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03.27.2008 Beijing's 'Olympian' Transformation Subject of Harvard Event On March 15, Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz (left) joined top Chinese urban and design officials, as well as leading American architects, journalists and academics, for a symposium entitled "Archi-Olympics." Hosted by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and co-sponsored by Sasaki Associates, this full-day event addressed "the unprecedented architectural and urban transformation of Beijing, and how it will affect social, economic, architectural and urban development in the capital city," particularly in anticipation of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Pieprz presented Sasaki's urban design master plan of the Olympic Green, the games' primary venue. Joining Pieprz at Harvard were, among others: Zhang Bing, Director of the Chinese Institute of Historic City Conservation; Peng Peikeng, Professor of Architecture at Tsinghua University in Beijing; Clifford Pearson, Deputy Editor of Architectural Record; and Yung Ho Chang, Chair of the MIT Department of Architecture. |
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03.25.2008 Sasaki Co-Sponsors 'Mass Impact'; Pieprz, Springer To Moderate Panels "Mass Impact: Cities and Climate Change" is a major two-session symposium co-sponsored by Sasaki Associates and organized by the Boston Society of Architects. The events' goal is "Developing visions and solutions for sustainable cities in New England." Session I is Friday, March 28 at the Tang Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The day will begin with a keynote address by Dr. Jaime Lerner, mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, known as one of the greenest and most environmentally advanced cities in the world. Sasaki architect Marcus Springer will moderate the first session, "Building the Zero Carbon City," which will feature, among others, Douglas Durst of the Durst Organization, one of New York's largest commercial landlords. Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz will moderate the third session, "Scaling Up: Creating a Sustainable City-Region." Among the panelists will be Leith Sharp, who heads the Harvard Green Initiative, one of the largest university-led sustainable initiatives currently under way in the United States. For complete information on the event and panelists, click the link below: http://www.architects.org/massimpact/symp_01.htm |
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03.25.2008 Thu Thiem Competition Opens On March 17, the Investment & Construction Authority for the Thu Thiem New Urban Area of Ho Chi Minh City opened an international design competition for the Central Plaza, Crescent Park, and Saigon River Pedestrian Bridge of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area. Thu Thiem is an emerging district of the city located directly across the Saigon River from the main city center, and the district's master plan was designed by Sasaki Associates. The focus of this competition will be three important district components: The Central Plaza will be the largest integrated park and plaza within Ho Chi Minh City; the Crescent Park will be Ho Chi Minh City's great waterfront park and promenade; the Saigon River Pedestrian Bridge will be an impressive architectural symbol and represent the future city. Deadline for Registration is April 7. The Competition will have two stages and will be run completely through the Competition website. www.thuthiemcompetition.com |
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03.25.2008 Rep. Clyburn Secures $500,000 Allocation for Innovista Park The proposed riverfront park (left) is the linchpin for Columbia, S.C.'s Innovista, the innovative live/work district master planned by Sasaki. U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) has helped secure $500,000 in federal funding to help keep the momentum going on this important project, a joint effort between the University of South Carolina and local property owners. The funding allows design development and urban planning for the park to move forward. Over the next 15 years, Innovista is projected to completely transform the city of Columbia. Click the link below for the Innovista website: http://innovista.sc.edu/ |
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03.25.2008 BSLA Awards Go to Fort Ticonderoga, 798 Arts District Projects The Boston Society of Landscape Architects has chosen two Sasaki projects for Honor Awards for Landscape Planning and Analysis. The Garrison Grounds Master Plan for Fort Ticonderoga (left, upper image) will improve circulation, sightlines and the overall visitor experience at the historically important fort, located on Lake Champlain in Upstate New York. This summer, an issue of The Haversack, A News-Letter for Friends of Fort Ticonderoga, described a meeting in which Sasaki landscape architects presented their proposal: "Using the magic of digital imaging, Joe Hibbard and Amy Houghton of Sasaki illustrated how a visitor's first view of the Fort could be improved simply by moving the parking area. These and other recommendations by Sasaki were greeted with enthusiasm and applause." The 798 Arts District in Beijing (left, lower image) is a transformative vision for this increasingly important arts district, which along with the entire city will be in the world spotlight during this summer's Olympic Games. For this former industrial district, great thought was given to providing green public spaces throughout, including distinctive courtyards, corridors and passageways. The positioning of new civic plazas and other open spaces adjacent to proposed cultural institutions adds opportunities for indoor and outdoor events and art installations. Both BSLA awards will be given at a gala event on April 30 in Cambridge, MA. |
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03.25.2008 Chronicle's "Architecture Issue" Features UCSB, UC Merced Projects The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual Architecture Issue (cover, left), published March 7, features two Sasaki projects: the Student Resource Building at the University of California Santa Barbara, and the University of California Merced's Joseph E. Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center. Both buildings, in addition to other Sasaki work, are part of the continuously updated Campus Architecture Database maintained by the Chronicle -- see link below. http://chronicle.com/stats/architecture/index.php?recent=1 |
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03.25.2008 Chapman Writes Opinion Piece for Planning, Speaks at SCUP The March issue of Planning magazine (cover, left) features an opinion piece by Sasaki's Perry Chapman. Picking up on the theme of his book, American Places: In Search of the Twenty-First Century Campus, Chapman issues a call for local character and authenticity in the many town/gown growth initiatives currently under way around the United States. Registered APA members and other subscribers to the magazine can read the article by following the link below. (Requires registration): http://www.planning.org/planning/member/2008mar/viewpoint.htm On a similar theme, Chapman gave the plenary speech at the Mid-Atlantic SCUP Conference in Pittsburgh on March 4. His topic was "Global Imprints on the Campus Quilt," encouraging campus/community collaboration in the global economy while preserving an institution's and community's sense of place. |
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03.25.2008 Columbia, MD Town Center Covered in Washington Post, Baltimore Sun Sasaki principal Alan Ward (left) is prominently featured in two recent articles in the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun on General Growth Properties' plans for the Town Center at Columbia, MD. Sasaki is part of a team of consultants working with GGP to make Town Center, at present basically a shopping mall, more urban and pedestrian-friendly. GGP acquired control of the commercial district of Columbia as part of its acquisition in 2004 of the Rouse Company, Columbia's original developer. Columbia is one of four landmark "new communities" of the post-World War II era. GGP and its design team are expected to present their plans in a public meeting in Columbia on April 28. Click the links below for the two articles: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030501762.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.ward09mar09,0,5556946.story |
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03.25.2008 Benz Declares 'Rainwater Neutrality' in Storm Water Solutions Sasaki civil engineer Steve Benz (left) has an article in the current issue of Storm Water Management magazine. Benz writes that "rainwater neutrality" is an often overlooked component of a building project and can be as important as striving for carbon neutrality. He defines rainwater neutrality as "a process of acknowledging and minimizing a project's impact on its hydrological setting . . . allowing for effective storm water management and optimizing utilization of a project's water resources." Click the link below to read the entire article: http://www.estormwater.com/Sustainable-Design-A-Balancing-Act-article8984 |
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03.25.2008 Jacobs, McCann to Present POLA at SPUR Sasaki landscape architects Jim Jacobs and Melissa McCann will be featured speakers at a lunch event on April 16 hosted by SPUR, The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, the city's preeminent public-policy think tank. Jacobs and McCann will discuss and present the new Master Plan for the Port of Los Angeles Wilmington Waterfront Development. Intended to enhance the quality of life and economic viability of the Wilmington community, the 97-acre project includes a landscaped buffer/open space between port operations and the Wilmington neighborhood; a mixed-use district linking the community to its waterfront; and 17 acres of continuous open space that provides improved public access and informal recreational opportunities at the water's edge. Additional information about SPUR and the April 16 event can be found at: http://www.spur.org/Calendar_Detail.asp?EventID=1440 |
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03.24.2008 Havens, Benz, Irwin and Monnelly to Lead 'Master Class' at Wash. U. Sasaki campus planner Greg Havens (left), civil engineer Steve Benz and architects Bryan Irwin and Anna Monnelly will be leading a Master Class at Washington University in St. Louis on April 5 and 6. The Sasaki professionals will work with architecture graduate students at the university on how to develop a sustainable campus plan, and will give as case studies work at University of Maine, University of Virginia and Princeton University, among others. For more information on the program, click the link below. http://www.arch.wustl.edu/index.lasso?pgID=104&cID=4337 |
