projects in both the public and private realms. To date, MVVA has completed over 350 projects, and has cultivated an expertise in sustainability, soil toxicity, and waterfront infrastructure. The firm collaborates frequently with artists, including Maya Lin, Ann Hamilton, Martin Puryear, Mel Bochner, Meg Webster, and Oscar Tuazon. Awards His practice has won many national awards for their designs, including 19 from the American Society of Landscape Architects. These awards include: For Allegheny Riverfront Park, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 1997 Progressive Architecture Awards citation, Architecture Magazine 2002 Design Merit Award, ASLA 2002 Place-Making Award, Places Magazine/Environmental Design Research Association For Brooklyn Bridge Park, in Brooklyn, New York: 2009 Analysis & Planning Honor Award, ASLA 2009 Waterfront Plan Honor Award, WaterFront Center 2010 "Designing the Parks" Honor Award, National Park Service 2011 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (silver medal), Bruner Foundation For the master plan for the Lower Don Lands, in Toronto, Ontario: 2007 Toronto Urban Design Award, City of Toronto 2008 Analysis & Planning Honor Award, ASLA 2008 Special Jury Award for Sustainable Development, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 2009 International Award for Best Futuristic Design, Building Exchange Summit 2010 Transportation Achievement Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers 2011 Excellence in Planning Award, Ontario Professional Planners Institute For Teardrop Park, in Battery Park City, New York City, New York: 2009 General Design Honor Award, ASLA 2010 "Designing the Parks" Honor Award, National Park Service For the restoration of Harvard Yard, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1993 Planning & Urban Design Merit Award, ASLA 1994 Honor Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation For work at Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts: 1999 Planning & Analysis Merit Award, ASLA (for the campus master plan) 2006 General Design Award of Excellence, ASLA (for Alumnae Valley) 1989 Design Honor Award, ASLA, for the Regis Garden, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota 1990 Design Merit Award, for the Black Granite Garden in Los Angeles, California 1998 Design Merit Award, ASLA, for the Vera List Courtyard, at The New School in New York City, New York 2002 Design Merit Award, ASLA, for Spider Island, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois 2004 Design Merit Award, ASLA, for the Garden on Turtle Creek, in Dallas, Texas 2005 Design Honor Award, ASLA, for the Herman Miller Factory landscape, in Cherokee County, Georgia 2006 Design Honor Award, ASLA, for Tahari Courtyards, in Millburn, New Jersey 2008 Design