Awards
2024 USGBC Ecological Conservation and Restoration Award for Texas – Richard Moya Bus Plaza
2024 Texas ASLA Honor Award – Richard Moya Bus Plaza
2023 Austin Green Awards – Richard Moya Bus Plaza
2023 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Austin Oaks
2023 AIA Austin Design Award of Excellence – Belmont Park
2023 AIA Austin Design Award Commendation: Public Amenity – Festival Beach Restroom
2021 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Belmont Park
2021 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Frank. Mixed Use Infill Development
2021 AIA Austin Design Award Commendation for Thoughtful Integration – The Solarium
2021 AIA Austin Design Award of Merit – Student Activities Center Courtyard Renovation at The University of Texas at Austin
2021 Texas ASLA Honor Award – Our Parks, Our Future Long Range Plan
2020 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Student Activities Center Courtyard Renovation at The University of Texas at Austin
2020 APA Sustainable Communities Division for Excellence in Sustainability – Our Parks, Our Future Long Range Plan
2020 APA Planning Excellence Award – Our Parks, Our Future Long Range Plan
2020 Austin Business Journal Commercial Real Estate Awards – “Best Multifamily Project” + 2020 AIA Austin Merit Award – The Independent
2018 The Austin Chronicle “Best Use of Hill Country” – Home Slice North Loop
2017 Austin Green Awards Project of the Year – Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Learning Center at Lakeline Apartments
2016 Texas APA Project Planning Award + 2015 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Colony Park Master Plan & Design Guidelines
Publications
November, 2024, Central Texas Gardener, Season 29, Three Stories of Change: Wildflower Pocket Gardens
Summer 2022, Austin Home – “A Shoal Creek Landscape that Suites its Surroundings”
Jan 2022, Texas Architect – “Intermodal Intersection”
Oct 2021, Tribeza – “Austin Eye View: Landscape Architects”
Jul 2019, ArchDaily – “Casey House/Side Angle Side”
Nov | Dec 2019, Texas Architect – “Statement of Intent”
May | Jun 2019, Texas Architect – “Gable Rectangle”
Oct 2019, Central Texas Gardener, Season 26, Episode 2 “Rethinking Landscapes in Weather Challenges” – “Old Yard to New Garden Concept”
Oct 2019, Dwell – “A Former Church in Austin Turns Into Airy, Loft-Style Homes”
May | Jun 2018, Texas Architect – “Creature Prep”
2018, Austin Home – “2018 Home Resource Guide: Landscaping”
Spring 2018, Austin Home – “This Remodel Pays Homage to the Site’s Original Home”
2017, Austin Home – “2017 Home Resource Guide: Landscaping”
Winter 2016, Austin Home – “The Call of Hypernature”
Jun 2016, Dwell – “Refreshed Take on the Gable Shines in Austin’s Building Boom”
Aug 2014, Austin American-Statesman – “Studio Balcones architects tell stories in landscapes”
April 2014, The Austin Chronicle – “The Next New Neighborhood”
Sep 2012, Dwell – “Hillside Mid-Century Home Renovation in Texas”
Nov | Dec 2012, Texas Architect, Page 29 – “Balcones House”
October 2011, Tribeza – “The Balcones House”
Tours
2024 – USGBC – SITES 101 – Pharr Tennis Center
2024 AIA Austin Home Tour – Bridal Path Residence, Bryker Woods Residence
2023 AIA Austin Homes Tour – Ledgeway Modern
2022 AIA Austin Homes Tour – Belmont Park
2022 AIA Austin Homes Tour – Wildflower House
2020 AIA Austin Homes Tour – The Solarium
2019 Garden Conservancy Open Days Tour – Greenway Residence
2018 AIA Austin Homes Tour – Casey House
2016 Cool House Tour – Homestead Oaks
2014 Tribeza Homes Tour – Mohle Residence
2011 AIA Austin Homes Tour – Balcones Drive House
Lectures + Juries + Panels
Ilse Frank, Jennifer Orr, Michael Meihaus, 2025, Texas ASLA Conference “SITES in Action: Sustainable Landscape Practices Across Urban Austin”
Michael Meihaus, 2024, USGBC, “Water in the Built Environment”
Ilse Frank, 2024, USGBC, “Nature Based Solutions”
Ilse Frank, 2023, National ASLA Conference, “Preparing for Successful Leadership Transition: How to Navigate the Two-Way Street”
Ilse Frank, 2023, National ASLA Conference, “Lead, Follow, Adapt? Exploring Different Approaches to Changing Firm Culture”
Ilse Frank, 2023 Austin Foundation for Architecture’s Design Talks “Meaningful Work: Do the Right Thing, Be the Change, Fight the Good Fight -OR- Climate Change is Real”
Jennifer Orr, 2022 National ASLA Conference “From 10 to 110 Degrees”
Ilse Frank, AIA Austin Design Excellence Conference 2020 “Keep Austin Resilient: Partnerships and Placemaking in an Age of Extreme Weather”
Jennifer Orr, 2019 Land 8×8 Lightning Talks “Plant Stuffing”
Ilse Frank, 2019 Austin Green Awards Jury
Jennifer Orr, 2019 National ASLA Conference “Mid-career Check-in: Management, Leadership, and Maybe Even Motherhood.
2019 Austin Design Week “Frank. Green Roof”
Jennifer Orr, 2018 Texas ASLA Conference “Alternative Business Structures and Small Shop Collaboration”
2018 Austin Design Week “Boardwalk Benches”
2018 Austin Design Week “Affordable Housing”
Ilse Frank, AIA Austin Design Excellence Conference 2017 “Sustainability & Collaboration” Panel
Ilse Frank & Jennifer Orr, 2017 CNU Austin “Designing Places People Love” Panel
Ilse Frank, 2017 City of Austin “Code Talk – Environment” Panelist
Ilse Frank, 2015 AIA North Carolina Awards Jury
Ilse Frank & Jennifer Orr, AIA Austin Design Excellence Conference 2013 “Imagine Smarter Stormwater Management” CEU Presentation
