OLIN

OLIN is an international landscape architecture, comprehensive planning and urban design firm founded in Philadelphia in 1976 by Laurie Olin and Robert Hanna. OLIN’s staff is composed of landscape architects, architects, project managers, and urban planners. The firm is led by twelve partners: Laurie Olin, Lucinda Sanders, Dennis McGlade, Susan Weiler, Robert Bedell, Hallie Boyce, Richard Newton, Skip Graffam, Chris Hanley, Steve Benz, Tiffany Beamer and Richard Roark.[1] OLIN is most recognized for designs such as Bryant Park in New York City, the Washington Monument Grounds in Washington, DC, the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, 16th Street Mall in Denver, and Columbus Circle in New York City.[2]

History

As faculty members of the Landscape Architecture department of the University of Pennsylvania, Laurie Olin and Robert Hanna founded the partnership Hanna/Olin, Ltd. Through their collaboration in academia, in 1976 Olin and Hanna took on their first project, the design of the Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Corporate Center in Skillman, NJ, done in collaboration with I.M. Pei & Partners, now known as Pei Cobb Freed. The pair continued through other work, such as the ARCO headquarters, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, and Denver’s 16th Street Mall.[3]

Partners

Laurie Olin

Dennis McGlade

Susan Weiler

Lucinda Sanders

Robert Bedell

Hallie Boyce

Richard Newton

Skip Graffam

Chris Hanley

Steve Benz

Tiffany Beamer

Richard Roark

Notable Works

Barnes Foundation: Philadelphia, PA

Battery Park City: New York, NY

Bishopsgate: London, UK

Brancusi Ensemble: Targu-Jiu, Romania

Bryant Park: New York, NY

Camana Bay: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Canada Square: London, UK

Canary Wharf: London, UK

Carnegie Hall Roof Garden: New York, NY

Central Delaware Riverfront Master Plan: Philadelphia, PA

Columbus Circle: New York, NY

Comcast Center Plaza: Philadelphia, PA

Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment: Durham, NC

Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Garden at the J. Paul Getty Center: Los Angeles, CA

Gap Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

Harvard University Allston Campus Initiative: Allston, MA

Hermann Park: Houston, TX

Independence National Historical Park: Philadelphia, PA

J. Paul Getty Center: Los Angeles, CA

Lenfest Plaza at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Philadelphia, PA

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe: Berlin, Germany

Midway Plaisance Master Plan and Winter Garden: Chicago, IL

Mission Bay Master Plan: San Francisco, CA

Napa Pipe: Napa, CA

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden: Washington, DC

Patch\Work—Living City Design Competition: Philadelphia, PA

Pratt Street Concept Design: Baltimore, MD

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park inside of Battery Park: New York, NY

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ray and Maria Stata Center: Cambridge, MA

The New York Botanical Garden Master Plan: Bronx, NY

University of British Columbia Boulevard Competition: Vancouver, BC

University of Pennsylvania Campus Development Plan: Philadelphia, PA

U.S. Embassy: London, UK

Vila Olimpica: Barcelona, Spain

Washington Canal Park: Washington, DC

Washington Monument: Washington, DC

White River State Park: Indianapolis, IN

Yale University Kroon Hall of Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies: New Haven, CT

Awards

Progressive Architecture Magazine Design Award: Long Beach Island Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, 1986

Progressive Architecture Magazine Design Award: Battery Park City Open Space Plan, New York, NY 1986 American Society of

Landscape Architects President’s Award: Codex Headquarters Canton, MA, 1989 British Association of Landscape Industries Principal Award: Canary Wharf, London, UK, 1991

Time Magazine Best of Design: Bryant Park, New York, NY, 1992

New York Magazine Best of New York - Urban Renewal: Bryant Park New York, NY, 1993

City of New York, Big Apple Award: Bryant Park, New York, NY, 1994

Philip N. Winslow Award for Design of Public Space: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park, New York, NY, 1997

Federal Planning Division, Outstanding Federal Planning Project Award, National Capital Urban Design and Security Plan,

Washington, DC, 2003 American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Urban Design, Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park

New York, NY, 2003 American Society of Landscape Architects Design Honor Award: J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2003

American Society of Landscape Architects Landmark Award Battery Park City Master Plan and Esplanade New York, NY, 2003

American Society of Landscape Architects, Landscape Architecture Firm Award, 2006

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Urban Design Award University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2006

American Society of Landscape Architects Maryland and Potomac Chapter, President’s Award: Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, 2007

Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Design, 2008

Urban Land Institute Award of Excellence: Comcast Center Plaza, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Royal Institute of British Architects International Award: Yale University Kroon Hall School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, 2010

American Society of Landscape Architects Landmark Award: Bryant Park: New York, NY, 2010

American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design Central Delaware Riverfront Master Plan, Philadelphia, PA, 2012

Sources

  1. ↑ Architype Source, "Consultant: Landscape", Architype Source, 2011
  2. ↑ American Society of Landscape Architects, "2006 ASLA Medal", ASLA”, 2006
  3. ↑ The Cultural Landscape Foundation, "Hanna/Olin", “The Cultural Landscape Foundation”, 2010

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