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 |