Avalon Preserve, Cusano Environmental Center at Tinicum, and Thomas Jefferson University are three of the many case studies on the Landscape Architecture Foundation's website showcasing the real, measurable benefits of sustainable landscape design. (Image above taken at Cusano Environmental Center)

Andropogon Associates is excited about TJU Plaza being featured in Danilo Palazzo and Frederick Steiner's new book, Urban Ecological Design:  A Process for Regenerative Places.   The book is a fantastic resource, and we highly recommend it.

Carol will be giving a lecture entitled "The Necessity of Systems Thinking in Making, Preserving, Restoring and Creating Landscapes," on January 23rd at NC State University.  She will be discussing her award winning new book Metropolitan Paradise:  The Struggle for Nature in the City, as well as digging into the incredible work she has been doing in the office both recently and over the past 35 years.  

Andropogon Associates and its International, multi-disciplinary team have made it to the final round of 5 in a competition to design a prestigious campus outside of Jodhpur, India.  The school is hoping to achieve net-0 water, net-0 energy, and net-0 waste.  The team is very excited about proposing cutting-edge solutions to some major challenges in its final proposal.  

As newly appointed chair of this year's ASLA Professional Awards Jury, Jose gives some advice for those entering submissions.

José Almiñana accepted the 2011 Sustainability Award on behalf of the City of Lewes and Andropogon Associates at this year's AIA Delaware Annual Meeting. read more here...

The University City District has hired Andropogon Associates to design the 40^th Street Portal project. This exciting project will transform the trolley portal into a gateway center for University City linking this busy transit hub to the University City neighborhood, U of Penn, University of the Sciences, the VA Hospital, & 3 commercial corridors: Baltimore Ave., 40^th St., and Woodland Ave & beyond. Through a partnership between UCD, SEPTA, & the City of Philadelphia, the project is intended to become a “beacon” for sustainable transportation & design. Please visit www.universitycity.org for project updates.

Carol Franklin, FASLA, and David Contosta, PhD received an award of excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects for their recent publication “Metropolitan Paradise, The Struggle for Nature in the City: Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley, 1620-2020”

The project intends to be “net-zero in electrical energy” which means that it will produce as much electricity on-site as it consumes annually. The project is also pursuing a “zero discharge” philosophy for the site design based on the combined strategies of infiltration, on-site wastewater treatment, and water reuse. The project will break ground on September 20, 2011.

The plaza outside Thomas Jefferson University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Building (located between 10th and 11th; Locust and Walnut streets) is an example of green stormwater infrastructure that's barely visible to the naked eye.  learn more about the watershed here...

We are thrilled to announce the promotion of several Andropogon employees.  Ngim Chea has been promoted to Associate. Chris Mendel is also a new Associate. Amy Reese is now a Senior Landscape Designer. Darren Damone has been promoted to Senior Landscape Architect.  Their commitment and success towards the firm is greatly appreciated and we look forward to their future leadership within the firm.

The project's future was set in motion as the Richland Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Eden Hall master plan. read more here...

Our work at SUNY College for Environmental Science and Forestry is making headlines due to it's new green roof installation and their use of native plant species.

The new North Philadelphia Salvation Army Kroc Center makes headlines, read more here...

For young Buffalo-born landscape architect Christopher T. Mendel, Wednesday evening’s public meeting hosted by the Richardson Center Corp. in the Performing Arts Center in Rockwell Hall at Buffalo State College was like a final exam. A very high-stakes final exam. read more...