Awards
2021 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Belmont Parkway
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 + 2020 Texas ASLA Merit Award – Student Activities Center Courtyard Renovation at The University of Texas at Austin
2021 Texas ASLA Honor Award + 2020 APA Sustainable Communities Division for Excellence in Sustainability + 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
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
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, 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
Sustainability
ACC Marshalling Yard
LEED Silver Certified
AC Condensate and Roof Water Harvesting for Irrigation
Innovative Storm-water Management
Wetland Preservation and Enhancement
Floodplain and Riparian Forest Restoration
Meadow Restoration
TTF Butler Trail Safety and Mobility Study
Green Storm-water Infrastructure
Water Quality Protection for Lady Bird Lake
Sustainable Building Materials
Hozho Center
Arid Rangeland Restoration for Navajo-Churro Sheep
Planning and Design for Indiginous Life-ways Education and Outreach Center
Heritage Orchard and Herbal Medicine Garden Design
Austin Oaks
Native Landscape Restoration
Irrigation Water-use reduction
Heritage Tree Preservation
Rathgeber Natural Resource Park
Master Planning for Natural Resource Park
Creek Restoration along Barton Creek
Cedar and Wildlife Habitat Resource Management Planning
Travis Country Fire/EMS Station
LEED Silver Rating
Boardwalk Benches
City of Austin Urban Forestry Grant
Lumber harvested from trees felled within the City Limits of Austin
Lumber harvested from trees taken down by the 2015 Blanco River flood.
Cardinal Point
AEGB 4-Star Rating
LEED V4 BD+C: HOLR Platinum
S.M.A.R.T Housing
CARTS ( Richard E. Moya Eastside Bus Plaza)
SITES Silver certification
Innovative storm-water management with numerous rain gardens on site
Purple pipe and grey water re-use
Irrigation water use reduction
Native planting and meadow restoration
Del Valle Fire Station 50 / EMS
City of Austin Urban Forestry Grant – Fig Farm
AEGB 3-Star Rating
LEED Certified
Lakeline Station Apartments
Austin Energy Green Building 5-Star Rating
S.M.A.R.T Housing – 128 affordable units
25,000 gal total Rainwater Collection System on site
Nolanville City Park Master Plan
$321,060 matching grant – 2018 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Non-Urban Local Park Grant
Greenway
100% Native Shade Garden
Landscape irrigated by 15,000 gal. rainwater harvesting system (10,000 gal stored under the house in collapsible bladders)
9 Protected and Heritage Trees incorporated into design informing all paving, grading, and plating decisions
Permeable striped driveway to ensure health of Heritage Oaks
Ongoing soil restoration/stabilization through years of continual compost application
Homestead Oaks Apartments
AEGB Four- Star Rating
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Learning Center at Lakeline Apartments
Living Building Challenge – 3.1 Zero Energy Certified
Austin Energy Green Building 5 Star Rating
Food Producing Landscape
5,000 Gallon Rainwater Collection System