Awards and Publications

Starr Whitehouse Awards

2022	NAHB Multifamily Pillars of the Industry, Best Affordable Apartment Community	NAHB Multifamily Pillars of the Industry, Best Affordable Apartment Community Lexington Gardens 2
2020	Honor Award for General Design, ASLA NY Chapter	Honor Award for General Design, ASLA NY Chapter Hoboken Southwest Resiliency Park
2020	Merit Award for Analysis, Planning, Research and Communications, ASLA NY Chapter	Merit Award for Analysis, Planning, Research and Communications, ASLA NY Chapter A Vision for a Resilient East Harlem
2020	Merit Award for Un-Built Projects, ASLA NY Chapter	Merit Award for Un-Built Projects, ASLA NY Chapter The Battery PlayScape
2020	Merit Award for General Design, ASLA NY Chapter	Merit Award for General Design, ASLA NY Chapter E92nd Street Bonus Plaza
2018	Innovation and Sustainability Best Practices Award, U.S. Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter	Innovation and Sustainability Best Practices Award, U.S. Green Building Council New Jersey Chapter Hoboken Southwest Resiliency Park
2018	Award for Design Excellence, Public Design Commission	Award for Design Excellence, Public Design Commission Hamilton Fish Library and Park
2017	WEDG Certification, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance	WEDG Certification, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Starlight Park Bronx River House
2017	Honor Award for General Design, ASLA NY Chapter	Honor Award for General Design, ASLA NY Chapter General Design, with Quennell Rothschild for the Battery Perimeter, Bikeway, Oval, and Woodland
2017	Merit Award for Residential Design, ASLA NY Chapter	Merit Award for Residential Design, ASLA NY Chapter VIA 57 West
2016	Merit Award, for Residential Design, ASLA NY Chapter	Merit Award, for Residential Design, ASLA NY Chapter Compass Residences
2016	34th Annual Award for Excellence in Design, Public Design Commission	34th Annual Award for Excellence in Design, Public Design Commission 40th Precinct Station House
2016	Honor Award in Analysis and Planning, ASLA National	Honor Award in Analysis and Planning, ASLA National The Big U
2015	National Planning Excellence Award for Urban Design, APA National	National Planning Excellence Award for Urban Design, APA National The Big U
2015	Urban Design Merit Award, AIA National	Urban Design Merit Award, AIA National The Big U
2015	LEED Platinum Award	LEED Platinum Award Bushwick Inlet Park
2015	Honor Award, ASLA NY Chapter	Honor Award, ASLA NY Chapter for Analysis, Planning, Research and Communication, The Big U
2014	William H. White Award, APA New York Metro Chapter	William H. White Award, APA New York Metro Chapter for creativity and ingenuity in planning on The Big U
2014	Holcim Award North America, Silver, a winning project of HUD’s Rebuild By Design Competition	Holcim Award North America, Silver, a winning project of HUD’s Rebuild By Design Competition Awarded by The Holcim Foundation to BIG Architects and Starr Whitehouse for The Big U
2014	Merit Award, New York Chapter of the ASLA	Merit Award, New York Chapter of the ASLA Harlem River Promenade and Design the Edge: Hallets Cove
2013	Honor Award for Landscape Architectural Design, New York Chapter of the ASLA	Honor Award for Landscape Architectural Design, New York Chapter of the ASLA Bushwick Inlet Park
2012	‘Stars of Design’ for Landscape Architecture	‘Stars of Design’ for Landscape Architecture New York’s Decoration and Design Building
2012	Diamond Award, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York	Diamond Award, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Brooklyn Queens Expressway Enhancements project, in collaboration with Sam Schwarz Engineering
2012	Gold Award, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York	Gold Award, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Water Street, A Vision Plan, in collaboration with Sam Schwarz Engineering
2010	Merit Award, New York Chapter of the ASLA	Merit Award, New York Chapter of the ASLA Jersey City Waterfront Park / Paulus Hook
2009	Award of Excellence, AIA New York State	Award of Excellence, AIA New York State Battery Bosque, with WXY Architects, Piet Oudolf, Tillett Lighting Design
2009	Award for Excellence in Design, Public Design Commission	Award for Excellence in Design, Public Design Commission Bushwick Inlet Park, with Kiss+Cathcart, Architects
2008	Platinum International Design Award, IDA	Platinum International Design Award, IDA Battery Bosque, with WXY Architects, Piet Oudolf, Tillett Lighting Design
2008	AIA National Housing Award	AIA National Housing Award Front Street, with Cook+Fox Architects
2006	‘Excellence on the Waterfront’, Waterfront Center Top Honor Award	‘Excellence on the Waterfront’, Waterfront Center Top Honor Award Battery Bosque
2006	‘Honor Award for Landscape Architectural Design’, New York Chapter of the ASLA	‘Honor Award for Landscape Architectural Design’, New York Chapter of the ASLA Battery Bosque
2006	‘Merit Award for Landscape Architectural Design’, New York Chapter of the ASLA	‘Merit Award for Landscape Architectural Design’, New York Chapter of the ASLA Front Street Courtyards