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03.24.2008 Sasaki Will Help Provide 'Global Perspectives, Local Strategies' at Montreal SCUP The Society of College and University Planners' annual conference, in Montreal July 19-23, has a theme of "Global Perspectives, Local Strategies." Sasaki campus planner Dan Kenney will co-moderate a workshop on July 20 entitled "Real Estate Partnerships as a Funding, Development and Revitalization Tool for the Campus." Sasaki participants in other panels, times and dates to be determined, include Philip Parsons, "Building a More Educated Georgia: The USG Strategic Capital Model"; Perry Chapman, "Creating Global-Ready Places: New Forms of Campus/Community Synergy"; Janne Corneil, "Planning and Design in the Realm Between City and Campus"; and Greg Havens, "What Do We Do Now? How to Respond to Your Presidents' Climate Commitment." For more information, consult SCUP's website: http://www.scup.org/annualconf |
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02.11.2008 Lacker Named to Harleston Parker Jury and To Brookline Advisory Team Sasaki architect Steve Lacker (left) has been appointed to the jury for the 2008 Boston Society of Architects' Harleston Parker Medal. Dating from the Society's early days, the medal is presented annually to "the most beautiful completed building in the Boston region" and is considered among the highest honors bestowed by the BSA. Lacker, who joined Sasaki in 2007, has also been appointed by the Town of Brookline to the Design Advisory Team (DAT) overseeing 2-4 Brookline Place, a major mixed-use development currently in design for Brookline Village. The DAT provides design review to the Brookline Planning Board on projects with significant impact on the town, located adjacent to Boston. |
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02.11.2008 New Morgan State Library Opens The new $45 million library (left) at Morgan State University in Baltimore, designed by Sasaki and Baltimore-based Design Collaborative, begins operations this week. Along with the new student center, also designed by Sasaki, the new library will form " |
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02.11.2008 Sasaki Professionals Help Bring Green Home The Boston neighborhood of Roslindale sponsored a "Green Day" on Feb. 9 -- with the help of three Sasaki professionals. Firm librarian Jane Lewis (center) and architect Nick Brooks live in the neighborhood and were directly involved in planning the event, which began the previous evening with a showing of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." On Green Day, Sasaki architect Anna Monnelly (left) shared with neighborhood residents some of the experiences the firm has had, through its GreenLAB, with sustainable cleaning products. Separately there were presentations on ways in which residents can make a difference in their day-to-day activities. Experts discussed the City of Boston's recycling programs, sustainable gardening tips and building green roofs. |
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02.11.2008 SRB Wins IIDA Award The Student Resource Building (SRB, left) at the University of California Santa Barbara has won a 2008 Merit Award in the Institutional category from the International Interior Design Association Northern California Chapter. The project spanned Sasaki's range of disciplines -- in addition to doing the interior design, Sasaki was responsible for the SRB's architecture and landscape architecture. |
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02.11.2008 Spotlight on Two Western Projects: SRB, U. of Arizona Rec Two Sasaki projects in the West, the University of California Santa Barbara Student Resource Building (lobby, left) and the expansion of the University of Arizona Student Recreation Center (courtyard rendering, below left) will be subjects of upcoming lectures. Principal Scott Smith, based in San Francisco, will be a lead presenter for a case-study presentation session titled, "The University of California, Santa Barbara SRB: Making Transformative Programs and Places" at the SCUP Pacific Regional Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 13 - 15, 2008. This session will describe the partnership between UC Santa Barbara students and the Department of Student Affairs to develop the goals and program for the newly completed Student Resource Building, and the transformational outcomes fostered by the new facility. Co-presenters of this session include Yonie Harris, Dean of Students, and Carolyn Buford, Associate Dean of Students at UC Santa Barbara. Click link below for SCUP Pacific Regional Conference website: http://www.scup.org/regions/pa/2008/ Principal Tim Stevens, also based in San Francisco, will co-present "Promoting Wellness through Sustainable Design"at the 2008 National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, April 2 - 5, 2008. The presentation will focus on the University of Arizona's Student Recreation Center Expansion - the first building on the campus seeking LEED Certification. The project represents an integrated approach to sustainable design and an authentic expression of specific program and place. The presentation will help to demonstrate and showcase that sustainable design can help promote and encourage wellness through integrated design. Juliette Moore, Director of Campus Recreation for the University of Arizona, will lead the presentation. Click below for the NIRSA Conference website: http://www.nirsa.org/conference/2008/attendee_home.aspx |
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02.11.2008 Lynn Carlton Tapped as Co-Chair for Boston ULI Young Leaders Group Sasaki planner Lynn Hoffman Carlton (left) has been named co-chair of the Young Leaders Group of the Urban Land Institute Boston. The group hosts numerous events wherein young members of the real estate and design professions tour major local projects and are given opportunities to meet professionals active in fields related to the built environment. The YLG also leads groups on community service days, the most recent going to an island in Boston Harbor and painting a storage facility. Carlton also sits on the Executive Board and Programs Committee of the ULI Boston. |
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02.11.2008 Pieprz To Speak at PURL Conference Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz will co-present "Penn + University City: Reconnecting to West Philadelphia" at the Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory (PURL) conference on Feb. 15 in Phoenix. Pieprz will present along with Omar Blaik, CEO of U3 Ventures and former vice president for facilities for the University of Pennsylvania, for which Sasaki prepared Penn Connects, a vision for growth of Penn in the 21st Century. PURL is presented by Arizona State University's College of Design. Below is the link for the conference: http://design.asu.edu/purl/conf08.shtm |
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02.11.2008 Sasaki Featured in Current Issue of GreenSource Sasaki's GreenLAB is featured in the current issue of GreenSource, McGraw-Hill's new sustainable design magazine. The article is entitled "Living in the Lab" and quotes Meredith Elbaum, Sasaki's Director of Sustainable Design, discussing GreenLAB initiatives including experimental porous parking lot pavement stones at Sasaki's Watertown offices (left). The article link is below. http://greensource.construction.com/features/0801_LivingInTheLab.asp |
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12.13.2007 Sasaki Holiday Volunteers on Both Coasts: It's a Wrap! It's a Tie! Sasaki employees in both Watertown and San Francisco have been busy in community volunteer efforts this holiday season. In Watertown, employees (upper left) busily work to wrap gifts as part of the firm's annual Toys for Tots drive. In collaboration with Union Office and Allsteel, Sasaki will contribute dozens of new toys for needy children throughout Massachusetts. The United States Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots program has been providing toys for children since 1947. Meanwhile in San Francisco (lower left), this is the third year that Sasaki has participated in We Care, an event sponsored by the Herman Miller and Geiger International furniture companies. We Care asks design firms to design and provide the supplies for 100 members of the Boys & Girls Club, who will in turn make crafts that they will give out as Holiday gifts to their families. In the spirit of recycling, Sasaki designed crafts using extra upholstery samples from the firm's materials library -- some of which were fashioned into men's neckties. |
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12.13.2007 Beijing's 798 Arts District Gets Major New Art Center Sasaki's master plan of the 798 Arts District in Beijing was reinforced recently by the Nov. 3 opening of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, a stunning new arts space designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte of Paris. The gala opening event (left) was attended by such international luminaries as British architect Lord Norman Foster and former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Sasaki was represented by President Dennis Pieprz and Principal Michael Grove. The three-gallery Ullens Center is a not-for-profit independent complex that is the first of its kind in China. It will present a wide range of work across multiple media and will feature the work of both Chinese and overseas artists, with a special focus on emerging young artists. Guy and Myriam Ullens, long-time collectors of contemporary Chinese art, are major benefactors of the center. The Ullens Center (www.ullens-center.org) is currently holding an inaugural exhibition exploring 1980s Chinese artists under the theme of “85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art,” as the first comprehensive display of Chinese contemporary artworks from 1985 to 1990. The exhibit presents a total of 137 seminal works including painting, photography, video and installation by 30 renowned Chinese artists from that period such as Wang Guangyi, Xu Bing, Geng Jianyi, Huang Yongping and Zhang Peili. |
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12.13.2007 Pieprz Joins International Jury in Korea Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz, third from right, participated in a major international jury in late November for the Seoul Yeouido Riverside Park in the Korean capital. The jury reviewed proposed master plans for the revitalization of the riverfront of Yeouido along the On the same trip, Pieprz presented a lecture on recent work by Sasaki Associates at Seoul National University. |
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12.13.2007 Charlotte's Lynx Blue Line Light Rail Opens The Charlotte Area Transit System's Lynx Blue Line, which involved Sasaki across multiple disciplines from Architecture to Civil Engineering to Landscape Architecture, opened on Nov. 24, and was so popular on its inaugural day that numerous citizens had to be turned away. Designed to handle about 9,000 passengers on a normal business day, the Saturday opening attracted 60,000 people onto the futuristic looking blue trains. Sasaki provided civil engineering and landscape architecture services for the entire length of the line, and also designed the "signature" station of the line, the CTC Arena Transit Station (left), which is a dramatic oval shaped structure that will be lit at night. |
