Tierra Design
Tierra Design (Singapore) is an architecture firm headquartered in Singapore. The firm's main focus is landscape architecture, and it also participates in general architecture and interior design. The firm has a representative office in Shanghai and an international clientel.
The company has another sister company specializing in architectural and interior design, known as POD Design.
History
In 1995, Tierra Design was founded by Martin Palleros (Argentina), Natalie Gunewardene (Sri Lanka) in Singapore, which remains the focus of the practice. In 2012, Tierra opened a branch office Shanghai, China. The firm's principal registered archicect, Franklin Po is registered in Singapore and in California, and holds a master's degree in Architecture from the University of California Irvine. He has been in practice since 1973 and specializes in landscape design.[1]
Landscape design projects
Tierra has completed many landscape design project around the world.
Completed in 2007, Changi Airport Terminal 3 interior landscape is one of best known projects of Tierra,[2] and has been featured in several architecture magazines.[3] The green tapestry in this project is 14 meters high and 300 meters long.[4] The project won an Honor Award from American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
In 2008, Tierra Design planned the landscaping for Banyan Tree hotel in Lijiang China, a 900-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site.[5]
At 158 Cecil Street, Singapore, in 2011, a seven-stories high indoor "green wall" vertical garden was designed.[6][7] This work received several awards, including Skyrise Greenery Awards First Prize in 2011, and World Best Vertical Garden Design Gold Award in 2012.[8]
Awards
- BCA Construction Excellence Award 2013, Residential Buildings - 1,800 sqm and above, Livia Condominium, 2013[9]
- FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Awards 2013 (International) - In partnership with Architects 61 Pte Ltd as the landscape designer - Silver Winner in the Residential High Rise Category, Soleil@Sinaran, 2013[10]
- World Best Vertical Garden Design Gold Award, World Green Roof Congress (WGRC Hangzhou), 158 Cecil Street Singapore, 2012[11]
- World Architecture Festival, Shortlisted for Landscape of the Year, 158 Cecil Street Singapore, 2012[12]
- Skyrise Greenery Awards, First Prize, Hanging Garden in CBD – A Fusion of "Archi-Nature" at 158 Cecil Street Singapore, 2011[8]
- ASLA Professional Awards, Honor Award, Changi Airport Terminal 3 Interior Landscape, 2009[3][13]
- SILA Merit Award for Institutions Category, Greenwall @ Changi Airport Terminal 3, 2007
- SILA Silver Award for Parks, Open Spaces, Recreation Areas Category, Banyan Tree Resort, Lijiang China, 2007
- SILA Commendation for Institutions Category, Mandai Crematorium & Columbarium Complex, 2005
- RIBA Worldwide Awards 2005- In partnership with SCDA Architects PTE Ltd as the landscape designer - Lincoln Modern Singapore, 2005[14]
- SILA Runner-Up Award for High Density Housing Category, The Loft Condominium, 2003
- SILA Merit Award for Private Residential Category, No. 4 Morley Road, 2001
- SILA Winner Award for Private Housing Category, Residential House at Bintong Park, 1996/7
- SILA Participation Award for Private Housing Category, Camden Road Residence and White House Park Residence, 1996/7
- City of Los Angeles, Historic Preservation Award of Excellence, Wells-Halliday Mansion, 1994
- AIA Merit Award, Unocal Oil Museum, California, 1991
- President's Design Award, Singapore.[13]
References
- ↑ Sheralyn Tay (August 2011). "Pursuit for Green Visionaries. Interview with Principal Architect, Franklin Po". Pursuit, p. 181.
- ↑ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3, Greenwall | Skyrise Greenery
- 1 2 — 2009 Professional Awards Jury. "2009 Professional Awards". Asla.org. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "Projects - Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 Greenwall". Greenroofs.com. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "Tierra Design - Banyan Tree – LiJiang". Arcprospect.org. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "A Challenging Green Initiative in the CBD ". (2011). Landscape Forum, p. 17, Issue 6.
- ↑ An Unexpected Hanging-Garden | Singapore | AgFacadesign & Tierra Design « World Landscape Architecture – landscape architecture webzine
- 1 2 "2011 Winners". Skyrise Greenery. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ http://www.bca.gov.sg/newsroom/others/pr24042013_CEAA.pdf
- ↑ "FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Awards - FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Awards". Fiabciprix.com. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects". Sila.org.sg. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "Shortlist 2012 - WAF Landscape Projects - World Architecture Festival - Singapore 2-4 October 2013". World Architecture Festival. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- 1 2 3 President*s Design Award Singapore 2014 - STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- ↑ "Lincoln Modern Apartments, Singapore". Architecture.com. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
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