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.