2022 Class of Fellows, Mike Albert, Colorado Chapter

Design Workshop, Aspen, Colorado
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Colorado Chapter Category: Works

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Colorado Chapter Category: Works

Mike Albert's intellectual curiosity, creative mind, passion for uniting people, and conviction that landscape architects can harness the power and restorative properties of nature has resulted in a profound body of built work. At Design Workshop, Mike identifies important historic and ecological values to create landscapes of meaning and value. Grounded by unwavering stewardship values, an enthusiastic collaborative spirit, and an acute focus on contextually appropriate materiality and detailing, his work has been recognized with over fifty awards, including eight national ASLA awards. Among Mike's award-winning projects are: Wayne Ferguson Plaza, a vibrant 1.5-acre public plaza that transformed an underused parking lot into a community destination in Lewisville, Texas's historic Old Town; Andesite Ridge Retreat, a modernist vision of simplicity, volume, and natural materials, responding to challenging site conditions while celebrating an ecologically rich environment in a high alpine site in Montana; and Joplin Public Library, where after a devastating tornado, Mike spearheaded an inclusive and open public engagement process resulting in a fully integrated anchor for the adjacent mixed-use development. Mike advances the profession in many ways, not the least of which is his influence on collaborators and clients to become stewards of their own landscapes and communities.