29 Projects Selected by Prestigious Jury

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2008—The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2008 Professional Awards. The jury considered over 500 entries and selected 29 projects to receive awards. The awards will be presented on October 6 at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“These awards represent the pinnacle of design achievement by the world’s leading landscape architects,” said ASLA’s President, Perry Howard, FASLA.

 

 

Awards of Excellence

The Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd, Seattle, Washington
client: Millennium Park, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honor Awards

 

Boston Children's Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, Cambridge, Massachusetts
client: Boston Children’s Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walden Studios,
Alexander Valley, California
Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, San Francisco, California

 

 

 

Lost Dog Wash Trailhead,
Scottsdale, Arizona
Floor Associates, Inc, Phoenix, Arizona
Architect: Weddle Gilmore Architects, Tempe, Arizona
client: City of Scottsdale

 

 

 

 

 

Fountain Promenade at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico
Grupo De Diseño Urbano SC, Mexico
client: Citizen’s Regent Group and Revive Chapultepec Board of Donors

 

 

 

 

 

Lagoon Park: Living at the Edge of Wilderness, Santa Barbara, California
Van Atta Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, California
client: University of California, Santa Barbara

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washington Monument, Washington, DC
Olin Partnership, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
client: National Park Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Clarkson Environmental Discovery Center, White Lake Township, Michigan
MSI Design, Columbus, Ohio
client: Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority

 

 

 

 

 

Gannett/USA Today Headquarters, McLean, Virginia
Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd., Alexandria, Virginia
client: Gannett, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential Design Category, co-sponsored by Garden Design Magazine

Award of Excellence
   

Ketchum Residence, Ketchum, Idaho
Lutsko Associates, San Francisco, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honor Awards
   

Bassil Mountain Escape, Faqra, Lebanon
Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture, Broumana, Lebanon
client: Jimmy Bassil


   

 

 

 

New Poetic Mountain Habitat-the Fragrant Hill 81 Yard, Beijing, China
Zhu YuFan, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Research Center of Landscape vs. Design Study, Bejing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institute, P.R. of China
client: Liu Yong


   

Unfolding Terrace, Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York
Terrain-NYC, Inc., New York, New York


   

 

 

 

 

Malibu Beach House, Malibu, California
Pamela Burton & Company, Santa Monica, California

 

 

 

 

 

   

Coastal Island Retreat, Spring Island, South Carolina
Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, Inc., Washington, DC


   

 

 

 

 

Passage to the Lake, Stoneham, Maine
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, New York, New York
client: Margaret Nomentana

 

 

 

 

   

Beach House, Amagansett, New York
Dirtworks, PC, New York, New York


   

 

 

 

 

San Juan Island Residence, San Juan Islands, Washington
Paul Broadhurst & Associates, Seattle, Washington


   

 

 

 

 

Altamira Ranch, Palos Verdes, California
Marmol Radziner & Associates, Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis and Planning Category

Award of Excellence


Viet Village Urban Farm, New Orleans, LouisianaMossop + MichaelsUrban Landscape Lab LSU, New Orleans, Louisiana
client: Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation

Honor Awards

 
Port Lands Estuary: Reinventing the Don River as an Agent of Urbanism, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, New York, New York
client: WATERFRONToronto
   

New Terrain for the North Lake Region of Chongming Island, Shanghai, China
SWA Group, Los Angeles, California
client: Shanghai Urban Planning Administrative Bureau

 
Orange County Great Park Comprehensive Master Plan "A Vision for the Great Park of the 21st Century", Irvine, California
Ken Smith Workshop West, Irvine, California, Team Lead, and Mia Lehrer + Associates, Los Angeles, California
client: City of Irvine / Orange County Great Park Corporation
   

Porchscapes: An Affordable LEED-Neighborhood Development
(LEED-ND)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
client: Habitat for Humanity of Washington County

 
New Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent, New Orleans, Louisiana
Hargreaves Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts
client: New Orleans Building Corporation

Communications Category

Honor Awards
   

So What?
ahbe landscape architects, Culver City, California
client: ahbe landscape architects
   

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Landscape Journal: Design, Planning, and Management of the Land, Madison, Wisconsin
SUNY ESF, Syracuse, New York
client: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA)
   

Louisiana Speaks: Our Voice. Our Plan. Our Future
Center for Planning Excellence, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
client: LRA Support Foundation
   

Bird-Safe Building Guidelines
SCAPE Landscape Architecture PLLC, New York, New York
client: New York City Audubon