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Hollander Design Wins 2023 IDA Award

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..
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Hollander Design Wins 2023 IL ASLA Award

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..
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Topping Farm Wins 2022 Acanthus Award

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..
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Hollander Residence Wins ASLA-IL Award

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..
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Hollander Workplace Design Wins ASLA-IL Award

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..
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Hollander Pollinator Landscape Wins ASLA-IL Award

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...
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Veranda Magazine Highlights Hollander Landscape

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,..
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Edmund Hollander on The Chairish Podcast

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..
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Mansion Global Profiles Edmund Hollander

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..
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Mansion Global Highlights Hollander Garden

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..
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Let’s Talk About the Birds and the Bees

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..
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Hollander Pollinator Rooftop Wins GRHC Design Award

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..
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Architectural Digest Features Hollander Landscape

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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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..
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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..