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The Quaker Smith Point Residence in Shelburne Vermont has received an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The jury commented: "The detail on this project is incredible and the quality is quite singular. The palette of materials is new, yet compatible with the context. The execution is impeccable." Keith & Jeff will be heading to Phoenix in September to receive the award. Thank you to the entire project team for a job well done.

The Marsh Hall project at Salem State University received a design award from the Boston Society of Architects at their annual awards dinner on January 26, 2012.

The Minnesota chapter of ASLA were the jurors for the 2011 Vermont ASLA Design Awards. The Juror's awarded Salem State University - Marsh Hall the "Juror's Award of Excellence", the highest award. Receiving Honor Awards were the North Cove Residence & Heritage Aviation. Merit Awards went to the Stowe Pool & Pool House and the Fletcher Allen Oncology Green Roof.

The Marsh Hall project at Salem State University has received one of 4 Honor Awards in Design from the Boston Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The award will be presented on April 28th at a ceremony in Cambridge MA.

HKWP & artists Elizabeth Billings / Andy Wasserman have been awarded the commission for the new College of Pharmacy Wellness Garden. The winning entry proposes a sculptural environment that speaks to the fields of pharmacy, pharmacognosy, the geography of Rhode Island and the context of the University of Rhode Island. Within the garden the Materia Medica frieze makes visible a poetic investigation of plant matter. Each etched or sand blasted panel depicts the activity of growth, movement, and transformation of plants and cells. The team will begin construction documents shortly with construction anticpated to begin in summer 2011.
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Landscape Architecture magazine has profiled the home of H. Keith Wagner & Sara Katz in the December 2010 issue. The article titled "All Connected" discusses the inspiration for the home and the importance of simplicity and minimalism in both of their professional lives.

HKWP & artists Elizabeth Billings / Andy Wasserman have been short-listed from a pool of over 100 teams for the new College of Pharmacy Wellness Garden. The design competition is sponsored by the Rhode Island State Council On the Arts and will culminate with the selection of a final team in February 2011.

H. Keith Wagner has been featured in the November / December issue of Design New England in an article titled "Take Note - Six Singular Talents Who Are Quietly Making Waves". The article in recognition of the magazines fourth anniversary, highlights outstanding professionals in New England from a variety of disciplines.

The North Cove Residence received a Merit Award from the Boston Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

HKWP celebrates 20 years by publishing "Line, Form & Texture" featuring selected works from 1998 - 2008. This 94 page book is available through Lulu.com and soon through Amazon.com.

Jeff Hodgson has been named President of the Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (VTASLA). Doug Crowell has joined the Executive Board as a member at large. The chapter is focusing it's efforts this next year on obtaining licensure for landscape architects. Vermont is the only remaining state without either a title act or practice act in place.

The University of Vermont, Davis Center has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the US Green Building Council, acheiving 39 of the 40 points attempted. This makes it one of the first major new student centers to acheive this level of certification.

Keith Wagner's residence is featured in the September / October Issue of the magazine Design New England. The article titled 'The Geometry of Place' outlines Keith's connection to the land and the strong minimalist aesthetic applied to the landscape.

The Vermont Chapter of the Amercian Society of Landscape Architects has awarded HKWP the following 2007 Design Awards: The Jury's Award of Excellence for the Courtyard at Topnotch Resort & Spa, a Merit Award for the South Cove Residence and an Honor Award for the Thompson's Point Residence.

HKWP was selected as the winner of the Burlington City Arts 'Main Street Median Competition'. 4 Teams composed of landscape architects, architects, artists, traffic engineers and lighting designers proposed designs for the main street gateway to Burlington and the University of Vermont. A committee of Burlington and UVM officials selected the design by HKWP which focused on the shared commitment to the environment and sustainability that the two entities share. The design features a continuous ribbon of light in the median powered by a sculptural field of vertical axis wind turbines. Other features included horizontal entry walls, landforms and new UVM signage.

The Winooski downtown project is featured in the April 2007 Issue of International New Landscape, highlighting Urban Planning projects around the world. International New Landscape, a design publication is based in Shanghai China, www.inl.net.cn

The Red Rocks project is featured in the Winter 2006 issue of Custom Home Outdoors, a national publication that focuses on landscape architectural design for Custom Homes

The Johns Hopkins Broadway Research Facility is featured in Issue No. 6 of International New Landscape, a design publication based in Shanghai China, www.inl.net.cn

Keith Wagner and Jeffrey Hodgson have formed a new partnership - H. Keith Wagner Partnership. Jeff Hodgson has collaborated with H. Keith Wagner since 2003, bringing his extensive experience in all phases of landscape architectural project development to the partnership.

The IDX Headquarters project is featured in the October 2006 issue of International New Landscape, a design publication based in Shanghai, China. www.inl.net.cn

The Vermont Forum on Sprawl has awarded the Winooski Downtown Redevelopment project the first annual Smart Growth Award. The award recognizes projects that foster economic vitality in community centers while maintaining the rural working landscape. In addition the project has been awarded a national Award for Smart Growth by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Keith Wagner has been named a 2006 William Kennedy Visiting Scholar at ESF - Syracuse University in the school of landscape architecture.

The Wagner residence was featured in a segment titled "How to add chic to your country retreat" in the June / July issue of Details Magazine.