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12.13.2007 UC Davis Gallagher Hall Breaks Ground The University of California Davis broke ground last week on the new $34.5 million Graduate School of Management building and conference center complex (left), designed by Sasaki Associates. The energy-efficient, environmentally responsible project will help boost the profile of the nationally ranked management school and serve as an important new venue for business and academic conferences when it opens in fall 2009. It will also help anchor the campus' emerging "front door" near Interstate 80. The school's new stone, glass and stucco building will feature technologically advanced classrooms designed for interactive learning; expanded space for extracurricular activities; an upgraded and centralized student affairs and career services center for students to develop skills to advance their careers; and an outdoor garden and courtyard for informal gatherings and special events. Sasaki Associates won a national competition to design the building, which will be known as Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall. |
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12.13.2007 Elbaum Named to AIA New York Jury The AIA New York Chapter Biennial Sustainable Design Awards has named Sasaki Director of Sustainable Design Meredith Elbaum (left), among this year's jurors. The awards were established to recognize excellence and innovation in environmentally responsible design, and beginning in 2008 will be co-sponsored with the Boston Society of Architects. The program's purpose is to increase awareness of the broad range of environmental design solutions and to honor the architects, clients and consultants who work together to improve the built environment. The other jurors are Stephen Kieran of Kieran Timberlake and Craig Curtis of The Miller Hull Partnership. The winning designs will be exhibited at the http://www.aiany.org/buildingtype/2008/ |
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12.13.2007 Perry Chapman Named to Cornell Architectural Advisory Committee Sasaki Principal Perry Chapman, an alumnus of Cornell University, has been named to school's Architectural Advisory Committee for a 2-year term through August 2009. The committee was recently formed to provide peer comments on work by consultant architects on the Cornell campus (left), located in Ithaca, NY. Architect Richard Meier will chair the committee, which will also include architecture critic Paul Goldberger and practicing architects Alan Chimicoff of Ikon.5, Todd Schliemann of Polshek Partnership and Barbara Wilks of W Architecture. |
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12.12.2007 Sasaki 'Demystifies Sustainability' at Greenbuild Sasaki principal Nancy Harrod (left) was on a panel at the USGBC's annual conference, Greenbuild, held in Chicago Nov. 7-9. Also on the panel were Melissa |
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12.12.2007 Michael Grove Presents on China Real Estate Sasaki principal Michael Grove (left) made a presentation on December 3 at the MIT Center for Real Estate on the subject of "Visionary Clients." Grove, who leads Sasaki's Asia practice, discussed how clients' bold ideas can help to create opportunities for ecological restoration, foster stewardship of the land, and provide access to culture. He focused on projects in China including Caohai, Lashihai, and 798 Arts District. Because China is developing so quickly, it is especially important for clients there to have a long term vision for sustainable development, which protects the land as well as their investment. |
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12.12.2007 Sasaki Designed Rec Center on Cover of Athletic Business Athletic Business Magazine features the University of California Santa Barbara's Sasaki-designed recreation center expansion on the cover of its December issue (left). As part of the annual Athletic Business Conference + Expo in Orlando, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Sasaki's Sal Canciello and Bryan Dunkelberger presented a talk, "Cardio, the New Heart of the Facility"; Scott Odom and Nancy Freedman accepted Merit Awards for, respectively, the UCSB building and the Trinity College Koeppel Community Sports Center. |
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12.12.2007 Bray Presents at International Environmental Conference: American Geophysical Union Sasaki Environmental Planner Erin Bray presented "The Land Use Planning Imperative: Applying Carbon Emissions Analyses" at the 2007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco December 10-14. The annual international environmental science conference drew a crowd of over 15,000 scientists from around the world. It provided an opportunity to present and review the latest issues affecting the Earth, the planets, and their environments in space. Drawing from her calculations of energy use and carbon emissions at the University of Maine and Auburn University, Bray presented ways to integrate science into land use planning with respect to minimizing carbon emission. |
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12.12.2007 Sasaki Professionals Participate at Build Boston Sasaki was well represented at the Boston Society of Architect's Build Boston, held Nov. 13-15: -In an event sponsored by the Society for Environmental Graphic Design, Michele Phelan of Sasaki's Graphic Design discipline co-led three tours on "branded environments" in Boston -- stops on the tour included State Street Financial Center, the Fenway Park streetscape and the New England Aquarium. -Architect Fiske Crowell participated in a panel called "Campus: A Form-Giving Archetype For the 21st Century." -Civil Engineer Steve Benz joined a panel exploring "Low-Impact Development," creative site-planning techniques that lessen the built environment's impact on natural systems. |
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12.12.2007 Sasaki Featured in Article on Sea Pines Begun in the late 1950s, South Carolina's Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island was, for its era, an exceptionally environmentally friendly development -- beach dunes were preserved and native salt marshes restored. Sasaki, in collaboration with visionary developer Charles Fraser, did the original master planning and landscape architecture for the resort. In the current issue of Delta Sky Magazine (cover left), Sasaki Principal Richard Galehouse reminisces about Fraser, who died in 2002 and is remembered in the article as "one of the nation's most innovative developers." The article states that Sea Pines has "informed and inspired resort and land-use planning around the world." For the complete article click below. http://delta-sky.com/ginc/portrait/hilton_head_island/pdf/05_hhi_fraser.pdf |
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12.12.2007 UMass Amherst Recreation Building Breaks Ground The new recreation center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (left), designed by Sasaki, broke ground in early November. The new $50 million, 120,000 square-foot structure is expected to be completed by spring 2009. |
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11.05.2007 At San Francisco Gala, Sasaki Presented ASLA Firm Award At a gala dinner in San Francisco on Oct. 8 to close the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting, Sasaki president Dennis Pieprz (left, on screen) accepts the Firm Award, one of the organization's highest honors. Looking on are, from left, firm principals Fred Merrill and Stu Dawson; Rin Sasaki, daughter of firm founder Hideo Sasaki; and firm principals Scott Smith, Ken Bassett and Owen Lang. Lang was also named a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (FASLA) at an event earlier in the conference. |
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11.05.2007 Sasaki Offices One of Only 13 LEED CI's in San Francisco; Odom, Viskanta, Tepp Speak on Certification Process It's not easy being green -- and offices in San Francisco are a case in point. Despite the city's reputation on the forefront of sustainability, as of August 2007 only 13 office spaces in the city were LEED certified, according to the San Francisco Business Times. One of these is Sasaki's offices at 77 Geary Street (left). On Oct. 30, Sasaki's Scott Odom, Vitas Viskanta and Richard Tepp, all involved in securing certification for the space, presented the project as a case study on a conference and panel at the University of California Office of the President. The event was about the process of implementing LEED CI (Commercial Interiors) certification. |
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11.05.2007 USU Hall Wins New England AIA Award The Manon Caine Russell/Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University (left), has won a Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects New England Chapter. The jury stated: "The building has a landscape quality in the front . . . a dynamic building, a dynamic façade. It adds life to the campus." The award was presented at the AIA New England's annual dinner in October. This is the second AIA award for the building -- the previous honor was from the AIA Utah Chapter. |
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11.05.2007 Sasaki Named Again Among 'Best Firms to Work For' For the second year in a row, Sasaki Associates has been named among the top design firms to work for by the management and consulting firm ZweigWhite. The firms were selected "based on their commitment to provide a positive work environment and challenging and interesting design opportunities for their employees." Of the top 25 firms, Sasaki placed seventh nationwide. ZweigWhite (www.zweigwhite.com) is based in Natick, MA. |
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11.05.2007 SCUP Magazine Covers Chapman Book, Penn Connects The October/December 2007 issue of Planning for Higher Education, the magazine published by SCUP, has two articles on Sasaki -- one, a book review of firm principal Perry Chapman's American Places: In Search of the 21st Century Campus, which it calls "A must-read for anyone who cares about college and university campuses"; and another article on Penn Connects, Sasaki's master plan for the University of Pennsylvania, which quotes a SCUP awards jury stating that the plan is ". . . a major gesture benefiting the campus and the city, taking the concept of an urban campus head-on with a clear strategy for implementation . . ." |
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11.05.2007 Dalian Magazine Covers DART Landscape Design, a magazine based in Dalian, China, features the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority Light Rail Corridor, designed by Sasaki, on the cover of its September issue (left). The same issue features a story on Thu Thiem, a district of Ho Chi Minh City designed by Sasaki. |
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11.05.2007 Best in Weston: Sasaki Project Gets Acclaim Highland Meadow, an upscale retirement community located in Weston, MA (left), is getting local acclaim as an environmentally low-impact development. Sasaki is providing all landscape architecture and civil engineering services on the project, which will include an ecologically friendly storm- and wastewater treatment system. Firm principal John Hollywood is quoted in a recent article in the Boston Globe, which describes Highland Meadows as "a tony project with top-of-the-line technology." Click the link below to read the entire article. http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2007/10/07/at_luxury_housing_recycled_rain_is_a_perk/ |
