WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2012 Professional Awards and Student Awards this week. The awards honor the top public places, residential designs, campuses, parks and urban planning projects from across the U.S. and around the world. High-resolution images and full project information can be viewed at www.asla.org/2012awards/.
ASLA will present 37 awards to professional landscape architects and their firms, selected from more than 620 entries in the categories of General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications, and Research. In addition, The Landmark Award recognizes a distinguished landscape architecture project completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes to the public realm of its community.
Winners will be announced at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Phoenix on Monday, October 1.
The winners of the ASLA 2012 Professional Awards are:
General Design Category
Award of Excellence
A Green Sponge for a Water-Resilient City: Qunli Stormwater Park, Haerbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China
By Turenscape and Peking University
Honor Award
Canada’s Sugar Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
By Claude Cormier + Associés, Inc.
Lafayette Greens: Urban Agriculture, Urban Fabric, Urban Sustainability, Detroit
By Kenneth Weikal Landscape Architecture
Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical Garden, Songjiant District, Shanghai, China
By THUPDI and Tsinghua University
Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus – New Academic Complex, Mesa, Ariz.
By Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc.
200 5th Avenue, New York
By Landworks Studio, Inc.
Powell Street Promenade, San Francisco
By Hood Design
Tudela-Culip (Club Med) Restoration Project in ‘Cap de Creus’ Cape, Cadaqués, Catalonia, Spain
By EMF Landscape Architecture and Ardevols Associates Consultants
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, Orange, Texas
By Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects, in association with William T. Arterburn, ASLA, and MESA
Winnipeg Skating Shelters, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
By Patkau Architects Inc.
National 9/11 Memorial, New York
By PWP Landscape Architecture
Sunnylands Center & Gardens, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
By The Office of James Burnett
Residential Design Category
Award of Excellence
Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments, San Francisco
By Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
Honor Awards
Quaker Smith Point Residence, Shelburne, Vt.
By H. Keith Wagner Partnership
Quattro by Sansiri, Bangkok, Thailand
By TROP Company Limited
New-Century Garden: A Garden of Water and Light, Palm Springs, Calif.
By Steve Martino and Associates
Malinalco Private Residence, Malinalco, State of Mexico, Mexico
By Mario Schjetnan / Grupo De Diseño Urbano
Maple Hill Residence, Westwood, Mass.
By Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects
Reordering Old Quarry, Guilford, Conn.
By Reed Hilderbrand LLC
Urban Spring, San Francisco
By Bionic
Analysis & Planning Category
Award of Excellence
The One Ohio State Framework Plan, Columbus, Ohio
By Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Honor Awards
Governors Island Park and Public Space Master Plan, New York
By West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, P.C.
Wusong Riverfront: Landscape Infrastructure Pilot Project, Huaqiao, Kunshan City, Jingsu Province, China
By SWA Group
Core Area of Lotus Lake National Wetland Park Landscape Planning, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, China
By Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institute
Coastal Roulette: Planning Resilient Communities for Galveston Bay, Galveston Bay, Texas
By SWA Group
Nanhu: Farm Town in the Big City, Jiaxing, China
By SWA Group
A Strategic Master Plan for the Dead Sea, Dead Sea, Jordan
By Sasaki Associates, Inc.
SW Montgomery Green Street: Connecting the West Hills to the Willamette River, Portland, Ore.
By Nevue Ngan Associates
Red Mountain / Green Ribbon: Linking Across Birmingham’s Great Divide, Birmingham, Ala.
By WRT
Communications Category
Award of Excellence
“Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design”
By Bradley Cantrell, ASLA, and Wes Michaels, ASLA
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Honor Awards
“Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation”
By Sharon Gamson Danks, ASLA, Bay Tree Design, Inc.
Publisher: New Village Press
“Landscape Infrastructure: Case Studies by SWA”
By SWA Group
Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture
Landscape Urbanism Website and Journal
By Sarah Peck, ASLA
What’s Out There
By The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Research Category
Honor Awards
Arizona Department of Transportation Ironwood Tree Salvage and Saguaro Transplant Survivability Studies
By Logan Simpson Design Inc. and Arizona Department of Transportation
Productive Neighborhoods: A Case Study Based Exploration of Seattle Urban Agriculture Projects
By Berger Partnership
The Landmark Award
Village of Yorkville Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
By Ken Smith Landscape Architect and Schwartz Smith Meyer Landscape Architects, Inc.
The professional awards jury included:
• José Almiñana, FASLA, Chair
• Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA
• Gail Brinkmann, ASLA
• Kathryn L. Gleason, FASLA
• Mikyoung Kim, ASLA
• Tom Leader, ASLA
• Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA
• Jim Schuessler, ASLA.
Twenty-one awards will be presented to students in the categories of General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications, Research, Collaboration and Community Service. The winning projects of the 2012 Student Awards may be viewed at http://www.asla.org/2012studentawards/. The student awards jury included:
• David Yocca, FASLA, Chair
• Sheila A. Brady, FASLA
• Mark A. Focht, FASLA
• M. Paul Friedberg, FASLA
• Paul H. Gobster, FASLA
• Debra Guenther, ASLA
• Linda Jewell, FASLA
• Chris Reed, ASLA
• Andrew Wilcox, ASLA.
The student projects also will be acknowledged at the Annual Meeting. The sponsor for the ASLA 2012 awards ceremony and video is Firestone Specialty Products. The sponsor for the 2012 student Awards of Excellence annual meeting travel stipends is Landscape Structures.