Archive | 2010

Children's Garden at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center chosen to test new national Sustainable Rating System

Innovative project is one of the first in the U.S. to be accepted in a new Sustainable Sites Initiative pilot program, which tests sustainable design, construction and maintenance for landscapes

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Real Estate BisNow Houston: Parks in the MUD

Landscape architecture firm TBG Partners was featured in Real Estate BisNow’s Houston edition for its extensive experience in working with Municipal Utilities Districts (MUDs, for short) to create parks and other neighborhood improvements that can ultimately help raise property values in the area. TBG’s Bill Odle and Susan Cita met up with BisNow’s editor at [...]

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"The Photographic Life: Photo Tips for Moms" helps moms take the best photos of their kids

New website launched to provide down-to-earth, jargon-free advice specifically to moms about taking great photos – regardless of what kind of cameras they use

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Urban Land: New niche for homebuilders

Our client TBG Partners is featured in the July/August 2010 issue of Urban Land in a story about infill neighborhoods. Brent Spraggeins, one of TBG’s experts on new urbanism and neighborhood development, provided expert commentary on the topic. Read the story here (log-in required)

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World Architecture News: Overland Partners seek LEED Silver for arboretum at Pennsylvania State University

What a gorgeous write-up on Penn State Arboretum and its goal for LEED Silver certification! Featured heavily was Overland Partners design of the arboretum’s Overlook Pavilion. Read the story here…

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American Institute of Architects' Dallas Chapter hires PR firm Cooper Smith Agency

PR firm will manage publicity for fifth largest chapter in the U.S.

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Dallas Morning News: Homeless Center gets architecture award

The Dallas Morning News included a write-up on the prestigious international architecture award received by The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center, which was designed by our San Antonio-based client, Overland Partners. Read the story

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Austin Business Journal: TBG Partners opens Ft. Worth office

The Austin Business Journal highlighted the opening of our client TBG Partners’ fifth office, this one in Fort Worth. The story ran in the publication’s daily email news alert, which reaches tens of thousands of business people, as well as on the ABJ’s website. TBG Partners opens Ft. Worth office – Austin Business Journal.

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NBC 5: In a Rush to Pay Your Tab? There's an App for That

NBC 5 (KXAS) in Dallas/Fort Worth ran a fantastic story on last night’s 10:00 news about TabbedOut coming to north Texas. The reporter, Omar Villafranca, interviewed the owner of the Back 9 in Addison, as well as a waitress there and customers, to get their impressions and expectations of the smartphone app. It was a [...]

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Phase I of Penn State University Arboretum project complete

The Overlook Pavilion at the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens is the architectural anchor to the University’s Arboretum; Recent winner of 2010 Texas Society of Architects’ Design Award and also seeking LEED Silver certification

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