October 6, 2008, Zaragoza, Spain

VWA and Lacruz Sisamon Arquitectos, win one of the 2008 Fernando García Mercadal Prizes of Architecture from the College of Architects of Aragon for the public park Padre Querbes in Huesca, Spain. | AWARD

September 24, 2008, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Verzone presents the project Cadrages - Landscape Masterplan for the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland at the Triënnale of Landscape. Following the presentations is a debate on the future of the European cultural landscape | PRESENTATION / DISCUSSION

September 2008, Barcelona, Spain

VWA has 3 projects selected for the exhibit and publication of the 5th European Biennial of Landscape Architecture "Storm & Stress" Conference; Padre Querbes Park in Huesca, Spain, Las Margas Parks and Gardens in Sabiñanigo, Spain and the podcast Terragrams - delivering the landscape | AWARD

Fall 2008, Corcelles, Switzerland

Read the Woods article entitled “La Cité Radieuse et son jardin” in the current issue of the Swiss Landscape Architecture Journal, Anthos 03/08, which focusses on the topic of Habitat and its Surroundings. | ARTICLE

September 15, 2008, Cambridge, MA, USA

Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Richard T. T. Forman, Harvard University’s Professor of Advanced Environmental Studies in the Field of Landscape Ecology and author of the recent book Urban Regions: Ecology and Planning Beyond the City. Richard discusses the hurdles to creating a healthy urban environment, endangered landscapes, who he thinks is making a difference today, his teaching as well as his current research. | INTERVIEW

June 2008, Cologne, Germany

DAAB Publishers releases book entitled Contemporary Landscape Architecture featuring 48 public space projects from around the world including the work of VWA, West 8, Aspect Studios and Gustafson Porter | PUBLICATION

DOWNLOAD Press Release Contemporary Landscape Architecture.pdf

September 2008, Switzerland

VWA is profiled in IDEA - intérieur, design, édification, architecture, volume 08/2008.  | PUBLICATION

DOWNLOAD IDEA 04:228.pdf

September 2008, USA

VWA congratulates Jihyun Yoo for an ASLA Student Honor Award in recognition of her project “Williamsbugh Bridge Park” from the Verzone-Cannon HGSD Studio Landscaping Urbanisms/Urbanizing Landscapes. | AWARD

September 2008, USA

VWA congratulates PennDesign student Shannon V. Scovell (VWA 2006 Intern) for ASLA Student Honor Award for the project “Living Grid Park - MAC Central Open Space” under advisors Corner and Kennedy | AWARD

September 2008, USA

VWA congratulates Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya student Marti Mas Riera (VWA 2006 Intern) for his ASLA Student Honor Award for the project “Rainwater harvesting in Baza’s Fortress Hill” under advisors Vidal and Bellmunt | AWARD

15-31 Août 2008, Rougemont, Suisse

VWA propose les bases pour une nouvelle cartographie au Pays d’Enhaut. Basée sur nos cinq sens; l’ouie, la vue, l’odorat, le goût et le touché, la carte proposée dispose des informations tirées de notre première impression pour créer un nouveau mode d’enregistrement de notre paysage. Le projet physique, baptisé  Reflexions Sensorielles, sera installé dans et autour du village de Rougemont jusqu’à la fin Août tandis qu’un parcours sur Google Earth sera ouverte au téléchargement. Entrez, s’il vous plaît, en contacte avec nous si vous souhaitez participer au processus d’évolution de la cartographie du Pays-d’Enhaut.

August 15-31, 2008, Rougemont, Switzerland

VWA sets the foundations for a new mapping to the Pays d’Enhaut. Based on our 5 senses, sound, sight, smell, taste and touch, the proposed map infuses information extracted from our primary sensors to create a new mode of recording our landscape. The physical project, entitled Sensory Reflections, will be installed in and around the Rougemont village until the end of August while a Google Earth tour and our project map are available below as downloads. Please contact us if you would like to participate in the continued mapping process of the Pays-d’Enhaut. |  EPHEMERAL

Voir le projet / See Project

GOOGLE EARTH PARCOURS / TOUR

VWA Réflexions sensorielles.kmz

CARTE / MAP

VWA Réflexions Sensorielles.pdf

September 2008, USA

VWA congratulates UVA student Shanti Fjord Levy (Verzone-Woods Rural Urbanity Studio) for her ASLA Student Honor Award in recognition of her project “Agua: Infrastructure as landscape identity” under advisors Schjetnan and Bargmann. | AWARD

September 2008, USA

VWA congratulates HGSD students (Verzone-Cannon LUUL Studio) Joowon Im, Radhika Garg, Ming-Jen Hsueh, Shi Park and Jihyun Yoo for their ASLA Honor Award in recognition of the project “The Rebirth of the Tajo River” under advisors Steinitz and Werthmann. | AWARDS

September 2008, USA

VWA congratulates HGSD students (Verzone-Cannon LUUL Studio) Theodore Hoerr, Yun Hye Hwang, Filio Iliopoulou and Simon Martinez for their ASLA Award of Excellance in recognition of the project “Half a Million Trees: Prototyping Sites and Systems for Sustainable Cities” under advisors Hilderbrand and Frederickson. | AWARDS

November 2008, Sitges, Spain

Padre Querbes Park is featured in the recently published Spanish professional landscape architecture magazine Paisajismo Nº 24.  | PUBLICATION

November 3-5, 2008, Martigny, Switzerland

Woods participates as jury member to select the winning project for the competition of Martigny’s Place Centrale. | JURY

October 22, 2008, Barcelona

Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Kristine Jensen, winner of the 5th Rosa Barba European Landscape Prize. Kristine discusses her prize winning project, the difference between a circle and an oval, Modernism in Denmark, her design studio AKJT and the topic of her PhD. | INTERVIEW

October 2008, Rougemont

A big harvest of apples from the studio orchard helped produced nearly 500kg of fruit and 333 liters of juice this Fall. Visit the Rougemont milk shop or contact us regarding availability. | HARVEST

November 2008, Wangeningen, The Netherlands

‘scape magazine overviews The Wider View Debates and introduces Terragrams to its readers. | PUBLICATION

November 2008, Château-d’Oex, Switzerland

Construction continues for the project of the Bout’ficelle, the local day-care of the Pays-d’Enhaut. Collaboration with Martin Ingénieurs Civils | CONSTRUCTION

November 2008, Cham, Switzerland

Architect Antonie Bertherat’s project for a house on Lake Leman, situated within the gardens by VWA, is featured in the November-December issue of Maisons et Ambiances. | PUBLICATION

Fall 2008, Barcelona, Spain

VWA projects A Garden on a Lake and Cadrages are published in the Catalogue of the IV European Landscape Biennal 2006 entitled Landscape: Product / Production. | PUBLICATION

December 9-11, 2008, Lullier, Switzerland

Verzone participates as an external expert for the final thesis reviews for the School of Engineering Landscape Architecture Program at the HES in Lullier. | JURY

December 11, 2008, Lullier, Switzerland

Congratulations to François Leroy (summer intern 2008) for receiving a perfect 6/6 score on his final thesis project at the School of Engineering Landscape Architecture Program at the HES in Lullier. | JURY