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October 12, 2023 Awards

Hollander Design Wins 2023 ICAA Acanthus Award

COUNTRY CLASSIC wins THE acanthus AWARD in LANDSCAPE DESIGN The Acanthus Award, bestowed by the Midwest chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, recognizes excellence in classical and vernacular design. Ordered, but not overly formal, the landscape at Country Classic, like the architecture of classic white-shingle façade and sloping gambrel roofs, relies on..

October 3, 2023 Awards

Hollander Design Wins 2023 McKim, Mead & White Award

Topping Farm wins THE ICAA AWARD in LANDSCAPE DESIGN The McKim, Mead & White Award, bestowed by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, recognizes excellence in classical and vernacular design. 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..

September 13, 2023 Press

Elle Decor Features Hollander Rooftop

If the past three years have taught us anything, it’s that private outdoor space—especially in major cities—is worth its weight in gold. So when interior designer Heather Wells began work on a Greenwich Village duplex penthouse to serve as a home-away-from home for a young St. Louis family, it became clear that the home needed..

August 26, 2023 Newsletter

Studio Notes: Skyline Design

August 24, 2023 Awards

Hollander Design Wins 2023 IDA Award

BRIDGE VIEW wins THE 2023 IDA AWARD FROM HC&g FOR LANDSCAPE DESIGN Judge Joan Michaels describes the terrain in this garden design as “not unlike a fairy tale.” Throughout the thoughtfully mapped-out project, bees, birds, and butterflies are as welcome as the occupants of the house are, in distinct areas ranging from an orchard walk to a..

August 22, 2023 Awards

Hollander Design Wins 2023 IL ASLA Award

11 Hoyt wins merit award for residential design 11 Hoyt is an important model for how even urban developments can play a part in restoring resources for pollinators by providing space where both nature and community can thrive. 11 Hoyt transforms its full-block site, formerly a parking garage, into an elevated green podium anchored by..

June 21, 2023 Awards

Hollander Design Wins National LUXE RED Award

Topping Pool has won the national award for outdoor space design in 2023 from LUXE Magazine’s RED Awards jury. The landscape design surrounding the pool and pool house responds to both the Long Island, New York, property’s farmstead past and its contemporary architecture, which is a modern twist on traditional barns in the area. Serene plantings harmonize..

June 20, 2023 Press

Florida Design Features Hollander Design Project

The three words of directive used by the homeowners were “tailored, relaxed, and tropical,” adjectives that don’t always go hand in hand. Valentino and his team complied with a green and white palette and “designed a clean edge around all the planting areas with clipped Green Island ficus and then allowed all the interior plantings..

June 6, 2023 Press

The New York Times Features Hollander Ideas for Landscape Lighting

“Especially in the city, most people experience their gardens at night more than they do during the day,” said Stephen Eich, the urban studio director at Hollander Design, a landscape architecture firm based in New York. “We’re always super conscious about making sure that it’s well illuminated and inviting, just so people can enjoy their garden.”..

April 6, 2023 Awards

Hollander Design Wins ASLA-NY Award

Whimsy Farm is the winner of a New York ASLA Award in 2023. This country residence 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 whimsy and a definitive step toward ecological health in the landscape...

April 6, 2023 Press

Galerie Magazine Highlights Two Hollander Projects

Galerie’s March 2023 issue features Lennox Hill, an urban terrace led by Studio Director Stephen Eich for a city home by David Kleinberg. A second article highlights pool trends from Ed Hollander and features the Waters Edge project designed in collaboration with BMA Architects and Fox Nahem. “Everything changed in the past few years, when..

February 22, 2023 Press

Elle Decor Features Hollander Project

This Elegant Hamptons Home is an Exercise In Restraint – and Compromise A Shingle Style Hamptons residence completed in collaboration with Kligerman Architecture & Design and Haynes Roberts is profiled in Elle Decor. Read the article

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 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 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..