Landezine announced its shortlist for the 2025 awards cycle and four OJB projects are on the list. Established in 2016, the awards recognize exemplary landscape architects and their projects from all over the world.
In the campus category, the Robert L. Crandall Campus for American Airlines in Fort Worth, Texas was cited for its holistic approach to health and wellness across a replanned and restored 258-acre campus. Large swaths of Blackland prairie are restored, with sustainable conservation measures across the site. A palette of native and adaptive planting reflects the beauty and diversity of this endangered ecotone between the forest and the grassland.
For Warner Bros. in Burbank, California, the Second Century creative studio campus is comprised of two landmark towers across 11-acres. The WELL Platinum certified design is focused on social and ecological health. The landscape character of the San Gabriel Mountains is seamlessly infused throughout the site, offering views of rolling terrain and lushly planted terraces that climb the facades, creating an immersive experience. Topographical softscape elements and a regionally appropriate planting palette, inspired by the native landscape, help mitigate the 20-foot grade change across the site and allow for vegetated low points to capture stormwater runoff.
In the public parks category, Downtown Cary Park and The RiverFront are both recognized for their social and economic impact on their communities.
In Cary, North Carolina, Downtown Cary Park is 7-acre highly activated and programmed public park, utilizing green infrastructure solutions to solve intractable issues of flooding. A series of outdoor rooms are knit together by multi-dimensional vantage points, including elevated walkways, meandering paths and water features that help control stormwater. Three serpentine pavilions showcase the craft of the region, and their organic form is purposefully omni-directional, gathering gather people and creating invitation to the outdoor rooms of the park.
Downtown Cary Park by OJB Landscape Architecture « Landezine International Landscape Award LILA
The RiverFront is an ULI award-winning park, which has transformed downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The revitalized riverfront plan transforms a trio of parks into a unified, amenity-rich open space, anchored by the Missouri River, creating a dynamic 72-acre urban composition. The redesigned parks restore street access at the downtown core and add spacious lawns, performance pavilions, play areas, a skate ribbon, an urban beach, public art and other destinations. Street improvements include new pedestrian sidewalks, crosswalks, bridges, walking paths, and dedicated bike lanes, ensuring protected access to the parks and open space along the river.
The RiverFront by OJB Landscape Architecture « Landezine International Landscape Award LILA