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11.05.2007 Elbaum, Benz Named to Board of Mass USGBC Meredith Elbaum (upper left), Sasaki's Director of Sustainable Design, and Steve Benz (lower left), a principal in civil engineering, have been named to the board of directors of the Massachusetts affiliate of the United State Green Building Council. For this relatively new affiliate of the USGBC, Benz was elected an "at-large" board member and Elbaum in the architect/interior designer category. The Washington-based national USGBC oversees all accreditation of LEED professionals and certification of LEED rated buildings and projects. |
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11.05.2007 Bray To Speak at International Environmental Conference Sasaki Environmental Planner Erin Bray (left) has been selected to present "The Land Use Planning Imperative: Applying Carbon Emissions Analyses" at the 2007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco next fall. The annual conference is an international environmental science conference expected to draw a crowd of over 15,000 scientists from around the world. It will provide an opportunity to present and review the latest issues affecting the Earth, the planets, and their environments in space. Drawing from her calculations of energy use and carbon emissions at the University of Maine, Auburn University and other institutions, Bray will present on integrating science into land use planning with respect to minimizing carbon emissions. |
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11.04.2007 NIRSA Conference Will Feature Four Sasaki Presentations The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Region I Conference in Ithaca, NY -- Nov. 8 to 11 -- will feature four presentations by Sasaki professionals: -"New Trends in Locker Rooms," Bryan Dunkelberger and Sal Canciello, Friday Nov. 9 at 10:55 a.m. -"The Gymnasium: Multiple Uses and Design Considerations," Nancy Freedman and Steve Shetler, Friday Nov. 9 at 1:30 p.m. -"Out of Site, Out of Mind," John Hollywood and Carol Moyles, Friday Nov. 9 at 2:35 p.m. -"Cardio, the New 'Heart' of a Recreation Facility," Bryan Dunkelberger and Sal Canciello, Saturday Nov. 10 at 11:15 a.m. |
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11.04.2007 Sasaki Joins 'This Way to Sustainability' Conference at Cal State Chico On Nov. 1, Sasaki's Scott Smith, Vitas Viskanta and Kelly Schoonmaker presented "Sustainability at Multiple Scales: Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Architecture" at a sustainability conference at California State University Chico. Smith, Viskanta and Schoonmaker presented two current Sasaki projects as examples -- the CSU Chico Wildcat Activity Center (left), currently under construction, and First Street Master Plan project, currently in design. |
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11.04.2007 Sasaki, Sundt Detail BIM Strategy for UC Davis Project Sasaki's Strachan Forgan, an architect in |
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11.04.2007 Hellendrung To Present Transit Projects On Nov. 15, Sasaki's Jason Hellendrung will present "Shaping the Public Realm through Urban Infrastructure" at the University of Rhode Island. Hellendrung will present the Euclid Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project in Cleveland (left) and the Charlotte Blue Line Light Rail System in North Carolina, and how these two projects are addressing urban issues of sustainability, livability and citizen health. |
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11.04.2007 Sanchez Presents Chinese Project at BSA Sasaki Principal Manuel Sanchez (left) gave a presentation recently to the Boston Society of Architects on the massive Caohai North project in Kunming, China. One of the most ambitious urban planning and environmental remediation projects currently underway in China, the project aims to clean up a polluted lake and envision a residential, cultural and commercial master plan for the lake's north shore. |
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11.04.2007 New Wiley Book Features Sasaki's Technological Profile Digital Land: Integrating Technology into the Land Planning Process (left), recently published by Wiley, features a chapter on Sasaki and a profile of the company's computer, CAD and digital 3D infrastructure. The book states: "Digital technology is woven into the very fabric of Sasaki Associates." The book is available on Wiley's website, linked below. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471722286.html |
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10.04.2007 ASLA Firm Award To Be Presented to Sasaki at Oct. 8 Gala Sasaki Associates is involved in multiple events at the upcoming American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting and EXPO in San Francisco, Oct. 5 through 9. Sasaki will be honored with the 2007 Firm Award by the ASLA at an Oct. 8 evening gala at the Hilton San Francisco. Earlier that day, Sasaki Principal Owen Lang will be inducted as a Fellow of the ASLA. And on Saturday, Oct. 6, in connection with the Firm Award, Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz will present "Inside the Landscape Architecture Studio: Sasaki Associates." For more information on the ASLA event, click the link below. http://www.asla.org/meetings/am2007/index.html |
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10.04.2007 Abstract Article of Norway Conference on European Universities From June 13 to 15, on the eve of the summer solstice, Trondheim, Norway (left) was the site of "Competitive Campuses: The Challenge for European Universities." This gathering of university officials, architects, urban designers, consultants and others was sponsored jointly by Sasaki Associates, the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology (NTNU), located in The attached PDF is an overview of the conference for those of you who were unable to join us. Download PDF (477K) |
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10.02.2007 Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz to Speak at Design Futures Council At the upcoming Design Futures Council's "6th Annual Leadership Summit on Sustainable Design," Oct. 14-15 in Austin, TX, Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz (left) will present "Designing a Sustainable Framework Plan for the 2008 Beijing Olympics." For more information on the Design Futures Council, affiliated with the DesignIntelligence website (www.di.net), click the link below: http://www.di.net/page.php?page_id=3 |
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10.02.2007 Fiske Crowell Named to Fulbright Panel; to Speak in Hawaii Sasaki architect Fiske Crowell (left) has been named to a three-year term as a Peer Evaluator on the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), which is responsible for coordinating and conducting the intitial screening of applications for the Fulbright Scholar Program, funded by the U.S. Department of State. A Fulbright is considered one of the most prestigious honors in the United States, and affords young scholars the opportunity to use their academic backgrounds to improve lives in countries around the world. In another academic-related endeavor, Crowell will sit on a panel, "Trends in Architectural Education," at the University of Hawaii on Oct. 11 and 12 in Honolulu; he will also present a lecture on "Sasaki Associates/Recent College and University Work." |
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10.02.2007 Hamwey Featured on Thu Thiem Project Sasaki Civil Engineer Steve Hamwey (left), is quoted in the current issue of Saigon Times, Vietnam's English-Language Newspaper. Hamwey said of the Thu Thiem project in Ho Chi Minh City, master planned by Sasaki: "Thu Thiem will be equipped with the best infrastructure system and state-of-the-art technology." For the complete article, click the link below. http://www.saigontimes.com.vn/daily/detail.asp?muc=2&Sobao=3039&SoTT=7 |
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10.02.2007 Chapman Lectures on 'An Ethic of Place' Sasaki Principal Perry Chapman (left) presented "An Ethic of Place: Sustainability, Authenticity, Community" at the "Greening of the Campus VII," a periodic event at Ball State University in Indiana, Sept. 6-8. The theme of the conference was "Bridging the Culture and Practices that Support the Environmental Commitment of Colleges and Universities." Drawing from his book American Places: In Search of the 21st Century Campus, Chapman insisted during the talk that: "The North American higher education system has a critical role to play in the creation of a truly sustainable society on this continent and indeed on the planet." Click the pdf below to read the entire article. Download PDF (44K) |
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10.02.2007 Sasaki Architect Has McDowell Colony Residency The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH is one of the most prestigious and selective artists' colonies in the United States -- each year more than 3,000 writers, artists, architects and other creative professionals vie for fewer than 300 slots. Sasaki Architect Yanel de Angel (left) was chosen to spend several weeks in residency at MacDowell this summer doing a project entitled "Ephemeral Architecture in Movement: Triumphal Carts for the Palio." |
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10.02.2007 UC Santa Barbara Building Wins AIA Award The new Student Resources Building at the University of California Santa Barbara (left) has won a Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects Orange County chapter. Click the link below for more information. http://aia-awards.com/AIAOC/gallery/projDisplay.php?RECORD_KEY%28ProjectInfo%29=id&id(ProjectInfo)=32 |
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10.02.2007 Newspaper to City: 'Seize the Opportunity' of Innovista It's been a busy few weeks for Innovista, the Sasaki-designed proposed transformation of downtown Columbia, SC. On Aug. 30, the plan was presented to the Building and Grounds Committee of the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. On Sept. 6 and 7, Sasaki Principal Dick Galehouse gave a keynote speech on Innovista at the Joint Boards Retreat, an annual gathering of USC's top leadership. Then on Sept. 10, the plan won unanimous approval of the Columbia Planning Board. A rousing editorial in the Sept 23 issue of The State newspaper urged the city to keep the project's momentum going: "Innovista offers a splendid plan, one that could allow Columbia to build something truly distinctive at the city’s core . . . This is an opportunity to be seized." Click below to read the complete article. http://www.thestate.com/opinion/story/181385.html |
