ASLA 2014 Professional Awards

John Hill
1. October 2014
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus (Photo: Sean Airhart)

The awards honor top public, commercial, residential, institutional, planning, communications and research projects from across the United States and around the world. The awards will be presented at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Denver on Monday, November 24, 2014, at the Colorado Convention Center. In addition to the 34 professional awards, the ASLA has announced 21 student awards that can be viewed online.


General Design Category

Award of Excellence

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus
Seattle, Washington
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus (Photo: Sean Airhart)

Honor Awards

Gebran Tueni Memorial
Beirut, Lebanon
Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture

Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park
Queens, NY
Thomas Balsley Associates and Weiss/Manfredi

Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Hershberger Design

Low Maintenance Eco-Campus: Vanke Research Center
Shenzhen, China
Z+T Studio
 

Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park (Photo: Albert Vecerka/Esto)

Salem State University - Marsh Hall
Salem, Mass.
WagnerHodgson Landscape Architecture

Segment 5, Hudson River Park
New York City
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Shoemaker Green
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andropogon Associates, Ltd.

Slow Down: Liupanshui Minghu Wetland Park
Liupanshui, Ghizhou Province, China
Turenscape

Urban Outfitters Headquarters
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia
D.I.R.T. Studio


Residential Design Category

Award of Excellence

Woodland Rain Gardens
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects

Woodland Rain Gardens (Photo: Chipper Hatter Architectural Photography)

Honor Awards

City House in a Garden
Chicago, Illinois
McKay Landscape Architects

GM House, Bragança Paulista
São Paulo, Brazil
Alex Hanazaki Paisagismo

Hill Country Prospect
Centreport, Texas
Studio Outside

GM House, Bragança Paulista (Photo: Beto Riginik, Yuri Seródio)

Le Petit Chalet
Southwest Harbor, Maine
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design LLC

Sky Garden
Miami Beach, Florida
Raymond Jungles Inc.

Vineyard Retreat
Napa Valley, California
Scott Lewis Landscape Architecture

West Texas Ranch
Marfa, Texas
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects


Analysis and Planning Category

Award of Excellence

Midtown Detroit Techtown District
Detroit, Michigan
Sasaki Associates

Midtown Detroit Techtown District (Photo: Sasaki Associates, Inc.)

Honor Awards

The Creative Corridor: A Main Street Revitalization for Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas
University of Arkansas Community Design Center and Marlon Blackwell Architect

Devastation to Resilience: The Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Houston, Texas
Design Workshop and Reed/Hilderbrand

The Creative Corridor: A Main Street Revitalization for Little Rock (Photo: University of Arkansas Community Design Center + Marlon Blackwell Architects)

Unified Ground: Union Square - National Mall Competition
Washington, D.C.
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

Yerba Buena Street Life Plan
San Francisco, California
CMG Landscape Architecture

Zidell Yards District-Scale Green Infrastructure Scenarios
Portland, Oregon
GreenWorks


Communications Category

Award of Excellence

The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley
The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley (Photo: Aaron Kiley)

Honor Awards

Freehand Drawing and Discovery: Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers
James Richards, FASLA, published by John Wiley & Sons

Garden, Park, Community, Farm
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, published by Princeton Architectural Press

Monk's Garden: A Visual Record of Design Thinking and Landscape Making
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Pastoral Capitalism: A History of Suburban Corporate Landscapes
Louise A. Mozingo, ASLA, published by MIT Press


Research Category

Award of Excellence

Finding Connections to the Outdoors for Youth and Families in Larimer County, Colorado
Design Workshop

Finding Connections to the Outdoors for Youth and Families in Larimer County, Colorado (Photo: Design Workshop)

Honor Awards

Exhuming the Modern: The Lost Bench of James C. Rose
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
 
A New Norris House and Landscape
University of Tennessee College of Architecture & Design

The Phenology Project
Landscape Performance LAB, Auburn University's School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture


Norman B. Leventhal Park at Post Office Square (Photo: Ed Wonsek)

Landmark Award

Norman B. Leventhal Park at Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts
Halvorson Design Partnership

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