ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Faye Harwell, FASLA, of Rhodeside & Harwell, was recently honored by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) for her multi-phase landscape design work at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. As a consultant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rhodeside & Harwell has provided planning and landscape architecture services for several projects at the National Arboretum, including new courtyards and gardens at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum and renovations to the National Herb Garden.
Work by Harwell and her team was recognized as one of only three projects in the Landscape category of the BWAF’s Built by Women (BxW) DC Awards program. Harwell was honored along with Dr. Johann Klodzen, executive director of the National Bonsai Foundation. The BxW DC program’s winning projects were exhibited at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on March 19-20.
Rhodeside & Harwell’s work at the National Arboretum has spanned nearly 20 years. The firm is currently working on the design of the new National China Garden, a 12-acre classical garden and center for cultural study. Rhodeside & Harwell is collaborating on the project with Page Southerland Page, landscape architect Peter Liu, and a Chinese design team led by Madame Jiang Zehui, director-general, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan.
Rhodeside & Harwell’s work at the National Arboretum has also been selected for AIA/DC’s DesignDC 2016 tour, to be held August 24-26.
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