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10.02.2007 Sasaki's Markman, Quinn to Teach 'Landscapes On Structure' at Berkeley Jesse Markman and Meghen Quinn, Sasaki landscape architects in San Francisco, will teach a course at the University of California Berkeley beginning in January entitled "Urban Dirt: Designing Sustainable Landscapes On Structure." The focus will be designing landscapes on surfaces beyond terra firma -- such as atop buildings, roads and bridges. An example of this emerging landscape typology can be seen at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles (left). |
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10.02.2007 'Extreme Makeover,' Boston style: Sasaki Volunteers Renovate House Imagine living in the house you grew up in, but being unable to care for it -- even as the surrounding neighborhood is experiencing a renaissance. That was the dilemma of two elderly, disabled sisters in the Hyde Park section of Boston. Rebuilding Together Boston, an organization of volunteers who help rebuild houses and communities, teamed with Sasaki Associates at the end of September for a weekend "Extreme Makeover" that included all new windows, new interior and exterior paint and other improvements that transformed the house. More than 40 Sasaki professionals, along with their friends and families, participated in the effort on Sept. 29 and 30. For more information on Rebuilding Together Boston, click the link below. http://www.rebuildingtogetherboston.org/ |
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10.02.2007 Coppin State Arena Begins Construction The new Physical Education Building at Coppin State University (left) in Baltimore, designed by Sasaki Associates in collaboration with CSD Architects of Baltimore, began construction in August. The $100 million project will include a 4,000-seat arena, a pool, outdoor track and auxiliary gymnasiums. It is slated for completion in Winter 2009. |
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08.16.2007 William & Mary Residence Halls Win AIA Award, LEED® Certification The new Jamestown Residence Halls at the College of William & Mary (left), designed by Sasaki, have won on two fronts: The two-building complex received a 2007 Design Achievement for Architecture Award from the AIA Hampton Roads, and a LEED® NC certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Occupied in Fall 2006, these are the newest residence halls on the W&M campus. They take their name from the location along Jamestown Road. |
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08.16.2007 Sasaki Rec Centers on Both Coasts Win Athletic Business Awards Sasaki architectural projects on both coasts, the Koeppel Community Sports Center at Trinity College in Hartford, CT (upper left) and the Student Recreation Center Expansion at the University of California Santa Barbara (lower left), have both been given "Facility of Merit" awards by Athletic Business Magazine. The two buildings were among only 10 chosen for the honor by the magazine, which culled the winners from a field of 95 projects from around the country. The AB Facility Merit Awards will be conferred officially in Orlando on Nov. 30. |
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08.16.2007 Madden to Head IDA Panel on LEED® ND Sasaki principal Kathryn Madden (left) will lead a panel at the upcoming International Downtown Association (IDA) Conference in New York City on September 16. It will be a gathering of business improvement districts and downtown leaders to study and celebrate the "remarkable resurgence of downtowns on every continent." Madden's panel, titled "LEED® ND and Beyond," will explore how the sustainability debate is shifting from single sites and buildings to overarching planning themes of infill, reuse of existing infrastructure, brownfield remediation and transit. She will be joined by officials from three Sasaki projects: Jack Shannon, Executive Director of East Baltimore Development; Christopher Leinberger of the Brookings Institution, who is advising authorities on the redevelopment of downtown Reading, PA; and Andy Altman of Lubert-Adler Management, who is focusing on brownfield development sites such as the waterfront of Stamford, CT. The conference will take place in Manhattan's Times Square. |
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08.16.2007 ASID New England Taps Kaitlyn Smith in "20 Under 30" Sasaki interior design Kaitlyn Smith (left) has been named one of the "20 Under 30" by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) New England. The awards program was begun this year to recognize "the up-and-coming design professionals" in the region. The award will be presented at the annual ASID NE dinner on October 4. |
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08.16.2007 Sasaki Designers Pitch In at San Francisco Park Charette Boeddeker Park in San Francisco's Tenderloin District (left) has a troubled 22-year history, and the Bay Area Business Council of the Trust for Public Land has identified it as a candidate for their new Parks for People initiative. As a means to investigate the potential for the park and to develop a tool for fund-raising, the Council organized a pro bono design charette. Three design firms, including Sasaki, are represented on the Council and each participated in the process. Nancy Fleming, Sasaki's Council member, engaged Makie Suzuki and Tomer Maymon in the charette process, which was supported by Melissa McCann and Raphael Justewicz in design crits. Click the link below for an article from San Francisco Central City Extra. Download PDF (895K) |
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08.16.2007 ASLA Awards Attract Attention in Asia Two Asian Magazines, Landscape Architecture Environment Design (upper left), published in South Korea, and Urban Space Design (lower left), published in China, recently had articles on ASLA-award winning Sasaki projects. The Korean magazine featured Penn Connects, which won a 2007 Honor Award in the Planning and Analysis category, and the Chinese magazine wrote about both Penn and the Charleston Waterfront Park, which won the ASLA's coveted Landmark Award. |
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08.16.2007 Civil Engineering Features USU Hall The July issue of Civil Engineering magazine (left) features an in-depth article on the civil, structural and acoustical engineering of the Manon Caine Russell/Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University. The author of the piece is Mark R. Harris, who was principal in charge of the project on behalf of Reaveley Engineers + Associates in Salt Lake City. |
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08.06.2007 From 'Home Economy' to 'Earth's Ecology' -- A Major Project at UWisc Sasaki Associates, in collaboration with Dorschner|Associates of Madison, has been chosen for a major project at the University of Wisconsin Madison: An addition to and major transformation of the School of Human Ecology (SoHE) Building (left), originally built in 1913 as the university's Home Economics building. The size and scope of the project -- an estimated $47 million total cost, more than doubling of the building's gross square footage and a minimum LEED® rating goal of Silver -- reflect the increasing prominence of environmentally-related curricula at major universities like UWisc. The Sasaki team will be led by Fiske Crowell and Cathy Bell. |
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08.06.2007 Sasaki Ranked Seventh in University Billings In the July issue of Building Design + Construction (left), Sasaki Associates is ranked seventh among design firms doing work in the University market, with $24.75 million in billings in 2006. Click the link below for the complete list of ranked firms. http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6459408.html?text=Sasaki |
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08.06.2007 BD + C Also Features San Francisco Office The same issue of Building Design + Construction features Sasaki Associates' new space (left) in San Francisco. The article states that Sasaki "...eschewed cubicles and private offices in favor of open, collaborative work spaces." Sasaki is seeking LEED®-CI certification for the 12,527-square-foot space, located in the old I. Magnin department store building on Geary Street near Union Square. |
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08.06.2007 Dawson Leads Charleston Charettes Sasaki principal Stu Dawson, a veteran of decades of work in Charleston, SC (historic City Hall, left) has been asked by the city to lead a series of charettes in early August. Open to the public, these work sessions will focus on Highway 17 Crosstown, an artery built in the late 1950s that cut a diagonal swath across the city's classic downtown perpendicular street grid. The aim is to identify parcels along the road that can be in-filled with buildings or small parks. Another charette will explore ways to improve Colonial Lake, a picturesque reservoir in the city's historic district. |
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08.06.2007 Sasaki Teams Up in Downtown Portsmouth A number of projects are underway to regenerate downtown Portsmouth, NH (left), and a Sasaki team recently won a competition to design "The Courtyard," a public space to be constructed in front of the city's historic Music Hall. Sasaki is teaming on the project with Portsmouth firm DeStefano Architects, and the first phase of the project is slated to be completed in September. Stu Dawson led the winning Sasaki team which also included Alistair McIntosh and Lauren Sichta. |
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08.06.2007 McDonough Featured in Horticulture Magazine Mark McDonough (left), a senior associate and CAD systems manager in Sasaki's IS department, is profiled in the current issue of Horticulture Magazine about his decades-long passion for growing alliums, the genus of bulbous plants that comprise the onion family. The article states: "McDonough doesn't really much care about the gourmet aspects of onions. What interests him are their ornamental qualities. He has spent more than 30 years growing and selecting alliums in hopes of extending their blooming season and finding new colors and more exciting foliage." Click the magazine's website below to be directed to the on-line version of the article. http://www.hortmag.com/gardening_articles/alliums.asp |
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08.06.2007 St. Edward's Board Inaugurates New Garden At a board meeting at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX, Sasaki principal Joe Hibbard gave a talk about the school's landscape improvement projects over the past three years, including a recently completed garden (left) adjacent to Moody Hall, one of the major classroom centers on the campus. Touring the new outdoor space with the board, Hibbard explained that it transforms a formerly neglected area bounded by parking lots into an inviting gathering place that encourages social interaction and strenghtens the sense of collegiality on campus. |
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08.06.2007 Dunkelberger in Club Business Magazine Sasaki architect Brian Dunkelberger is prominently quoted in the current issue of Club Business International magazine (left), in an article about the latest trends in locker room design -- see link below. http://cms.ihrsa.org/IHRSA/viewPage.cfm?pageId=3445 |
