 1 opened to the public in March 2010 and Pier 6 opened in June 2010.
Designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc, the park has won several important awards including the National Park Service’s 2010 Honor Award for Master Plans.
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) has revealed the 3 conceptual plan options for the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) on Friday at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The three master plan options were undertaken as Stage 2 of the Public Engagement for the arrangement of arts and cultural facilities as well as various other land uses, including commercial, retail, hotel, residential and public open space.
The three Conceptual Plan Options revealed are:
City Park – prepared by Foster + Partners, led by Lord Norman Foster;
Cultural Connect: Key to Sustained Vitality – prepared by Rocco Design Architects Limited, led by Mr Rocco Yim; and
Project for a New Dimension – prepared by Office for Metropolitan Architecture, led by Mr Rem Koolhaas.
Public comment on the Options is open until 21 November 2010.
48th IFLA World Congress & Expo will see landscape architecture & allied professionals from around the globe gather in Zurich, Switzerland from June 27– 29 2011. Registration will Start 1. September 2010. The video below will give you an background on Zurich and its landscape architecture.
Today the designs from the five finalists of the The City + The River + The Arch design competition were revealed to the public at the Gateway Arch Visitors Center with the Design Team Leaders set to present their designs on August 26. The winning team will be announced on September 24 with the design to be implemented for the 50th Anniversary of the Gateway Arch in 2015.
The competition represents how multi-discipline teams collaborate to create impressive landscape architecture that in the current economic times gives us all something to ponder and enjoy. The Competition website lists the extensive team members for each team along with the concept design statement along with slide shows with numerous images and the presentation boards for download.
The finalists were entrusted with designing the area surrounding the iconic Gateway Arch in St. Louis including both sides of the Mississippi River. Each design team has approach the design process in their own way and have created differing design solutions:
Behnisch Team Site Plan
Behnisch Team Overall View
Behnisch Team seeks to create ‘an active catalyst for urban cohesion and renewal in this most centered American landscape.’
MVVA TEAM Site Plan
MVVA TEAM - Historic Landscape Pond
Michael Van Valkenburgh Team ‘proposes a network of finer-grained interventions incorporating natural science, engineering, and design into a holistic philosophy of ecological urbanism.’
PWP TEAM - Concept Plan
PWP TEAM - Bluffs Daytime View
PWP Landscape Architecture, Foster + Partners, and Civitas used research & an understanding of history ‘to derive a sophisticated design solution from a thorough understanding of the site, a solution that will respect history while expanding possibilities for the future.’
SOM TEAM Site Plan
SOM TEAM North Look Out
SOM Team‘will strive to respect the modern masterpiece and its grounds. We will re-envision the core National Park Service exhibits and examine how to increase the flow of public life, and envision active uses on the East St. Louis side within the Memorial Addition.’
Weiss/Manfredi TEAM Site Plan
Weiss/Manfredi TEAM Plaza View
Weiss / Manfredi Team ‘enhance, extend, and transform the identity of the iconic Gateway Arch and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.’
The finalists recently submitted designs for the St.Louis Gateway Arch Competition (The City+The Arch+The River 2015 Competition) . The video below gives a brief summary of the finalists submissions (SOURCE: Stltoday.com). We will update with a more in depth look at the designs soon. The winner will be announced after public comment on September 24.
Finalist teams include
Behnisch Team
MVVA TEAM
PWP Landscape Architecture,
Foster + Partners, Civitas
SOM, Hargreaves, BIG
Weiss/Manfredi Team
AILA (Australian Institute of Landscape Architects) has recently announced the results of the 2010 Salary Survey with 530 respondents. This year the AILA survey has changed from past years with respondents gave their total salary package including superannuation (9% of salary as compulsory retirement savings). AILA also changed the ‘experience in years’ for the junior positions and removed the Managers/Directors category. Therefore it is hard to analyse the results in comparison to past years as managers could have between 5-15 years experience and are now included across the range of average salaries given.
Table of Average Salary across Australia
2010
2009
Experience
Salary Package
minus 9% super
0-3 years
$ 53,600
$ 48,776
N/A
3-5 years
$ 62,900
$ 57,239
N/A
5-7 years
$ 71,300
$ 64,883
$ 65,600
7-10 years
$ 83,300
$ 75,803
$ 76,400
10-15 years
$ 112,700
$ 102,557
$ 99,900
15+ years
$ 126,200
$ 114,842
$ 109,300
Managers/ Director
N/A
N/A
$ 134,680
Table produced by World Landscape Architect from AILA data.
Salary Average from across Australia shown salaries may differ from state to state.
When using this data, these results are guides only.
The AILA has no salary scales nor can it recommend or set any salary scales.
The setting of salaries remains with the individual employee and employer.
It is illegal in Australia to have professional fee or salary scales set by the professional institute, such as the AILA. So we do not set any professional salary scales! This survey is one set of figures that provide a rough averaged out indication or reflection of trends. It is one set of data to be used with other sources for any salary negotiations.
Standard government employer/employee regulations apply – see the applicable govenment website.
