- Northeast Harbor, a Restoration on Mount Desert Island
https://www.asla.org/2017awards/302717.html
Salvaged granite from a nearby quarry appears throughout as steps, benches, and a fire pit, and weathering steel was selected for its minimalism and resonance with the site’s iron-rich bedrock.
- Kua Bay Residence | 2019 ASLA Professional Awards
https://www.asla.org/2019awards/638746-Kua_Bay_Residence.html
The deck terrace, with built in furniture, planters and fire pit, provides ample space for the owners to dine, lounge, and play. The quiet minimalism of all these built-in elements serves to eliminate distractions from the expansive sense of space at the edge of the inhabited landscape.
- Resilient Design: Fire | asla.org
https://www.asla.org/fire.aspx
Firewise landscape strategies involves planting fire-resistant trees and plants farther away from residential, commercial, and public properties. And in some communities, prescribed burns can alleviate some of the threat that larger, uncontrolled fires pose.
- Fire Circle and Stargazing Platform at Goose Island State Park
https://www.asla.org/2015studentawards/101783.html
The wooden tops of the deck and benches determine the outer boundaries of the fire circle. Boards run in the long direction of the seating elements, creating a pinwheel effect with the fire pit as its gravitational center.