News & Events
AKD ‘Best of Houzz 2013′ winner!
Chanticleer Farm featured in ‘Ideabook’ of winning firms.
Houzz is a leading online platform for home remodeling information and inspiration, with over 11 million monthly users connecting with more than 1.5 million remodeling and design professionals.
TerraHaus wins 2012 EcoHome Grand Award!
Unity College residence hall earns special recognition.
http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/award-winners/terrahaus-unity-maine.aspx
Dumbarton Oaks Symposium ‘Food and the City’
AKD attends the annual Spring symposium in Washington D.C.
Presentations by landscape historians and landscape architects provided a compelling historical context for the current discussions surrounding urban agriculture. Beatrix Farrand’s gorgeous garden provided the exquisite venue for inspiring conversation and serendipitous engagement.
AKD in Maine Home & Design April Issue
‘Transitional Woodland Garden’ is April’s ‘On the Boards’ feature!
Lecture: Aesthetics of the Urban Garden: Inspiration from Around the World
Lecture by Ananda Kantner
Friday, March 9th • 10:30am
Portland Company Complex • 58 Fore Street, Portland, Maine
GO Home USGBC LEED Project of the Year!
LEED Platinum & Passive House Certification
US Green Building Council award recognizes projects, developers and home builders who ‘push the envelope in areas of innovation and affordability’.
Lecture: The SonnenHaus Village Project at Unity College
A co-presentation with GO Logic, LLC on Unity’s plans for a new residential hall built to Passive House standards.
Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts
4 Depot Street, Unity, ME
April 13, 2011 • 7-8pm
GO Home in Maine Home & Design
March 2011
The GO Home and it’s snow-covered landscape by AKD are on the cover of Maine Home & Design!
‘Human Nature: Linking natural systems with human ecology to develop sustainable and meaningful landscapes.’
Article by Ann Kearsley
in the Ecological Landscaping Association March 2011 Newsletter
Lecture: ‘Design Evolution: Engaging the Present, Adapting to the Future’
Integrating design, construction and ecological processes to develop environmentally responsive landscape plans.
2011 Ecological Landscaping Association Conference
March 3, 2011 MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA
http://www.ecolandscaping.org/
The Landscape Institute • New Course • Fall 2010
Contemporary Ecology- Discourse & Debate:
How Science & Philosophy are Transforming the Designed Landscape
The Landscape Institute at the BAC
Lecture: ‘Rain Gardens’
Rain Gardens: Functional Beauty in the Landscape
March 12, 2010 • 1:30pm
Portland Flower Show, Portland, ME
http://www.portlandcompany.com/flower/lectures.html
Lecture: ‘First, Do Less Harm’
First Do Less Harm: Developing Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Landscapes
February 4, 2010
Landscape Institute at New England Grows
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA
Lecture: Sustainable Site Engineering
Sustainable Site Engineering
February 27 & 28, 2009
2009 Ecological Landscaping Association Conference
MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA
http://www.ecolandscaping.org/