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Awards of Excellence 2009

There were eleven award categories this year. The first seven apply to all types of buildings and installed green roof and green wall designs:

Extensive Residential
Project: Big Sur
Award Recipient: Fred Ballerini

Extensive Industrial / Commercial
Project: O'Hare Modernization Program (OMP), Building 607
Award Recipient: Barrett Company

Extensive Institutional
Project: Burnside Gorge Community Centre
Award Recipient: Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc.

Green Wall Design
Project: The Urban Farming Food Chain
Award Recipient: Green Living Technologies, LLC

Intensive Residential
Project: Macallen Building Condominiums
Award Recipient: Landworks Studio, Inc.

Intensive Industrial / Commercial
Project: Broadway Tech Centre
Award Recipient: Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc.

 

Intensive Institutional
Project: Gary Comer Youth Center
Award Recipient: John Ronan Architect

Special Recognition
Project: Celebrity Solstice – Lawn Club
Award Recipient: Green Roof Service LLC

 

Civic Award of Excellence: Individual
Winner: Kerry Ross, IBI Group Architects Engineers

Civic Award of Excellence: Organization
Award Winner: Storm Water Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.)

Research Award of Excellence: Published Work
Award Winner: Tim Carter, Ph.D., Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

The Awards Ceremony


Accompanying Steven Peck and Jeffrey Bruce are, from left to right and top to bottom: Fred Ballerini; Tim Barrett, Barrett Company; Randy Sharp, Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc.; George Irwin, Green Living Technologies, LLC; Brett Hitchens and Randy Sharp, Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc.; Brian Barry, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, LLC (accepting on behalf of John Ronan, John Ronan Architect); Jörg Breuning, Green Roof Service LLC; Kerry Ross, IBI Group Architects Engineers; Rob Craudereuff, Storm Water Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.); and Tim Carter, Ph.D., Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

Awards ceremony photography courtesy of:

About The Awards

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities established the Green Roof Awards of Excellence in 2003 to recognize green roof projects which exhibit extraordinary leadership in integrated design and implementation. The awards also increase general awareness of green roof and green wall infrastructure and its associated public and private benefits, while recognizing the valuable contributions of green roof and green wall design professionals.

Thank You to Our Judges

  • Ed Snodgrass (Green Roof Plants)
  • Jeffery Bruce (Jeffery L. Bruce & Company)
  • Michael F. Gibbons (Architectural Systems Inc.)
  • Monica Kuhn (Monica Kuhn Architect)
  • David Yocca (Conservation Design Forum)
  • Linda Velasquez (Greenroofs.com Publisher & Design Consultant)


Click here to see awards from previous years.


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