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The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has announced the winners of its 2008 Brick In Architecture Awards competition. While many of the awards are building related, four awards went to ?EUR??,,????'??paving landscaping?EUR??,,????'?? and were projects involving landscape architectural firms. The award designations were ?EUR??,,????'??Best in Class,?EUR??,,????'?? Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Project: Cady?EUR??,,????'???s Alley, Washington, D.C. Architect/ Landscape Architect: Landscape Architecture Bureau Brick Manufacturer: Glen-Gery Corporation Brick Distributor: Capital Brick A single developer assembled a number of small parcels comprising an entire block in Georgetown and then commissioned five architectural firms to design mixed-use projects in the parcel. The landscape architect was the only designer that worked on the entire site comprehensively. The major open space is Cady?EUR??,,????'???s Alley, a historic passageway in Georgetown?EUR??,,????'???s industrial past. The alley was converted to combined pedestrian/service use, with several shops and residential buildings having their entrances on the alley. Brick was a primary material in linking the alley to its historic past.
A single developer assembled a number of small parcels comprising an entire block in Georgetown and then commissioned five architectural firms to design mixed-use projects in the parcel. The landscape architect was the only designer that worked on the entire site comprehensively. The major open space is Cady?EUR??,,????'???s Alley, a historic passageway in Georgetown?EUR??,,????'???s industrial past. The alley was converted to combined pedestrian/service use, with several shops and residential buildings having their entrances on the alley. Brick was a primary material in linking the alley to its historic past.
Project: Marion Street Streetscape, Village of Oak Park, Ill. Landscape Architect: The Lakota Group Brick Manufacturer: Whitacre-Greer Builder: LPS Pavement Co. The Lakota Group prepared a master plan for the central business district of Oak Park, Ill., which included 25 recommendations to revitalize and redevelop the downtown. The plan addressed new development, building front/back design, block sizes, store access, pedestrian/vehicular circulation, a multi-modal transit center, parking and links to an adjacent park. Based on the plan, the village changed the traffic circulation, attracted a developer to a key corner, worked with the Chicago Transit Authority to implement a transit center and redeveloped a long retail block into smaller street segments with pocket parking and pedestrian connections. Lakota?EUR??,,????'???s team included DLK Architecture, S.B. Friedman and Co., and the Metro Transportation Group.
The Lakota Group prepared a master plan for the central business district of Oak Park, Ill., which included 25 recommendations to revitalize and redevelop the downtown. The plan addressed new development, building front/back design, block sizes, store access, pedestrian/vehicular circulation, a multi-modal transit center, parking and links to an adjacent park.
Based on the plan, the village changed the traffic circulation, attracted a developer to a key corner, worked with the Chicago Transit Authority to implement a transit center and redeveloped a long retail block into smaller street segments with pocket parking and pedestrian connections. Lakota?EUR??,,????'???s team included DLK Architecture, S.B. Friedman and Co., and the Metro Transportation Group.
Paving Landscaping:Project Name: Downtown Streetscape Improvements, Durham, N.C. Landscape Architect: Kimley-Horn and Associates Brick Manufacturer: Pine Hall Brick Co., Inc. Builder: ValleyCrest Landscape Development Durham, N.C. has embraced New Urbanism, with the planners setting out to make downtown not only more visually inviting, but more friendly to pedestrians, bicycles and motorists. The downtown has carved offices, homes and businesses out of old buildings in the urban center. The conversion of Main Street to two-way traffic has improved traffic flow and makes it the hub to which other downtown districts are linked. The streets have been reconstructed using standard paving and decorative pavements. The sidewalks have been reconstructed, using predominantly brick pavers. Landscaping, new lighting and a plaza area for outdoor events were incorporated into the design. The $13.5 million project covers about one and one quarter miles and took 25 months to complete.
Durham, N.C. has embraced New Urbanism, with the planners setting out to make downtown not only more visually inviting, but more friendly to pedestrians, bicycles and motorists.
The downtown has carved offices, homes and businesses out of old buildings in the urban center. The conversion of Main Street to two-way traffic has improved traffic flow and makes it the hub to which other downtown districts are linked.
The streets have been reconstructed using standard paving and decorative pavements. The sidewalks have been reconstructed, using predominantly brick pavers. Landscaping, new lighting and a plaza area for outdoor events were incorporated into the design. The $13.5 million project covers about one and one quarter miles and took 25 months to complete.
Project: American Tobacco Campus Historic Redevelopment Phases I and II Landscape Architect: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Brick Manufacturer: Pine Hall Brick Company, Inc. Brick Distributor: Fred Adams Jr. Paving Company This reuse of the American Tobacco industrial plant, circa 1874, is another example of New Urbanism. Several previous attempts to turn the old campus into a mixed-use development failed. The cost effective approach was to tear down the old plant and rebuild, however, a local company elected to assume greater costs and risk by preserving and reincarnating the historic plant into a mixed-use development. Editor?EUR??,,????'???s note: LASN will do a more in-depth presentation of these award winners in our Feb. 2009 Hardscapes issue.
This reuse of the American Tobacco industrial plant, circa 1874, is another example of New Urbanism. Several previous attempts to turn the old campus into a mixed-use development failed. The cost effective approach was to tear down the old plant and rebuild, however, a local company elected to assume greater costs and risk by preserving and reincarnating the historic plant into a mixed-use development.
Editor?EUR??,,????'???s note: LASN will do a more in-depth presentation of these award winners in our Feb. 2009 Hardscapes issue.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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