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The Office of James Burnett Receives 2015 ASLA Firm Award 06-17-15 | News

The Office of James Burnett Receives 2015 ASLA Firm Award

The Office of James Burnett's contribution to helping revitalize communities was recognized by the 2014 global Urban Open Space Award from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) for Klyde Warren Park (left) in Dallas. The firm is also one of the six finalists for the same award this year for Myriad Gardens (right) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photos courtesy of OJB

The Office of James Burnett www.ojb.com is the recipient of the ASLA's 2015 Landscape Architecture Firm Award. The ASLA Board of Trustees makes the selection.

"Receiving this award is an incredible honor for our firm, and we are delighted to join the impressive list of past recipients for this distinction," said Jim Burnett, FASLA, who founded the firm in 1989. "I credit our extraordinary team and their passion for creating thoughtful and beautiful landscape compositions that challenge the status quo. We are constantly learning from each other, expanding our dialogue and overcoming constraints in new and interesting ways. This award is a testament to our incredible clients, who share our visions and have given us outstanding commissions for over 26 years."

OJB has offices in San Diego, Houston and Boston. The firm is led by Chip Trageser, Jereck Boss, Andrew Albers, Claudia Thome in Houston, Cody Klein in Boston, and Kyle Fiddelke, Nathan Elliott, Dillon Diers and Meg Levy in San Diego.

OJB's wide-ranging commissions include urban parks, workplace design, academic, institutional and health care environs, and hospitality-based projects. OJB has garnered more than 80 state and national design awards for projects consistently cited for innovation.

OJB's most recent work has focused on creation of active public spaces. The firm's contribution to helping revitalize communities is demonstrated at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Myriad Gardens in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lakeshore East in Chicago, Levy Park in Houston and Playa Vista Central Park in Los Angeles.

The firm is currently working on the new 6-acre Levy Park in Houston. Recent commissions include the master plan for East Village Green, a four-acre downtown park in San Diego, LeBauer Park in Greensboro, NC, the redevelopment of Westfield's Century City in Los Angeles, Toyota's North American Headquarters Campus in Plano, Texas, and the new administrative headquarters for Partners Healthcare in Boston.

The firm is in the forefront of sustainable practices and the national discourse on water issues that are transforming landscape design, addressing challenges brought on by the drought in California and the Southwest, and designing for stormwater containment and runoff in other regions. OJB's water-conscious design is demonstrated at Sunnylands Center and Gardens in Rancho Mirage, Calif., the Leland Federal Building in Houston, and Partners Healthcare in Somerville, Mass.

OJB will receive the 2015 ASLA Firm Award during the honors presentation at the President's Dinner on November 9 in Chicago, a staple of the ASLA annual meeting.