roberts & todd llc formerly known as wallace mcharg roberts & todd wmrt is an urban planning urban design landscape architecture and architecture firm based in philadelphia pennsylvania . 1 wrt is a collaborative practice of city and regional planners urban designers landscape architects and architects with additional offices in san francisco 2 miami lake placid and dallas . founded in 1963 as wallace mcharg roberts & todd wmrt 3 4 by david a. wallace 5 ian mcharg 6 william h. roberts 7 and thomas a. todd the firm had over 200 employees at its peak . 8 contents 1 design projects 2 awards 3 references 4 external links design projects edit wrt headed the design of abuja the new capital of nigeria 9 and completed design projects for inner harbor in baltimore . it has also done waterfront projects for the cities of norfolk and richmond in virginia as well as projects for indianapolis indiana honolulu and dallas . 10 it redesigned kakaako waterfront park in honolulu and designed hale koa hotel and fort derussy military reservation in the waikiki area of honolulu . 11 wrt has also done a study of renovating the ocean beach in new london county connecticut . 12 wrt is drafting architectural plans for three 400 acre 1.6 km2 parks along the floyds fork in louisville kentucky which is believed to be the largest urban park project in the united states . 13 awards edit in 2011 the american planning association named wrt as the recipient of its inaugural award national planning award for achievement in planning a recognition for its continual progressive and innovative planning practices . the american association of landscape architects also recognized wrt in 2010 with its national award for its influential body of work . in 1996 the united states department of transportation and the national endowment for the arts gave wallace roberts & todd an honor award for its proposed design of the hudson bergen light rail . 14 the competition for the award included 300 entries and wrt was one of eleven who received the award . 14 in 2000 wrt received two awards from waterfront center for its role in planning the hudson river waterfront walkway . 15 in 2004 wrt received an award of honor from the american society of landscape architects for its design of parks near the anacostia river . 16 in 2008 wrt received the charter award from congress for the new urbanism for its project titled a civic vision for the central delaware . 17 references edit cantor steve l. 1996 . contemporary trends in landscape architecture . hoboken new jersey john wiley & sons . p. 274 . isbn 0 471 28791 1 . artists sought to aid balboa park growth . los angeles times . 1991 06 21 . retrieved 27 december 2008 . alexander david e. ; fairbridge rhodes whitmore 1999 . encyclopedia of environmental science . germany springer . p. 198 . isbn 0 412 74050 8 . master plan for the urban core redevelopment area pdf . pensacola florida . 2008 09 10 . p. 3 . retrieved 28 december 2008 . petrunia paul 2004 07 20 . eminent architect dies in double suicide . archinect . retrieved 28 december 2008 . happy spring a gift to the profession . american institute of architects . 2002 04 . archived from the original on april 27 2007 . retrieved 28 december 2008 . check date values in date help william roberts . the cultural landscape foundation . 2006 . archived from the original on september 29 2006 . retrieved 28 december 2008 . berrisford michael 2006 . who s green 2007 . ecotone publishing . p. 47 . isbn 0 9749033 8 8 . elleh nnamdi abuja the single most ambitious urban design project of the 20th century 1 barnes tom 2000 01 21 . five finalists picked for riverfront designs . pittsburgh post gazette . pg publishing company . retrieved 28 december 2008 . tune jerry 1999 04 08 . philadelphia firm lands kakaako design contract . honolulu star bulletin . black press . retrieved 28 december 2008 . miller julie 1998 04 19 . what s ahead for ocean beach . the new york times . retrieved 28 december 2008 . green marcus 2007 10 08 . ideas gathered for park project . the courier journal . retrieved 28 december 2008 . a b chen david w. 1996 03 03 . light rail proposal wins award for design . the new york times . retrieved 28 december 2008 . sampson peter j. 1994 12 06 . hudson walkway creators receive planning awards . the record . retrieved 28 december 2008 . cramer james p. ; yankopolus jennifer evans 2005 . almanac of architecture & design 2005 . greenway communications . p. 80 . isbn 0 9675477 9 2 . the 2008 winners of the charter awards . congress for the new urbanism . 2008 . archived from the original on 31 july 2008 . retrieved 28 december 2008 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wallace roberts % 26 todd & oldid 743597631 categories architecture firms based in pennsylvaniacompanies based in philadelphiadesign companies established in 1963hidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 10 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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