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HR&A’s work has been recognized by numerous prestigious industry organizations.

  • 2024 - The 2024 American Planning Association-National Capital Area Chapter recognized he National Capital Planning Commission for Outstanding Planning Tool.
  • 2024 - The American Society of Landscape Architects recognized The Bay - "One Park for All" with an Honor Award  in General Design.
  • 2024 - The American Planning Association Northern California Awards Jury recognized San Francisco Civic Center Public Realm Plan with the Award of Excellence in Urban Design.
  • 2024 - Urban Land Institute Houston awarded The Ion a Development of Distinction Award.  
  • 2024 - Urban Land Institute Houston awarded the Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan a Development of Distinction Award.  
  • 2023 - The American Institute of Architects California recognized the Civic Center Public Realm Plan with an Honor Award  for Urban Design.
  • 2023 - The Boston Society of Landscape Architects recognized The Bay: "One Park for All" in Sarasota with the Merit Award in General Design.
  • 2023 - The New York Urban League recognized HR&A Advisors as a 2023 New York Urban League Champion in the Recruitment, Retention & Belonging Category.
  • 2019 - The American Institute of Architects recognized the Detroit East Riverfront Framework Plan with the Honor Award in Regional & Urban Design.
  • 2019 - The American Institute of Architects recognized the Shelby Farms Park Master Plan with the Honor Award in Regional & Urban Design.
  • 2017 - The American Institute of Architects recognized the Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan with the Honor Award in Regional & Urban Design.
  • 2017 - The American Planning Association Illinois Chapter recognized the Detroit East Riverfront Framework Plan with the Comprehensive Planning Award.
  • 2017 - The American Planning Association Massachusetts Chapter recognized The Imagine Boston 2030 Plan in Boston, MA with the Honor Award for Planning and Analysis.
  • 2016 - The American Planning Association recognized The Eisenhower West Small Area Plan in Alexandria, VA with the Sustainable Urban Design or Preservation Plan Award.
  • 2016 - The American Planning Association recognized the strategic resilience plan for the City of New Orleans, Resilient New Orleans,  with the National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practice.
  • 2016 - The Comprehensive Resilience Strategy for Hudson County: Resist, Delay, Store, Discharge was recognized with a New Jersey Future Award.
  • 2015 - The American Institute of Architects recognized The Lawn on D in Boston with the Small Project Award.
  • 2015 - the Design for The Lawn on D was recognized with an Honor Award by the Boston Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • 2015 - PlanSmart NJ recognized the College of New Jersey's Campus Town with the Resource Efficiency Award.
  • 2014 - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association honored the New York Rising Community Construction Program with the Globe Award for First Place in Public Transit.
  • 2013- The American Planning Association awarded our work on the Community Energy Plan for Arlington County with the National Planning Achievement Award in Environmental Planning.
  • 2013 - The APA New York Chapter recognized our work for the Brooklyn Tech Triangle Strategic Plan with the Meritorious Achievement Award.
  • 2013 - Our work in support of the St. Louis Zoo Expansion Framework Plan was recognized by the APA Missouri Chapter with the Outstanding Planning Award.
  • 2012 - Duke Energy's Smart Energy Now Program, designed by HR&A, won PowerGrid International Magazine's Best Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Project Award.
  • 2012 - The American Institute of Architects honored HR&A's Master Plan for the Central Delaware Riverfront with the Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design.
  • 2011 - The Silver Medal for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence was awarded to Brooklyn Bridge Park, a major open-space redevelopment on the Brooklyn waterfront. HR&A led a complex series of master plan approvals and funding strategies for the development of the park.
  • 2011 - The Master Plan for the Central Delaware Riverfront was recognized with a Commonwealth Award Gold Medal in Plans and Planning by the 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania.
  • 2010 - The High Line Park received the International Economic Development Council's Neighborhood Development Prize.
  • 2010 - The Aga Khan University Village Land Use Plan, which HR&A helped create, was awarded the Society for College and University Planning's Merit Award for Excellence in Planning for a District or Campus Component.
  • 2009 - The American Society of Landscape Architects recognized Brooklyn Bridge Park with an Honor Award. On behalf of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, HR&A led predevelopment planning. The firm created a funding plan, led community outreach efforts, and managed a team of master planners, counsel and other consultants to support this open-space waterfront redevelopment.
  • 2019 - The Newark Broad Street Station District Plan, which was managed by HR&A, was recognized with the New Jersey Future Smart Growth Award.
  • 2009 - HR&A and the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) were awarded the International Economic Development Council Partnership Award for a Public-Private Partnership in a city with a population of over 200,000 persons for the creation of 3CDC.
  • 2007 - The Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence in 2007 recognized Daniel Island, a redevelopment project in Charleston Harbor that HR&A saw through from its initial planning phases through the first phase of development implementation, including founding the Daniel Island Development Corporation.
  • 2005 - HR&A's work on behalf of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority designing and implementing the New York Energy $martSM Assisted Multifamily Program was recognized by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy as an exemplary low-income energy efficiency program.
  • 2005 - The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative Framework Plan, managed by HR&A on behalf of the Washington D.C. Office of City Planning, won the American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design.
  • 2001 - The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) was awarded the Silver Medal for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. On behalf of NJPAC, HR&A developed a long-term financial plan for the innovative performing arts space, which revitalized downtown Newark.