Laura Starr Awards

—	ASLA NY President	ASLA NY President
—	ASLA NY Chapter Honor Award	ASLA NY Chapter Honor Award
—	ASLA Merit Award for Design, Board of National Association	ASLA Merit Award for Design, Board of National Association Olmsted Parks
—	The Waterfront Center’s Excellence on the Water Award	The Waterfront Center’s Excellence on the Water Award
—	Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence	Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
1995	Parks Council Philip N. Winslow Award	Parks Council Philip N. Winslow Award Restoration of the Harlem Meer and Perimeter Landscape
—	Victorian Society Award	Victorian Society Award
1995	New York City Landmarks Preservation Award	New York City Landmarks Preservation Award Restoration of the Harlem Meer and Perimeter Landscape

Laura Starr Publications/Speaking

2014	“Making Density Livable,” Skidmore Ownings & Merrill (SOM), New York, NY
2012	“Wild for the City: Creating & Sustaining Urban Nature”, Rutger’s University Landscape Architecture Spring Lectures, New Brunswick, NJ
2012	“Making Density Livable: How Landscape Architects Contribute To Cleaner, Greener, Better Cities”, Israeli Society of Landscape Architects Conference
2011	“Wild for the City”, National ASLA convention, San Diego, with Claire Beyer of Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
2011	“Making Density Liveable”, ISLA Convention, Israel
2011	“Planning the Great Urban Nature Park”, New Jersey Institute of Technology
2010	Keynote speaker, “Urban Nature Park”, Jerusalem’s Park Gazelle, Green Building and Urban Nature conference organized by the municipality of Jerusalem, the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, and the Beracha Foundation
2001	“Waterfront and Open Space needs for Lower Manhattan after the Attacks of 9/11”, RDOT
2000	“Central Park as an Example of Public/Private Partnerships”, Friends of Lincoln and Grant Parks, Chicago
1999	“The Future of Historic Central Park,” Plenary speaker, International Sonsbeek Symposium, Arnhem, the Netherlands
1995	“Turning the Circle: Help Design Frederick Douglass Circle: An Exhibition of the Community Process”, Landscape Architecture Magazine, November
1996	“By Design”, Metropolis, November
1995	“Laura Starr Rebuilding the City”, Landscape Architecture Magazine
1994	“Meer Beauty”, New York Magazine
1994	“Projects - Treffpunkt Central Park”, ÜberMorgen

Stephen Whitehouse Awards

—	Honor Award, ASLA NY Chapter	Honor Award, ASLA NY Chapter
2012	Platinum Award, American Council of Engineering Companies	Platinum Award, American Council of Engineering Companies Brooklyn Queens Expressway Enhancement
2012	Silver Award, American Council of Engineering Companies	Silver Award, American Council of Engineering Companies Water Street: A New Approach
2009	“Excellence in Design”, The Public Design Commission Award	“Excellence in Design”, The Public Design Commission Award Bushwick Inlet Park
2008	Urban Design and Project Merit Award, NY AIA	Urban Design and Project Merit Award, NY AIA Hudson RISE
1995	‘Excellence on the Waterfront”, Waterfront Center Annual Award	‘Excellence on the Waterfront”, Waterfront Center Annual Award East River Esplanade Park,

Stephen Whitehouse Publications/Speaking

2012	“Next Century of Urban Wilderness”, the International Urban Parks “Greater and Greener” conference, City Parks Alliance at New York University
2011	“3r’s of the New Economy”, NY Metro APA Fall Conference, with Mark Strauss of FxFowle and John Shapiro of the Pratt Institute’s Center for Planning and the Environment
2011	“3r’s of the New Economy”, National APA conference, Boston, with Mark Strauss of FxFowle and John Shapiro of the Pratt Institute’s Center for Planning and the Environment
2010	“Lower Manhattan Streets: Driving Economic Growth”, “DDC Talks” series, along with Elizabeth Berger of the Downtown Alliance and Stephen Cassell of Architectural Research Office
2010	“Stormwater and Public Space on the Gowanus: Reclaiming a Brownfield site for NYC”, Urban Green Expo
2010	“Cutting Edge Reposition” Design Intelligence Magazine
2006	“The Built Form of Long Island Cities”, Regional Plan Association, Long Island Mayor’s Institute
2006	Somerset Charette, Regional Plan Association

Jeffrey Poor Awards

2008	Honor of Excellence Award for Unbuilt Design, NYASLA Upstate Chapter Awards	Honor of Excellence Award for Unbuilt Design, NYASLA Upstate Chapter Awards Open Space Plan & Technology Quadrangle- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2008	Merit Award for Unbuilt Projects, NYASLA Chapter Awards	Merit Award for Unbuilt Projects, NYASLA Chapter Awards Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Plaza
2006	Honor Award, NYASLA Chapter Awards	Honor Award, NYASLA Chapter Awards Battery Bosque
2006	Award of Excellence	Award of Excellence Waterfront Center, Battery Bosque
—	Municipal Arts Society Preservation Award	Municipal Arts Society Preservation Award DeKalb Branch, Library Reading Garden
—	Parks Council Special Commendation	Parks Council Special Commendation Merchants’ Gate Plaza, Central Park