{"id":34269,"date":"2023-05-12T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T12:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=34269"},"modified":"2023-08-01T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T14:01:09","slug":"building-courtyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/building-courtyard\/34269\/","title":{"rendered":"Building 14 Courtyard receives design award from Boston Society of Landscape Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32477\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/11\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Building 14 Courtyard, revitalized as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/future-spaces\/\">Hayden Library renovation<\/a>, has won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bslanow.org\/mit-hayden-library-and-lipchitz-courtyard\">Merit Award in General Design<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bslanow.org\/2023designawards#\">Boston Society of Landscape Architects<\/a>. The design team includes Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects, Inc., Kennedy &amp; Violich Architecture, Buro Happold, Pine &amp; Swallow Environmental, and Aqueous Consultants.<\/p>\n<p>Praising the design for its simplicity and elegance, the jury said, &#8220;There is a nice seasonality of planting done beautifully. There is a simple, modern, understated vibe, and the view into and within is beautiful. Lives within the building in a nice way. The placement of the sculptural pieces is well-considered and provides nice visual anchors in the landscape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related video:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jyk3vteHyew\">Go inside the Hayden Library renovation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Building 14 Courtyard, revitalized as part of the Hayden Library renovation, has won a Merit Award in General Design from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects. The design team includes Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects, Inc., Kennedy &amp; Violich Architecture, Buro Happold, Pine &amp; Swallow Environmental, and Aqueous Consultants. Praising the design for its simplicity and elegance, the jury said, &#8220;There is a nice seasonality of planting done beautifully. There is a simple, modern, understated vibe, and the view into and within is beautiful. Lives within the building in a nice way. The placement of the sculptural pieces is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"","is_event":false,"calendar_url":"","calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"","urgent":false,"notes":"","featuredListImg":false,"homeImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy_111x206_acf_cropped.jpg","listImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/Courtyard_Dusk-copy_323x111_acf_cropped.jpg","homepage_post_title":"Courtyard receives BSLA design award","featuredArticle":"false"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38028,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34269\/revisions\/38028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}