Gannett USA Today Headquarters
GANNETT USA TODAY HEADQUARTERS
TYSONS, VA | By means of an intense collaborative process with Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, this project weaves the Gannett USA Headquarters into a seamless composition of building and landscape. MVLA adjusted the preferred building site from a healthy wooded hilltop to the fill landscape below, which preserves the hilltop as an ecological and recreational amenity and results in a more cohesive, temporal landscape. Angled stone walls terrace the site and direct water through riparian step pools connecting the forebay and regional storm water management pond. From planning to its final design, this project demonstrates the principles of sustainability and responsible stewardship.
2008 National ASLA Honor Award Winner, 2003 Inform Award Winner, 2002 Potomac ASLA Honor Award Winner
