Stories

Last week, Faye Harwell attended the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation’s Leadership Awards Gala in New York City. The Foundation annually recognizes a variety of building types and landscapes designed or built by women. Faye was selected as an award recipient for Rhodeside & Harwell’s work at the US National Arboretum – Bonsai and Penjing Museum. Stop by the National Building … Read more »

Big crowd turns out to hear big ideas in Sandy Springs ‘Next Ten’ plan. Read the Reporter Newspapers article by John Ruch here.

We had a positive meeting last week in Charlottesville as we met with local stakeholders to review the three concepts we developed for transforming West Main Street.  Check out the news article in Charlottesville Tomorrow: West Main Group Reviews Three Concepts for Streetscape 

Our team recently led a community meeting in Greenville, N.C. to help gain input from community members for a new Sycamore Hill memorial among other improvements to the Greenville Town Common. Article: ‘Bell Tower Plan Resonates’  ‘Letter: Town Common Input Appreciated’

In this month’s issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine, one of our Directors, Elliot Rhodeside, speaks about hiring new grads and emerging professionals. Check out this article by Jennifer Reut here.

Yesterday we took some time out of our busy schedules to celebrate the commencement of Rhodeside & Harwell’s 30th Anniversary! We shared some memories from the past and discussed our visions for the future.  We are looking forward to a great year of celebration, reflection, and quality work.

Thomas Rainer and Claudia West recently co-authored a new book, “Planting in a Post-Wild World,” which looks at how we design plant communities similar to how they occur in nature.  A recent Washington Post article by Adrian Higgins, “Why manicured lawns should become a thing of the past,” takes a look at Thomas and Claudia’s new book and some of … Read more »

Nine of us from the RHI team enjoyed and were greatly inspired at the 2015 ASLA Annual Meeting in Chicago.  Among us, Thomas Rainer presented with Claudia West, his co-author for Planting in a Post-Wild World, and Scott Stewart, Director and Head Horticulturalist for the Lurie Garden, at an education session about designing resilient plant communities.  Thomas also did a … Read more »

Rhodeside & Harwell’s design for Q Street Alley, a first generation green alley in DC, is being installed by DDOT. Our LID planters had to accommodate steep grade change (the illustration shows how it works). When finished, the alley will capture stormwater runoff from over 4 acres, filtering 14,000 sf of water each event.        

Continuing our summer garden parties, we were privileged to be welcomed to the Rainer’s home for a drinks, food and fun.