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Hollander Design Wins Luxe RED Award

Hollander Design Wins Luxe RED Award

Hollander Design has won the 2021 Luxe RED Award in landscape design for the New York Region. The award honors a waterfront home with an immersive, pollinator-friendly rooftop and spectacular views to the water. We were delighted to work with Jon F. Edelbaum Architects to create this unique and beloved home. Between the agricultural fields..
WSJ Highlights New Garden Trend

WSJ Highlights New Garden Trend

The New Trend in Home Gardens—Landscaping to Calm Anxiety Loud hues don’t cultivate serenity. “Reds, oranges and yellow are hot colors that stir passion,” said New York landscape architect Edmund Hollander, who recommends mining the other end of the spectrum for tranquility. “The gradation of blues into greens is almost the colors of a stream,..
Veranda Magazine Highlights Hollander Pollinator Gardens

Veranda Magazine Highlights Hollander Pollinator Gardens

8 pollinator-friendly design ideas for home gardens “Pollinators play an essential role in our gardens,” says landscape architect Melissa Reavis of New York-based Hollander Design. “Without them, we would no longer have flowers, which would mean no fruit. They play a huge role in our food supply, of which 75 percent is pollinated by insects.” Pollinators..
The REACH Wins AN Best of Design Award

The REACH Wins AN Best of Design Award

The REACH at Kennedy Center Named Best Cultural Project of 2020 As a “living memorial” for President John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts takes an active position among the great presidential monuments in Washington, D.C. Through public events and stimulating art, the Kennedy Center offers a place where the community can..
Hollander Design Wins Acanthus Award

Hollander Design Wins Acanthus Award

Hollander Design has won the 2020 Acanthus Award in landscape design from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA) for Indian Wells. The design combines traditional residential design elements with an organic, self-sustaining landscape. The result is a home of both enduring beauty and ecological health. We were so fortunate to collaborate with Peter Pennoyer..
Hollander Design Wins Stanford White Award

Hollander Design Wins Stanford White Award

Hollander Design has won the 2020 Stanford White Award in landscape design from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA) for The Belnord Courtyard on Manhattan’s upper west side. The renovation restores the spirit of one of New York City’s first landmarked landscapes into a jewel of classically inspired garden design. We were so..
Inaugural Hollander Design Fellowship Recipients Announced

Inaugural Hollander Design Fellowship Recipients Announced

CITY COLLEGE ANNOUNCES THE FIRST HOLLANDER DESIGN FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS City College and the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture are proud to announce the 2020/2021 recipients of the Hollander Design Fellowship. The three-year fellowship was established this summer by HOLLANDERdesign| Landscape Architects to encourage and support New York City students from demographics and communities..
LUXE Magazine Features Wellness Retreat

LUXE Magazine Features Wellness Retreat

The decision to nestle the barn into, not onto, the landscape is an exercise in both historical accuracy and ingenuity. First, it references semi-subterranean potato barns local to the area. Second, it meets a Hamptons building code limiting accessory structures to 20 feet high, while still allowing for a three-story structure for all the family’s..
Architectural Digest Features The Belnord Courtyard

Architectural Digest Features The Belnord Courtyard

A New Garden Grows Within an Iconic New York City Building Read the article. The Belnord is a stunning turn-of-the-century apartment house designated as a local and national landmark. Re-envisioned as a ‘personal palazzo’ in the midst of Manhattan’s bustling upper west side, this full-block luxury condominium development has been designed by an architectural team..
Hamptons Magazine Profiles Forest Retreat

Hamptons Magazine Profiles Forest Retreat

In true fashion, Hollander answers my question with a question: “What is the feeling we are trying to evoke?” That, in effect, is the essence of building a cohesive outdoor space. “How does it feel?” he continues. “How do you create magic? Because that’s really what we are trying to do is to create different..
Hollander Design Wins Three Design Awards from ASLA Illinois

Hollander Design Wins Three Design Awards from ASLA Illinois

A City Rooftop, Waterfront Estate and Cultural Institution Win Design Recognition The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) chapter in Illinois has bestowed three honor awards on Hollander Design recognizing excellence in residential and cultural institution design. City Haven, Honor Award City Haven is the ultimate place of respite and recharge, floating high above city..
Hollander Design Wins Honor Award from ASLA Potomac

Hollander Design Wins Honor Award from ASLA Potomac

Hollander Design won the 2020 Honor Award for Built Design from the ASLA Potomac chapter for The REACH at Kennedy Center landscape design at the chapter’s virtual award ceremony on May 14. The award was the highest award given for a built project this year. Jurors applauded how the landscape, which is nearly all green..
Mansion Global – Creating Outdoor Zen Space

Mansion Global – Creating Outdoor Zen Space

Keep it Simple “A Zen vibe is a state of mind, so think of what puts you at peace. Keep the space simple and try to work with all the senses—visual, spatial, sound. This could include water or music and even fragrance. “Remember that Zen is an approach and an appreciation of nature, so let..
Hollander Design in Garden Design Master Class

Hollander Design in Garden Design Master Class

We’re honored to have a place in Carl Delatore’s new book with Rizzoli, Garden Design Master Class: 100 Lessons From the World’s Finest Designers on the Art of the Garden.  Our essay, by Edmund Hollander, gets to the heart of our approach to design: the three ecologies that guide every aspect of our work. And..