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07.09.2007 Norway Conference Explores Future of European University From June 13 to 15, on the eve of the summer solstice, Trondheim, Norway (left) was the site of "Competitive Campuses: The Challenge for European Universities." This gathering of university officials, architects, urban designers, consultants and others was sponsored jointly by Sasaki Associates, the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology (NTNU), located in Trondheim, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. The conference attracted attendees from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Latvia, Germany, Slovenia and all of the countries of Scandinavia -- Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The three-day event was divided into three major themes: The University and the City; Planning and Architectural Design; and Funding Networks and Partnerships. Philip Parsons, head of Sasaki Strategies, presented "Beyond Bologna -- The European Advantage in University Planning and Design." Sasaki's Janne Corneil co-chaired "NTNU 2020 -- Strategies for a Competitive Campus." Firm President Dennis Pieprz presented a panel on "Recent Trends in Campus Development," and firm principal Dan Kenney gave a talk on "Current Trends in Public/Private Parnterships in the United States." |
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07.09.2007 New Innovista Website Goes Live A new website for Innovista, the transformation of downtown Columbia, SC master planned by Sasaki Associates, is now live. The new site is part of a wider campaign, under the theme "A Center for Innovation, A Lifestyle of Inspiration," to increase the national profile of this project, which is a joint effort among the University of South Carolina, the City of Columbia and the local Guignard family. Under a section of the website called "Innovista News" is a press release describing the awards the project has won to date. http://innovista.sc.edu/ |
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07.09.2007 Galehouse Joins ULI Colleagues in San Bernardino Charette As part of his role on the Advisory Services Panel of the Urban Land Institute, Sasaki Principal Dick Galehouse (left) participated in a June 24-29 charette in San Bernardino, CA that looked at reimagining the city's downtown. San Bernardino, a hub of California's booming Inland Empire, has like many cities seen its downtown decline despite strong economic and population growth in the region. Along with a distinguished group of architects, planners, city officials and others, Galehouse studied the downtown for several days and joined the panel in making specific recommendations, including relandscaping a series of "green streets" linked to the city's relatively abundant natural supply of water, and transforming a downtown shopping mall into a mixed-use urban village. The week culminated in a major presentation on Friday June 29 to city officials and numerous citizen groups and other stakeholders. The entire charette was widely covered in the local media -- click below for one of the articles from the San Bernardino Sun. http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_6267458 |
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07.09.2007 Biloxi at Center of Gulf Coast Discussion on Sustainability Sasaki's Steve Benz, Greg Havens and Marcus Springer participated in "Rebuilding a Sustainable Mississippi," a meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, held on June 17-19 in Biloxi (aerial view, left). The first AIA event held in Mississippi in almost two decades, the gathering was at an especially fitting place and time: Biloxi is at the heart of the Gulf Coast's "Hurricane Alley," having most recently been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Furthermore, the city is in the midst of a casino and hotel building boom. The Sasaki team presented "An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Design." |
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07.09.2007 A River Runs Along It: Sasaki Helps Watertown Reimagine Pleasant Street Even though the firm has major projects throughout the U.S. -- and in Asia and Europe -- Sasaki also works close to home, never more so than in its current assignment to reimagine Pleasant Street, the location of the firm's Watertown, MA headquarters. The street (red line in illustration, left) roughly follows the path of the Charles River, and according to a recent article in the Boston Globe, it is this proximity and river views that make it ripe for future development. Sasaki principal Kathryn Madden is guiding a wide group of stakeholders in investigating future land uses for the corridor, and residents have made it clear that better public access to the river and a mixture of retail destinations along the street are important priorities. "We're suggesting what might be possible," Madden is quoted in the June 21 Globe article. "We're not telling people what to do." |
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07.09.2007 Meek, Elbaum Article Urges "Big Picture" in Green Design The June 25 issue of Banker & Tradesman, the real estate, banking and commercial weekly for Massachusetts, features an artcle by Elizabeth Meek, Director of Interior Design at Sasaki, and Meredith Elbaum, the firm's Director of Sustainable Design. The article, appearing in the publication's Commercial Real Estate Monthly, follows on a theme of Sasaki's recent GreenDAY by urging collaboration between designers and manufacturers to further the progress of sustainable design. Ray Anderson, founder and CEO of Interface, one of the world's largest carpet makers, spoke on this subject at GreenDAY in May. Click link below to be directed to Banker & Tradesman: http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/pub/commercial_monthly/ |
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07.09.2007 ASLA Meeting to Include Sasaki-Led Waterfront Bike Tour Jesse Markman, a landscape architect in Sasaki's San Francisco office, submitted a winning proposal to the American Society of Landscape Architects for a waterfront bike tour as part of the ASLA's annual meeting in San Francisco in October. Markman will lead the tour with Sasaki colleague Mark P. Yin, also in the San Francisco office. In addition to familiar venues like the Embarcadero and Fisherman's Wharf, the tour will feature the Oakland waterfront and other Bay Area points with stunning views of the San Francisco skyline. http://www.asla.org/meetings/am2007/tours.html |
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06.15.2007 Sasaki Wins the 2007 ASLA Landscape Architecture Firm Award Sasaki Associates has won the American Society of Landscape Architects Firm Award. The Society announced the award on June 5, and the official awards ceremony will take place at the ASLA annual conference in San Francisco in October. According to the ASLA, "The Firm Award is the highest honor that the American Society of Landscape Architects may bestow on a landscape architecture firm. Its purpose is to recognize landscape architecture firms that have produced bodies of distinguished work influencing the professional practice of landscape architecture." For the complete ASLA announcement click the link below. http://www.asla.org/awards/2007/medals/awarded/sasaki.html |
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06.15.2007 Sasaki San Francisco Achieves LEED C.I. Sasaki Associates' San Francisco office, located at 77 Geary Street in the Union Square neighborhood, has been given LEED Certification in the C.I. (Corporate Interiors) category. Sasaki moved into the space, located in the old I. Magnin department store building, in 2006. |
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06.14.2007 Innovista Wins 'Making Cities Livable' Award The Innovista project in Columbia, SC, designed by Sasaki, received a Mixed-Use Design Commendation at the International Making Cities Livable Conference, held June 10 to 14 in Portland, OR. The International Making Cities Livable Council is an interdisciplinary, international network of individuals and cities dedicated to making our cities and communities more livable. They organize conferences held twice a year, once in North America and once in Europe. |
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06.14.2007 Continuum Space in Boston Common Magazine The summer issue of Boston Common Magazine (left) features a full-page article on the award-winning, Sasaki-designed headquarters of Continuum, the West Newton, MA global design consultancy. The article quotes Continuum COO Kory Kolligan as saying: "The new space expresses who we are . . . Sasaki understands creative people." |
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06.14.2007 Langan Featured in Current Competitions Magazine Matthew Langan, who recently joined Sasaki's Landscape Architecture practice, is featured in the current issue of Competitions Magazine (left). Langan was a finalist in "Design at the Margin: Urban Voids," an ideas competition held in Philadelphia in 2005 and 2006. Then a senior at Pennsylvania State University, Langan was one of five finalists culled from more than 200 entries. In his article in Competitions, journalist William Richards states: "The most innovative finalist was Matthew Langan, whose 'Urban Arboretum' is grounded in the exigencies of real time and real space . . . Instead of proposing bourgeois leisure programs, the Urban Arboretum proposes a series of 'vacant lot prototypes.' Corridor lots, linked lots, industrial lots, multiple lots, single lots and non-vacant blocks would be reforested in varying degrees and adaptable to neighborhood needs." |
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06.14.2007 Harrod, Morgan State Clients Speak to NACAS Sasaki principal Nancy Harrod spoke on June 12 at the annual conference of the National Association of Collegiate Auxiliary Services (NACAS) East in Williamsburg, VA. Harrod, joined by Will Clemm and Floyd Taliaferro, director and associate director, respectively, of the Morgan State University Student Union, talked about the newly completed student center at MSU (left), designed by Sasaki and opened in 2006. |
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06.14.2007 Galehouse Speaks at ULI on Master Planned Communities Sasaki principal Dick Galehouse (left) presented "Village and |
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06.14.2007 Another Victory at Fort Ticonderoga Sasaki recently completed a master plan for Fort Ticonderoga (left) along Lake Champlain in upstate New York, site of the first offensive victory by American patriots against the British in the Revolutionary War. The current issue of The Haversack, A News-Letter for Friends of Fort Ticonderoga, details one of the most popular recommendations in the master plan: New vistas and sightlines. The article states: "Using the magic of digital imaging, Joe Hibbard and Amy Houghton of Sasaki illustrated how a visitor's first view of the Fort could be improved simply by moving the parking area." These and other recommendations by Sasaki, the article states, "were greeted with enthusiasm and applause." Recommendations will be implemented over the next few years keyed to major historical anniversaries at the Fort. |
