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Wolff wins BSA Women in Design Award

Lynn Wolff, FASLA, principal and president of Copley Wolff Design Group is one of three recipients of the 2009 Women in Design Award of Excellence awarded by the Boston Society of Architects' Women in Design Network. The award recognizes those who have designed their own lives in design, whose work exemplifies the best of process and product, and who use their experience and extraordinary achievements to give back to the world of design and to the community at large. The awards ceremony will be November 18th at 4:30 p.m. at Build Boston's Women in Design Conference. Other award winners are Polly Flansburgh, founder and President of Boston by Foot and Barbra Batshalom, founder and executive director of The Green Roundtable. CWDG is a landscape architecture and planning firm located in downtown Boston, specializing in parks & recreation, urban landscape, corporate, institutional, planning, waterfront, and resort projects. Firm specialties include children's play & discovery landscapes, integration of art, cultural & historic interpretation, environmental education, landmark destinations, placemaking and community participation. CWDG's project portfolio includes: the I-93 central artery/tunnel surface restoration through downtown Boston, the Frog Pond renovation project in the Boston Common, the landmark fountain at the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, and Science Park at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. CWDG's extensive client list includes municipalities, architects, public and private institutions, and developers. CWDG has produced numerous award-winning design, high profile, budget-responsive and schedule-sensitive projects throughout New England and the United States. CWDG is also a certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
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