Recognition

2025

Award of Excellence

Long Island Private Residence (with Paula Hayes, Artist and COOKFOX Architects DPC)

New York Green Roof

2024

Diamond Engineering Excellence Award

Patchogue Shorefront Park (with VHB Engineering)

ACEC New York

National Recognition Engineering Excellence Award

Patchogue Shorefront Park (with VHB Engineering)

ACEC

Project of the Year, Resiliency

Patchogue Shorefront Park (with VHB Engineering)

ASCE Long Island Branch

2023

Honor Award

Ferry Point Park East Waterfront

ASLA, NY Chapter

Merit Award

Fountain of the Fairs Mist Garden at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

ASLA, NY Chapter

2022

Best New Urban Amenity

Fountain of Fairs Mist Garden

Municipal Arts Society, MASterworks Award

2021

Award for Excellence in Design

New York City Public Health Laboratory (with SOM)

NYC Public Design Commission

Best New Urban Amenity

Newtown Creek Nature Walk (with George Trakas)

Municipal Arts Society, MASterworks Award

Green GOOD DESIGN Award

The Statue of Liberty Museum (with fxcollaborative)

The Chicago Athenaeum

Engineering Excellence Awards

Fowler Square

ACEC New York

Engineering Excellence Awards

West Tremont Step Street

ACEC New York

Pumpkitecture Design Competition, Pritzerpumpkin Prize

Second year in a row

Center for Architecture

Special Recognition for Meeting NYC Sustainable Development Goals

Newtown Creek Nature Walk

NYC Public Design Commission

2020

Building Team Awards, Gold Award

The Statue of Liberty Museum (with fxcollaborative)

Building Design+Construction

NYCxDESIGN Award, Exhibition/Installation, Honoree

The Statue of Liberty Museum (with fxcollaborative)

NYCxDESIGN

International Architecture Award

The Statue of Liberty Museum (with fxcollaborative)

Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design

International Architecture Award

The Statue of Liberty Museum (with fxcollaborative)

European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

Pumpkitecture Design Competition, Pritzerpumpkin Prize

Center for Architecture

2019

Award for Excellence in Design

Bay Breeze Park

NYC Public Design Commission

Best Architecture of 2019

Statue of Liberty Museum

Curbed NY

Pumpkitecture Design Competition, Pritzerpumpkin Prize

Center for Architecture

2018

Award for Excellence in Design

Reconstruction of the Reflecting Pool, Flushing Meadows Corona Park

NYC Public Design Commission

2017

Award for Excellence in Design

Waterfront Nature Walk (with George Trakas)

NYC Public Design Commission

Honor Award General Design

The Battery Perimeter, Bikeway, Oval and Woodland

ASLA New York

Rosa Parks Circle named a "Great Place in America"

American Planning Association

Best of Design Awards, Honorable Mention

Astor Place/Cooper Square

Architect's Newspaper

Best of Design Awards, Honorable Mention

Statue of Liberty

Architect's Newspaper

2016

Excellence in Design Award

Newtown Creek Waterfront Nature Walk

NYC Public Design Commission

Excellence in Design Awards, Community Parks Initiative

NYC Public Design Commission

Bedrock of New York Award

Nicholas Quennell, FASLA, for his legacy of great public places and leadership of important civic institutions

Associates of the Art Commission

2013

Design Awards, Honor Award

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (with SOM Architects)

AIA New York Chapter

2012

Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award

The New York Historical Society (with Platt Byard Dovell White)

The New York Landmarks Conservancy

Engineering Excellence Award

Harriet Tubman Memorial (with URS Corporation)

ACEC: American Council of Engineering Companies

2011

Building Brooklyn Award

Newtown Creek Nature Walk (with Ennead Architects, Artists: George Trakas and Vito Acconci)

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Building Brooklyn Award, Civic and Institutional

Newtown Creek

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

2010

Silver Award in Transportation, Engineering Excellence

Harriet Tubman Memorial (with URS Corporation)

ACEC: American Council of Engineering Companies

Honor Award, Architecture

The Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, Buffalo, NY (with Toshiko Mori Architect)

AIA

Design Awards Citation: Outstanding Contribution to Excellence in Federal Design

United States Land Port of Entry, Massena, NY (with Smith Miller & Hawkinson)

U.S. General Services Administration

AIA WNY/Buffalo Chapter Award

Darwin Martin House Visitor's Center (with Toshiko Mori Architect)

AIA WNY/Buffalo Chapter

AIA New Jersey Chapter Award

Princeton University, Roberts Stadium (with Anderson Architects)

AIA New Jersey Chapter

Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award

The New York Historical Society (with Platt Byard Dovell White)

The New York Landmarks Conservancy

2009

Design Award

Syracuse University, Newhouse III (with Ennead Architects)

AIA New York State

Design Award

Darwin Martin House Visitor's Center (with Toshiko Mori Architect)

