Burien Town Square has been recognized by the Puget Sound Regional Council with a 2010 VISION 2040 Award. From the VISION 2040
web site: Each year the Puget Sound Regional Council honors outstanding real-life examples of how the region is achieving our ambitious vision for growing wisely and creating great quality of life in all the region’s communities.
Burien Town Square was one of only
five winning projects selected from across King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap Counties. This is the second time Burien's downtown revitalization effort has been has been recognized by the PSRC: The Burien Downtown Plan won a VISION 2040 Award in
2001.
The Northwest Maritime Center---for which GGLO provided landscape architecture services---was one of five award winning projects in AIA Seattle's 2010 What Makes it GREEN competition. Designed by a team led by the Miller|Hull Partnership, the Center was awarded Honorable Mention for Cultural Sustainability.
GGLO was the landscape architect in a collaborative design process with the Northwest Maritime Center to create a new multi-purpose cultural and educational facility along the shores of Port Townsend. The LEED Gold project includes a 20,000 square foot public commons for festivals and events, custom designed streetscape elements, native planting, and parking stalls with electric car charging stations. Located in historic Port Townsend, the Center was designed to meet both the cultural needs of the historic preservation commission and the environmental needs of a sustainable building along the waterfront.
