2019 Besthoff Sculpture Garden Design Team
Architects (Sculpture Pavilion)
Lee Ledbetter & Associates
Project Team: Lee H. Ledbetter, Principal; Chris Loudon, Principal; Terra Cotterman, Amy Petersen
Landscape Architects
Reed Hilderbrand
Project Team: Doug Reed, Principal; John Kett, Principal; Leslie Carter, Lydia Cook
Architectural Engineers
Edward Stanley Engineers, LLC
Project Team: Ed Stanley, Derrick Bell, Patrick Bussett
Water Management
Sherwood Design Engineers, LLC
Project Team: Jim Remlin, Bry Sarte
General Contractor
Palmisano
Architectural Engineering
Altieri Sebor Wieber
Project Team: Kari Nystrom, Aaron Martin, Chuck Wick, Nona Rudd
Lighting
Lam Partners, Inc.
Project Team: Dan Weissman, Glenn Heinmiller
Planning
Suzanne Turner Associates
Architect
Lee Ledbetter Architects, New Orleans
Lee Ledbetter founded Lee Ledbetter architects in 1996 following professional associations with Michael Graves, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gwathmey-Siegel and Robert A.M. Stern. Richard Fullerton joined the firm in 1997 and shortly thereafter became a principal. In addition to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for New Orleans Museum of Art, the firm has undertaken residential projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina, New York, and the Bahamas; commercial projects in New Orleans, Houston, and Colorado Springs; and institutional projects in New Orleans for Loyola University and Tulane University. The projects for Loyola University include campus master plans and a new Visual and Performing Arts Center.
Landscape Architects
Reed Hilderbrand, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Douglas Reed and Gary Hilderbrand launched the firm in the mid-1990s to formalize years of close collaboration. Their vision of a design practice driven by investigative reason and speculative invention has drawn together a highly dedicated team of landscape architects, young designers, and staff. Based in Cambridge’s Central Square, and operating with the expanded leadership of six principals, Reed Hilderbrand is engaged in diverse commissions—urban centers, museum landscapes, academic campuses, commercial developments, and private residences—throughout North America and in Europe. More than seventy design awards distinguish this growing body of work. ASLA named Reed Hilderbrand its 2013 Landscape Architecture Firm of the Year.
2003 Besthoff Sculpture Garden Design Team
Architects
Lee Ledbetter Architects, New Orleans
Project Team: Lee H. Ledbetter, Principal; Richard G. Fullerton, Principal; Karri Maggio, Nichole Chauvin, Caroline Kwong
Landscape Architects
Sawyer/Berson Architecture and Landscape Architecture, LLP, New York
Project Team: J. Brian Sawyer, Principal; Tim Orlando, Associate/Project Manager; Justin Fulweiler, Tricia Alvez, Andrea Flamenco, Sarah Porter, Anthony Polito, Carmen Gonzales
Lighting Designer
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, New York
Civil S.M.E.P. Engineers
Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc., New Orleans Huseman Wang Consulting Engineers, Metairie, La.
Geotechnical Engineer
Gore Engineering, Metairie, La.
Consulting Arborist
Bayou Tree Service, New Orleans
General Contractor
Gibbs Construction, Harahan, La.
Landscape Contractor
Oasis Horticultural Services, Jefferson, La.
Electrical Contractor
Frischhertz Electric, New Orleans
Architect
Lee Ledbetter Architects, New Orleans
Lee Ledbetter founded Lee Ledbetter architects in 1996 following professional associations with Michael Graves, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gwathmey-Siegel and Robert A.M. Stern. Richard Fullerton joined the firm in 1997 and shortly thereafter became a principal. In addition to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for New Orleans Museum of Art, the firm has undertaken residential projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina, New York, and the Bahamas; commercial projects in New Orleans, Houston, and Colorado Springs; and institutional projects in New Orleans for Loyola University and Tulane University. The projects for Loyola University include campus master plans and a new Visual and Performing Arts Center.
Landscape Architects
Sawyer/Berson Architecture And Landscape Architecture, New York
Brian Sawyer founded Brian Sawyer Design in 1996 and was later joined by John Berson to form Sawyer/Berson with the purpose of uniting the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture. Both Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Berson were associates at Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York City prior to establishing their partnership. Mr. Sawyer was the associate in charge of the landscape architecture department at Robert A.M. Stern Architects and had previously worked for the Central Park Conservancy in New York City.