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November 30, 2022 Press

2022 Hollander Design Fellowship & Awards Announced!

We are delighted to announce the 2022/2023 recipient of the Hollander Design Fellowship. The three-year fellowship was established in 2020 with the City College of New York and the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture to encourage and support New York City students from demographics and communities that are historically underrepresented to pursue education..

October 11, 2022 Awards

Topping Farm Wins 2022 Acanthus Award

POLLINATOR LANDSCAPE WINS RECOGNITION The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA) Midwest Chapter has given its 2022 garden design award to the Topping Farm project. The landscape design for this post-agricultural homestead near the ocean gives a large property a sense of cohesion and identity connected to its past. The site includes historic, traditional..

September 6, 2022 Awards

Hollander Residence Wins ASLA-IL Award

JURY COMMENDS WHIMSY FARM’S ‘INVITING AND WARM SOCIAL SPACES’ The ASLA Illinois chapter has given Hollander Design’s “Whimsy Farm” project a 2022 Merit Award. Whimsy Farm is defined by strong axes and garden rooms, spatial relationships to architecture, and materials that celebrate the vernacular. Woven in and throughout this traditional framework are a sense of..

September 6, 2022 Awards

Hollander Workplace Design Wins ASLA-IL Award

ASLA-IL GIVES HONOR AWARD TO ‘WELLNESS AT WORK’ The ASLA Illinois chapter has given one of its highest-level design awards in 2022 to Hollander Design’s “Wellness at Work” project. Designed to connect more than 850 office tower employees with nature, this 10,000 square foot landscaped terrace wraps the entire 10th floor and creates a walking..

September 6, 2022 Awards

Hollander Pollinator Landscape Wins ASLA-IL Award

ASLA-IL GIVES HONOR AWARD TO ‘TOPPING FARM’ The American Society of Landscape Architects Illinois Chapter has given one of its highest-level design awards in 2022 to Hollander Design’s Topping Farm project. The landscape design for this post-agricultural homestead near the ocean gives a large property a sense of cohesion and identity connected to its past...

September 4, 2022 Press

Veranda Magazine Highlights Hollander Landscape

Step Inside a Nature Lover’s Paradise Designed by Landscape Architect Edmund Hollander SEE THE ARTICLE I try to create a home for everyone—particularly for the non-paying residents like animals. They bring such a richness, making everything seem more alive,” notes landscape architect Edmund Hollander of Hollander Design. “This waterfront landscape in the Hamptons combines natural ecology,..

August 18, 2022 Press

Edmund Hollander on The Chairish Podcast

The Dirt on the New American Garden With the pandemic shutdown, the interest in gardens seemed to skyrocket. Did this mark a significant and permanent change in how we approach nature? Will the garden become a place to be lived in and not just looked at? Do concerns about the environment and climate change affect..

August 16, 2022 Press

Mansion Global Profiles Edmund Hollander

EDMUND HOLLANDER ON WHY WHAT’S IN YOUR BACKYARD IS AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT’S INSIDE THE WALLS OF YOUR HOME Long before the pandemic, some might say that landscape design was an afterthought to a house or building. Now, with more outdoor space being used than ever before, landscape architecture couldn’t be more key to a..

June 3, 2022 Press

Elle Decor Highlights Hollander Project

ART, DESIGN, AND LANDSCAPE ARE PERFECTLY ALIGNED IN THIS STRIKING SHOU SUGI BAN RESIDENCE A contemporary Long Island residence completed in collaboration with Blaze Mackoid Architects and Fox Nahem is profiled in the June 2022 issue of Elle Decor. An adjacent covered outdoor dining area is outfitted with a grill and a wall with a..

May 31, 2022 Press

Architectural Digest on Front Yard Landscapes

68 Surprising Front Yard Landscape Ideas When planning your front yard design, making the space beautiful is naturally going to be top of mind. “Having an appropriate response to architecture is paramount to the success of any front yard,” says Geoff Valentino, Chicago studio director of Hollander Design, an architectural landscaping firm. The scale, form, and materiality..

May 17, 2022 Press

LUXE Profiles Hollander Garden

“We were trying to create a bit of magic within the landscape—to invite imagination and play,” shares landscape architect Ed Hollander of this Southampton, New York, property. “Inspired by the clients’ vibrant brood of young children, Hollander and residential studio director Melissa Reavis drew plans for a multi-faceted, experiential garden where sculptures seemingly dart amongst allées of..

April 20, 2022 Events

Luxury Home Design Summit

The Post-Pandemic Client: Changes in Residential Architecture, Building, Interior Design, and Landscape Design Join us in Boston for the Luxury Home Design Summit where Chicago Studio Director, Geoffrey Valentino, will be speaking on May 24 about recent changes in design trends. While the pandemic washed over the world with immediate repercussions to all, it unleashed..

April 20, 2022 Press

Mansion Global Highlights Hollander Garden

Serenity Now: The Glory of a Zen Garden “Our concept of a Zen garden really has to do with connecting with nature. The ultimate level of peace and tranquility is achieved in a garden when it provides a home for birds, bees and butterflies as well as for its human inhabitants. We don’t try to do an imitation of a..

April 4, 2022 Events, Most Recent

Texas Design Week

Join us at Texas Design Week in Houston We’re delighted that Ed Hollander will be kicking off Texas Design Week in collaboration with architect Bill Curtis of Curtis & Windham Architects and New York designer Philip Gorrivan. April 25 at 10am Roche Bobois Texas Design Week Houston Registration and details Three greats in design discuss The..

March 15, 2022 Events

Let’s Talk About the Birds and the Bees

Creating healthy gardens for people and pollinators When was the last time you talked about the birds and the bees? This engaging talk by Melissa Reavis, residential studio director of Hollander Design Landscape Architects, may encourage you to have a new kind of design conversation. Drawing on the firm’s inspiring design portfolio of residential properties..

February 24, 2022 Press

AD PRO Taps Hollander For Design Trends

These Cold-Weather Design Trends Are Heating Up Outdoor Living “Covid-19 has totally transformed the way our clients treat the landscape,” Edmund Hollander, cofounder of Hollander Design Landscape Architects, says. “Before, the landscape was largely a place to look at and enjoy. Now, outdoor rooms are places of refuge, safety, family gatherings and multi-seasonal enjoyment.” READ THE..

January 19, 2022 Awards

Hollander Pollinator Rooftop Wins GRHC Design Award

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities has awarded the 2021 Small-Scale Residential Design Award to the 1500 square foot elevated garden we call Bridge View. Designed as an outdoor terrace on the second floor, this garden offers respite for people and pollinators alike. A sinuous ipe-wood walk defines spaces for gathering around a firepit or enjoying spectacular..

January 19, 2022 Press

Architectural Digest Features Hollander Landscape

We are thrilled that Architectural Digest features the Topping Farm garden in its February 2022 issue. Designed for pollinators and people, this landscape of meadows, orchards, and vegetable and cutting gardens brings attention to wellness and health in landscapes and gardens. Read about the Birds and the Bees For Hollander, the goal was to attract..

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