AIA NY/Buffalo Chapter

Award of Merit

Princeton University, Roberts Stadium (with Anderson Architects)

AIA New Jersey Chapter

Award of Merit

The Lion House at the Bronx Zoo (with Fox & Fowle)

AIA New York State

Best Restoration Award

Lion House at the Bronx Zoo

Municipal Art Society of New York

Golden Trowel Award, Special Recognition

Princeton University, Roberts Stadium (with Anderson Architects)

Masonry Contractors of New Jersey

2008

Design Awards Citation: Outstanding Contribution to Excellence in Federal Design

United States Land Port of Entry, Massena, NY (with Smith Miller & Hawkinson)

U.S. General Services Administration

Winning Projects

Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication (with Ennead Architects)

New York Construction

2007

Award of Merit

United States Land Port of Entry, Massena, New York (with Smith-Miller + Hawkinson)

McGraw Hill Construction

Project of the Year, Higher Education

Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication (with Ennead Architects)

New York Construction

2006

Special Recognition, Excellence in Planning and Architecture

Renovation of Robertson Hall and Scudder Plaza (with Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC)

Society for College and University Planning

Commendation

Queens EMS Station (with Dean Wolf Architects)

New York Public Design Commission

2005

Jurors' Special Recognition Award

New York Stock Exchange – Financial District Streetscape (with Rogers Marvel Architects)

AIA

Award for Excellence in Design

Reconstruction of Louise Nevelson Plaza (with Smith-Miller + Hawkinson)

Art Commission of the City of New York

Sustainable Design Award

Monika A. & Charles A. Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College (with Ennead Architects)

AIA/Westchester/Mid-Hudson

First Honor Award

Monika A. & Charles A. Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College (with Ennead Architects)

AIA/Westchester/Mid-Hudson

AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects

Monika A. & Charles A. Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College (with Ennead Architects)

AIA/COTE

Award for Excellence in Design

Lewis–Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University (with Rafael Viñoly Architects)

New York Construction

Urban Design Award, Special Citation for an Urban Element

Financial District Streetscape/Security, NYC (with Rogers Marvel Architects)

Boston Society of Architects, AIA

2004

Award of Merit

Monika A. & Charles A. Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College (with Ennead Architects)

New York Construction

Award of Merit

Lewis–Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University (with Rafael Viñoly Architects)

New York Construction

2003

Merit Award, Collaborative Design

Broadway Streetscape Improvement (with Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Vollmer Associates LLP, Pentagram Design Inc, Harvey + Marshall, & ADNY)

ASLA, New York Chapter

Historic Preservation Award

Monument Drive, Princeton, New Jersey

Historical Society of Princeton, New Jersey

Lumen Citation

Ecliptic, Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids, MI (with Maya Lin & Tillett Lighting Design)

Illuminating Engineering Society

Golden Trowel Award

Scudder Plaza, Princeton University

International Masonry Institute

2000

Award for Excellence in Design

Streetscape Master Plan for the Alliance for Downtown New York (with Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Vollmer Associates LLP, Pentagram Design Inc, & Caribiner International)

Art Commission of the City of New York

MASterworks Award

Hudson River Park Master Plan

Municipal Arts Society of New York

Award

Hudson River Park Structures Master Plan (with Anderson Architects, P.C.)

AIA New York Chapter

Award

Cohen Residence (with Toshiko Mori, Architect)

AIA New York Chapter

Award of Merit

Corning Museum of Glass (with architects Smith-Miller + Hawkinson)

AIA New York Chapter

1998

Merit Award

Hudson River Park Master Plan

American Society of Landscape Architects

Excellence on the Waterfront Annual Award

Riverfront Recapture Plan, Hartford, Connecticut

The Waterfront Center

1997

Citation

Corning Glass Center Phase 2: Orientation Center

American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter

1996

Citation

North Carolina Museum of Art, Amphitheater, and Outdoor Cinema

American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter

Excellence on the Waterfront Annual Award

Hudson River Park Concept Plan

The Waterfront Center

Front Stoop Award

The Hudson River Pedestrian and Bicycle Path

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

1995

Landscape Preservation Award

Neptune Fountain at Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Preservation League of New York State

Preservation Award

Neptune Fountain at Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Preservation League of Staten Island

1993

Philip N. Winslow Landscape Design Award

Harlem Beach Esplanade

The Parks Council

1986

Award for Excellence in Design

Reconstruction and Restoration of Morningside Park, Phase I

The Art Commission of the City of New York

Design Citation

United States Embassy, Sultanate of Oman

Progressive Architecture Magazine

1980

Merit Award

Lighthouse Park

ASLA New York State Council of Landscape Architects

Certifications, Licenses & Memberships


QRP partners are licensed professional landscape architects in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont, and other jurisdictions and active members of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). QRP personnel members hold memberships in professional organizations such as LEED and WEDG.