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A transformative plan to create a community and regional destination along Greenville, North Carolina’s riverfront, moves closer to reality. On November 10th, City Council unanimously approved RHI’s master plan for Greenville Town Common.  Proposed master plan elements will strengthen connections to the Tar River, provide year-round activities, celebrate history, and stimulate economic development in the City’s Uptown district. Check out … Read more »

Children of all abilities and ages now have a place for play at Greenville Town Common.  After a one-year design and construction process, Town Common Playground opened to the public on November 19th.  The one-acre inclusive playground, is the first project to be implemented as part of a visionary plan to transform the riverfront park.  Rhodeside & Harwell is currently … Read more »

This year is Rhodeside & Harwell’s 30th Anniversary, and it was a pleasure celebrating with family, friends, and colleagues at our office last week.  Pictured below (left to right) are Faye Harwell, FASLA, Deana Rhodeside, Ph.D., and Elliot Rhodeside, FASLA.    

RHI’s Colleen Williams’ collection of drawings is featured in Representing Landscapes: Hybrid book showcased in #ASLA2016 annual meeting and expo. The book, which demonstrates the layering of different media types to create dynamic graphics, includes Colleen’s work from a student project that conceptualized a memorial for the Boston Marathon bombings.      

Nigel Dunnett, Professor of Planting Design, Urban Horticulture and Vegetation Technology at the University of Sheffield, and RHI principal Thomas Rainer recently spoke together to a packed house at #ASLA2016 about innovative public realm planting.  

  PARKing Day is a world-wide event where designers, planners, and citizens alike transform parking spaces into temporary parks. The event brings awareness to the role of public spaces and how little it takes to create an inviting place.   This park asks the public how they use parks and what their park needs are. Inspired by Nancy Belmont’s recent … Read more »

Earlier this week, the design team conducted a charrette for the Town Common project in Greenville, NC . Construction is beginning soon on the project’s first phase, the playground, and Ron and Qiaojue grabbed a picture with the new signage.  We are looking forward to seeing the playground take shape and creating a fun space for the community to enjoy.  

  City of Sandy Springs, GA (http://thenext10.org/). A City-wide Open House, attracting more than 150 participants, presented the concepts and recommendations from the draft Comprehensive Plan and provided multiple opportunities for comments.  To learn more about the process, the draft plan and the community meetings, please visit the links below: http://thenext10.org/comprehensive-plan/ http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2016/07/21/next-ten-previews-future-planning-sandy-springs/   For additional information and press releases: http://patch.com/georgia/sandysprings/next-10-remains-front-center-sandy-springs … Read more »

Last week, RHI Director Faye Harwell hosted the RHI team at an evening garden party.  The environs were lovely and we got to know our newest team members better. Faye, Deana, and Elliot also spoke to their experiences starting and sustaining a practice, the first in a series of founding partners talks commemorating the firm’s 30th anniversary.       … Read more »

On July 12th Fredericksburg City Council unanimously approved the schematic design for the Riverfront Park.  With this approval Rhodeside & Harwell has been authorized to advance the design into construction documentation. The design will create a signature four-acre waterfront park in Fredericksburg’s Historic downtown along the banks of the Rappahannock River. Look here for more about the project: Riverfront Park

Thomas Rainer, ASLA, and Margie Ruddick recently sat down with Landscape Architecture Magazine to discuss their new books focused on planting for ecological diversity in the public realm.  Read the condensed interview here: ‘Wild Times’ by Brad McKee and pick up LAM’s July 2016 issue for the full article.