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06.14.2007 Through Students' Eyes: Interns Envision Sasaki Every summer, college interns among Sasaki's various disciplines are asked to record, visually and verbally, their impressions of the firm and its main building along the Charles River in Watertown. As a result the sprawling former mill building becomes something of a giant sketch pad where interns can experiment and begin testing their own design skills. The first of two summer charettes in the program included: 1. Geoff Fritz "I Am Sasaki" "The concept behind the installation is to shed light on the combined invidual efforts of Sasaki employees to make the firm a cohesive and enormously successful unit . . . The spiral staircase represents a weaving of the disciplines. Steel cables attached to the staircase converge at a point of the dot of the "i" in the Sasaki logo." 2. Victor Velarde "Ideas Rosas" "Exploring the design process with sculpture begins to reveal my own character, which is alive with color, form, culture and abstracting. Using pink twine as the main material, chosen for its importantce and vibrant appearance in my Mexican heritage, the sculpture seems to come alive . . . the once loose web begins to merge with the building and its inhabitants in a harmonious way." 3. Naomi Touger "Process" "The creative process is what draws me to architecture. The problems with which we're presented as designers are almost never cut and dry and so many of our early ideas seem disjointed, unrelated or unimportant." Explaining her choice of multiple lightbulbs, Touger continues: "Only in the light of our final project do the ideas coalesce and the role of earlier ideas, which seemed like missteps, become clear." 4. William McLoughlin "Layered Identity" "A photographic self-portrait has been faintly printed on transparencies . . . The spacing of the transparencies forms an overlapping relationship as well as degrees of density and depth . . .The installation intentionally leaves a degree of amibiguity -- something I feel is shared by social introductions. The repetition of the transparencies serves to create a fragmentary view of my face." |
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06.14.2007 Phelan Chairs Annual SEGD Conference Sasaki's Michele Phelan chaired the annual conference of the Society For Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), held in Boston May 30 to June 2. More than 700 designers and industry members from the U.S., Asia, and Europe participated in one of the best-attended conference in the organization's 25-year history. As local host for the event, Phelan planned lectures and tours of must-see Boston landmarks and solicited and choreographed keynote speakers with colleagues from SEGD headquarters in Washington, D.C. Firm principal Nancy Harrod led a group on a tour of the Sasaki-designed Continuum space in West Newton, MA. |
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06.04.2007 'Radical Industrialist' Anderson Keynotes GreenDAY 2007 "We want to be the prototypical company of the 21st Century, leaders of a new Industrial Revolution modelled after nature," said Ray Anderson (left), founder and chairman of Interface in his keynote address on May 23 in the kickoff event of Sasaki's GreenDAY 2007. Anderson, the globe-trotting head of one of the world's largest carpet manufacturers, had just the previous day been profiled in the New York Times, which referred to him as "an executive with a mission -- to save the planet." Anderson praised designers as having been instrumental in what he calls his "conversion from predator to protector." Combining a warm folksiness with a keen business sense, the Georgia native went on to describe Interface's "Mission Zero," which specifically commits the company to eliminating any negative impact on the environment by the year 2020. |
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06.04.2007 GreenDAY 2007: Sasaki as a Center of Sustainable Design Knowledge As it has every year since 2004, Sasaki Associates set aside an entire day and a half on May 23 and May 24 for a firm-wide series of workshops, presentations and panels on the latest in sustainable design thinking across all of the firm's disciplines: Planning and urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, graphic design and civil engineering. After the keynote address on May 23 by industrialist Ray Anderson, the GreenDAY events included: -Microclimate Analysis: Using an actual college campus as a model, this workshop, led by Bill Waechter and Duncan Phillips of RWDI, discussed microclimate analysis. Participants explored the impacts of wind, sun, snow, acoustics, ventilation, and air quality on human comfort and building performance. |
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06.04.2007 Boston Globe Covers Sasaki's Local Green Initiatives On the weekend after GreenDAY, the May 27 issue of the Boston Globe featured an article on Sasaki's sustainable design initiatives at its Watertown, MA headquarters. The article is headlined: "Watertown Design Firm Turns Environmental Focus on Itself." Click the link below for the article (may require registration). http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/05/27/watertown_design_firm_turns_environmental_focus_on_itself/ |
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05.21.2007 GREENWEEK '07: Countdown to GreenDAY! This is GreenWeek at Sasaki, which culminates on May 23 and 24 in numerous events that represent the firm's commitment to interdisciplinary learning and sharing of sustainable design knowledge. Visionary corporate executive Ray Anderson (see 5.14.07 item below) will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday, May 23. The following day, GreenDAY, May 24, will be filled with lively workshops and presentations, including experts on wind and solar design, sustainable campus design, building siting and orientation and Permaculture techniques. For a newly updated calendar of events click the link below. Download PDF (601K) |
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05.21.2007 GREENWEEK '07: Sasaki Donates $10,000 to University Presidents' Green Initiative Sasaki Associates has pledged $10,000 over the next two years to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, a broad group of higher education leaders dedicated to fighting global warming. To date 251 college and university presidents have signed onto the commitment, which mandates a goal of reducing and eventually eliminating their respective campuses' greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to taking immediate and long-term steps toward this goal, they must pledge to integrate sustainability into their campuses' cultures and cirricula. The Sasaki pledge is for $5,000 in 2007 and $5,000 in 2008. For updates on the group's progress visit their website by clicking the link below. http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org |
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05.21.2007 GREENWEEK '07: Benz Testifies on Water Management before Mass Senate Sasaki Civil Engineering Principal Steve Benz (left) spoke on Friday, May 18 to the Massachusetts State Senate Committee on Global Warming at Northampton Superior Court in Northhampton, MA. Benz, an expert on sustainable storm water management, spoke to the committee on the topic of "Low-Impact Development and Trends in Water Resources Management for Green Building Projects." The event was the first in a series of meetings around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to educate policymakers and engage local citizens on critical environmental issues facing the state and region. |
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05.21.2007 GREENWEEK '07: Waterfront Park in Charleston Post-Courier Charleston Waterfront Park's winning of the ASLA/National Trust for Historic Preservation Landmark Award was featured in the Sunday, May 20 edition of the Post-Courier in Charleston, SC. See link below. http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/may/20/bits1/ |
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05.14.2007 Visionary Executive Ray Anderson to Keynote Sasaki's GreenDAY At the vanguard of innovative collaboration between designers and product manufacturers, Sasaki Associates announces that Ray Anderson (left), Founder and Chairman of Interface -- one of the world's largest carpet, floor and fabric makers -- will deliver the keynote speech at GreenDAY, Sasaki's annual event for learning, advocating and celebrating sustainable design. The speech will be Wednesday, May 23, with the following day devoted completely to numerous workshops and presentations (see below). As head of a global firm, Anderson speaks around the world on his passion for sustainability, most recently keynoting the Interior Design Association's GreenWorld in Seattle in April. The executive has set an ambitious goal, called Mission Zero: "Eliminating any negative impact our company may have on the environment by the year 2020." For more information on Interface's recent strides toward this goal, visit their website: http://www.interfaceinc.com/goals/ |
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05.14.2007 Sasaki GreenDAY to Feature Multiple Events, Explorations Sasaki Associates' GreenDAY, May 24, will explore multiple innovations in sustainable design practices across all of the firm's disciplines. Microclimate analysis, green manufacturing, renewable energy and innovative wastewater treatment are just some of the topics to be covered in a series of workshops, lectures and other events (picture left, from last year's GreenDAY). Among the featured speakers are Chris Schaffner of the firm The Green Engineer; Lindsay James of InterfaceFLOR; and Mark Loeffler of Atelier Ten. For a complete schedule of GreenDAY events, click the pdf below. Download PDF (618K) |
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05.14.2007 Springer Speaks at State House on Green Building Tax Credits Sasaki architect Marcus Springer (left) testified in front of the Massachusetts Senate's Energy Committee on April 2 and its Revenue Committee on May 14 to advocate tax credits for sustainable, energy-efficient buildings in the private sector. Representing the Boston Society of Architects' Legislative Affairs Committee, Springer detailed to the lawmakers how, of the estimated 48% of greenhouse gases that are generated by the building industry, fully 80% emit from the private sector. With both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Boston having passed laws mandating reduction in public buildings' carbon impact, legislation is needed now to provide financial incentives to private developers, property owners and homeowners, Springer said. He referred to Challenge 2030, a movement that calls for the entire U.S. building stock to reduce energy use by 50% by 2010 and then to net zero by 2030. |
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05.14.2007 June Dwell Magazine Features Sasaki's 'Green' Plans for Beijing The June issue of Dwell Magazine (cover, left) will feature an article on Sasaki's plans for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Entitled "Sasaki Associates Go For Green In Beijing," the article features quotes from Sasaki President Dennis Pieprz. In 2002 Sasaki won the international competition to establish the master plan for Olympic Green, the main venue for the summer games. |
