30 Top Landscape Architecture Projects Earn 2016 ASLA Professional Awards

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is excited to announce its 30 professional award recipients for 2016. Selected from 456 entries, the awards honor top public, commercial, residential, institutional, planning, communications and research projects in the U.S. and around the world.

The winners will receive their awards at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in New Orleans on Monday, October 24 at the New Orleans Ernest M. Morial Convention Center.

The September issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) features the winning projects and is available for free viewing here: https://www.zinio.com/delivery?of=500545875  

The following is a complete list of 2016 professional award winners:

General Design Category

Award of Excellence
Underpass Park , Toronto, Ontario
by PFS Studio for Waterfront Toronto               

Honor Awards
Framing Terrain and Water: Quzhou Luming Park, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China 
by Turenscape for the Quzhou City Government             

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Bishan, Singapore
by Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl for the Public Utilities Board / National Parks Board, Singapore 

Converging Ecologies as a Gateway to Acadiana, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana   
by CARBO Landscape Architecture for St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission

The Metro-Forest Project, Bangkok, Thailand     
by Landscape Architects of Bangkok (LAB) for PTT Public Company Limited

The Power Station, Dallas         
by Hocker Design Group for The Pinnell Foundation                  

Corktown Common: Flood Protection and a Neighbourhood Park, Toronto, Ontario
by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. for Waterfront Toronto in Partnership with Toronto Region Conservancy Authority (TRCA) and Infrastructure Ontario (IO)

Grand Teton National Park Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Moose, Wyoming
by Swift Company LLC for the National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park Foundation and Grand Teton Association

Eco-Corridor Resurrects Former Brownfield, Ningbo, China
by SWA for Ningbo Planning Bureau - East New Town Development Committee

Analysis and Planning Category

Award of Excellence
The Copenhagen Cloudburst Formula: A Strategic Process for Planning and Designing Blue-Green Interventions, Copenhagen, Denmark                
by Ramboll and Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl for the Municipality of Copenhagen

Honor Awards
Central Puget Sound Regional Open Space Strategy, Puget Sound Region, Washington 
by University of Washington Green Futures Lab for The Bullitt Foundation and The Russell Family Foundation                                   

Rebuild by Design, The Big U, Manhattan, New York      
by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rebuild by Design          

Memorial Park Master Plan 2015, Houston         
by Nelson Byrd Woltz for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, The Memorial Park Conservancy, and Uptown Houston                                      

Baton Rouge Lakes: Restoring a Louisiana Landmark from Ecological Collapse to Cultural Sanctuary, Baton Rouge, Louisiana                                    
by SWA Group for the Baton Rouge Area Foundation                                                

Bayou Greenways: Realizing the Vision, Houston           
by SWA Group for the Houston Parks Board                                        

Communications Category

Award of Excellence
What's Out There Guidebooks   
by The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Honor Awards
Roving Rangers: Bringing the Parks to the People 
by BASE Landscape Architecture, for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and the Santa Monica Mountains Fund  

Activating Land Stewardship and Participation in Detroit: A Field Guide to Working with Lots          
by Detroit Future City, published by Inland Press                       

Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards: Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices        
by Design Workshop, published by John Wiley & Sons

PHYTO: Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design    
by Kate Kennen, ASLA, and Niall Kirkwood, FASLA, published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group

DredgeFest Event Series           
by The Dredge Research Collaborative

Sea Change: Boston     
by Sasaki Associates Inc.

Research Category

Honor Awards
Weather-Smithing: Assessing the Role of Vegetation, Soil and Adaptive Management in Urban Green Infrastructure Performance    
by Andropogon Associates Ltd. for the University of Pennsylvania

Residential Design Category

Award of Excellence
DBX Ranch: A Transformation Brings Forth a New Livable Landscape, Pitkin County, Colorado   
by Design Workshop Inc.

Honor Awards
Kronish House, Beverly Hills, California 
by Marmol Radziner

The Restoring of a Montane Landscape, Rocky Mountains, Colorado     
by Design Workshop Inc.

Chilmark: Embracing a Glacial Moraine, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts         
by Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects

The Rivermark, Sacramento, California  
by Fletcher Studio for Bridge Housing Corporation                    

Water Calculation and Poetic Interpretation, Carmel, California    
by Arterra Landscape Architects

The Landmark Award
Michigan Avenue Streetscape: 20 Years of Magnificent Mile Blooms, Chicago
by Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects for the City of Chicago/Michigan Avenue Streetscape Association

The professional awards jury included:

• Kona Gray, ASLA, Chair, EDSA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Keith Bowers, FASLA, Biohabitats Inc. Baltimore
• Jennifer Guthrie, FASLA, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Seattle
• Mami Hara, ASLA, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia
• Christopher Hume, Architecture Critic, Toronto Star, Toronto, Ontario
• Lee-Anne Milburn, FASLA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
• Willett Moss, ASLA, CMG Landscape Architecture, San Francisco
• Suman Sorg, FAIA, DLR Group | Sorg, Washington, D.C.
• Laurinda Spear, ASLA, ArquitectonicaGEO, Miami

Complete awards criteria, project information and images can be viewed at: https://www.asla.org/2016awards/

High-resolution images are available for journalists. Please contact Karen Grajales at [email protected].

About the American Society of Landscape Architects
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members in 49 professional chapters and 72 student chapters. Members of the Society use "ASLA" after their names to denote membership and their commitment to the highest ethical standards of the profession. Landscape architects lead the stewardship, planning and design of our built and natural environments; the Society's mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education and fellowship.

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