BrianHigley.com An architect that is based in New York
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Brian Higley, Landscape Architect and Modern site designer
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Brian Higley was born and raised in rural Vermont, where he developed a deep respect for nature. He is the son of a builder, and so at a very early age developed a thorough understanding of the construction process as well. He received a degree in Architectural and Building Engineering from Vermont Technical College, and worked for architectural and engineering firms around the country before returning to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for his training in landscape architecture.
Professionally, with the office of Dean Cardasis & Associates, Higley received the profession's highest Honor Award in 1995 from The American Society of Landscape Architects for his role in the design of the Durfee Gardens project in Amherst, Massachusetts (Landscape Architecture Magazine, awards issue November 1995). The project also received the 1994 Urban Landscape Award from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
In 1993 Higley became the first recipient of the James C. Rose Fellowship, and went on to serve as Assistant Director of The James Rose Center for Landscape Architectural Research and Design in Ridgewood, New Jersey, home of one of the pioneers in the Modernistic movement in landscape architecture. For four years he designed residential gardens in New Jersey while absorbing the rich legacy of this important historical designer. Higley also worked for the internationally recognized firm of Oehme Van Sweden and Associates before returning to practice on his own in 1998.