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05.14.2007 Elbaum Seeks to 'Green' Boston Convention Meredith Elbaum (left), Sasaki's Director of Sustainable Design, attended the recent AIA Convention in San Antonio as part of her work with COTE, the AIA's Committee on The Environment. As a Boston-based architect, Elbaum will work with COTE to devise ways in which the AIA's 2008 convention in Boston can be made more sustainable. |
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05.14.2007 POLA Wins Northern California ASLA Award Following an award from San Francisco AIA just two weeks ago, Sasaki's design for the Port of Los Angeles (left) has won an Honor Award from the Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The award was presented at the Chapter's annual gala on May 10 in Berkeley, CA. |
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05.08.2007 Charleston Waterfront Park Given ASLA Landmark Award The Charleston Waterfront Park (left), designed by Sasaki, has won the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Among the ASLA's highest project-specific honors, the Landmark Award is for "a distinguished landscape architecture project completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes significantly to the public realm of the community in which it is located." The Charleston Park, completed in 1990, was cited by the ASLA jury as "simple, elegant and urbane. It really works socially, is timeless and is built to last . . . The details are so beautifully thought out." For the complete award website, click the link below. http://asla.org/awards/2007/07winners/366_sai.html |
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05.08.2007 Utah State Theater Named Among "Utah's Best Buildings" The Manon Caine Russell/Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University (left), designed by Sasaki, has been named by the Salt Lake Tribune as "One of Utah's Best Buildings." The list of 30 structures ranges from the 1892 Richardsonian Romanesque Salt Lake City & County Building to buildings of present day. The list was compiled with the assistance of the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. For the complete article click the link below. http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5774772 |
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05.02.2007 Lang Named ASLA Fellow; Speaks at Conference on Brownfield Rejuvenation Sasaki Principal Owen Lang (left) has been named to the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects, one of the highest honors the Society confers each year. He will be officially inducted as a fellow at the annual ASLA conference in October. See link below for the ASLA's announcement. http://www.asla.org/land/2007/0424/fellows.html On April 23, Lang was a panelist on the topic of "Urban Assets and Sectors: Outlook For Office, Industrial, Retail, Hotel & Housing" at the Second Annual Forum on Urban Rejuvenation & Brownfields, hosted by the Information Management Network (IMN) in Los Angeles. |
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05.02.2007 New Student Center Opens at Stephen F. Austin State University The new Sasaki-designed Baker Pattillo Student Center (left) at Stephen F. Austin State University opened on April 22. The $32 million, 95,000 square-foot building features a movie theater, a food court and numerous other amenities and is distinguished on the exterior by a clock tower formed of channel glass that becomes a campus beacon at night. SFA State University is located in Nacogdoches (pronounced Nack-uh-DOH-chus) in east Texas. |
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05.02.2007 Dymecki, Stevens Publish Article on Locker Room Trends The April issue of Athletic Business has an article by Sasaki principals David Dymecki and Tim Stevens. The article states that colleges and universities are "rethinking the locker-room concept, stretching the boundaries of locker space by installing or retrofitting alternative locker spaces into corridors, lobbies, fitness rooms and other populated areas." An example of this are the hallway lockers at Sasaki's recreation center expansion at the University of California, Santa Barbara (left). For entire article see link below. http://athleticbusiness.com/articles/article.aspx?articleid=1495&zoneid=16 |
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05.02.2007 Erin Bray Speaks at "Smart and Sustainable" Conference Sasaki Environmental Planner Erin Bray (left) spoke on April 19 at the SCUP 2nd Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park. Bray was part of a panel Designing for Sustainability in the Campus Environment. She presented on campus carbon emissions and an environmental analysis performed as part of the Auburn University Campus Master Plan. |
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05.01.2007 San Francisco AIA Gives Awards to Two Sasaki Projects The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter, has awarded a 2007 Citation for Excellence in Urban Design to Sasaki Associates for the Port of Los Angeles Wilmington Waterfront Development Master Plan (left). This ambitious vision for the nation's largest seaport establishes a link between the port and the surrounding Wilmington residential community, while also improving general public access to the waterfront. The San Francisco AIA also gave a Citation for Excellence in Architecture to Sasaki's Manon Caine Russell/Katherine Caine Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University (see below). |
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05.01.2007 Utah State Theater Featured in Belgian, Hong Kong Magazines The current issues of Abstract Magazine, published out of Brussells, and Hinge Magazine, based in Hong Kong, feature design spreads on the Manon Caine Russell/Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University, designed by Sasaki Associates. In a critique of the building, Hinge states: "By night, the [entrance] pavilion becomes the attractive beacon it was meant to be . . . The separate façades of the concrete theatre are handsome and interesting . . . ." |
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05.01.2007 Sasaki Ranks 199 on ENR List of Largest Design Firms Sasaki Associates has been ranked number 199 on Engineering News Record's annual listing of the 500 Largest Design Firms. The link to the list is below. http://enr.construction.com/people/topLists/topDesignFirm/topdesign_A-Z.asp |
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05.01.2007 Perry Chapman Pens Op-Ed for Boston Globe on 'Open' Campuses An Op-Ed piece by Sasaki principal M. Perry Chapman (left) appeared in the April 28 issue of The Boston Globe. The article states that, in the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, "American campuses must continue to be microcosms of the open and free societies today's students will some day lead." Chapman completed a master plan for Virginia Tech in the 1990s. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/04/28/openness_vs_security_on_campus/ |
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05.01.2007 Chapman's Book Reviewed in Urban Land The April issue of Urban Land Magazine, published by the Urban Land Institute, features a review of Perry Chapman's recently published book "American Places: In Search of the Twenty-First Century Campus" (vignette of cover, left). |
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05.01.2007 National Harbor 'Like Nothing Else Washington Has Ever Seen' The April 22 issue of the Washington Post featured National Harbor, a mixed-use development located just south of Washington, DC along the Potomac River. Sasaki provided Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning services for the project. The article states: "National Harbor is like nothing |
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05.01.2007 Benz Wins Award for Sustainability Article On May 17, Sasaki's Steve Benz (left) will receive the Ernest Herzog Award from the Boston Society of Civil Engineers (BSCE) for the "Best Article of 2006." Benz wrote an article for American School & University entitled "Setting Your Sites: Plannning for Sustainable Elements in Site Design Can Help Turn a Project's Interference into Enhancements." Benz recently joined Sasaki's Civil Engineering discipline as a principal. |
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05.01.2007 Sasaki, Neighbors Join Forces in Charles River Cleanup Sasaki Associates is located along the banks of the Charles River in Watertown, MA, and the firm takes the responsibility for stewardship of this natural resource very seriously. On April 20, Sasaki employees, as well as tenants in the firm's 64 Pleasant Street headquarters, joined in a clean-up of the river's banks sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The event is part of Park Service Day, when citizens around the Commonwealth pitch in to clean and help preserve the state's natural sites. |
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04.11.2007 Competitive Campuses: An International Conference Trondheim, Norway (left) will be the site for a major conference co-sponsored by Sasaki Associates on "The Challenge for European Universities: Exploiting the European Advantage through Planning, Strategy and Design." This event will be held June 13 through 15 and is co-organizeed by ETH (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich and NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Trondheim. The impetus for the event is the recent reorganization of higher education in Europe through the Bologna Process, which presents European universities with the opportunity to rival their American counterparts -- and anticipate challenges from Asia -- by exploiting the unique European advantages of history, culture and location. Click below to be directed to the "Competitive Campuses" website, or click the PDF for a copy of the conference flyer. www.ntnu.no/ab/ccceurope2007 Download PDF (242K) |
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04.11.2007 Sasaki Announces Five Major Awards From ASLA, BSLA
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04.11.2007 Innovista Wins CNU Award Innovista (left) in Columbia, SC also won a Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism. The awards will be given formally at the CNU Charter Awards Luncheon in Philadelphia on May 18. Innovista was one of 20 projects selected from a field of more than 130 submissions. |
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04.11.2007 Continuum, Monitor Featured as 'Design that Inspires Creativity' Sasaki Interior Design's Continuum and Monitor San Francisco spaces are featured in the current issue of Building Design + Construction Magazine in an article entitled "Office Design that Inspires Creativity." See link to the magazine below. http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6426319.html |
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04.11.2007 Chinese Cities in Focus: Pieprz Speaks on Stanford Panel; Also Featured in Boston Business Journal |